Doug Pensinger wrote: > > John wrote: > > > At 01:14 PM 2/19/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: > >> Why not civil rights, it started the same way. Indeed, the initial data > >> supports that. > > > > I certainly was aware of the "Impeach Earl Warren" Movement when I made > > my > > post, and I certainly don't mean to imply that there is a single > > difference > > that produced the differing outcomes of the civil rights movement and the > > abortion movement. > > > > Still, I do think that legislative legitimacy is important, and despite > > the > > occasional Supreme Court decision on this issue, like Brown vs. Board, > > the > > key decisions in the Civil Rights Movement were ultimately taken by > > Legislatures, and thus had a bit of legitimacy too them. > > > > In my mind, however, the track of the homosexual marriage movement is > > much > > more closely following the track of the abortion movement than the track > > of > > the civil rights movement. > > I would argue the opposite, especially considering that same sex marriage > _is_ a civil rights issue. > > One salient point might be that younger people are generally in favor of > same sex marriage whereas older people are generally against it, so you > would expect that in a few years opposition would probably fade away. I > doubt this is the case with abortion.
I think he's arguing it on a courts vs. legislatures standpoint. Looking *just* at how court rulings went and how legislation was written, which is it paralleling better at present? I'm not up on any of the three well enough to give a detailed analysis. Perhaps someone else is. Julia _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l