Howard University files a Brief against Prop 8

Historic!

One of the oldest Black Universities has filed a brief to strike down Prop 8

Here's their intro statement:

As one of the oldest among historically black colleges and universities, Howard University School of Law has long placed the defense of human rights,equality and dignity at the heart of its educational practice.

This Court faces the question of whether marriage should be equally available to same-sex couples as to opposite-sex couples. In seeking to answer the question, the Court will inevitably confront—directly or indirectly—the argument that the struggle for equal rights for same-sex couples does not constitutionally or morally equate with the fight against racial subordination. Amicus curiae respectfully submits this brief as a corrective to the flawed distinction too often drawn between equal rights for racial minorities and equal rights for all human beings.

Click the link above to read the brief.

Football Players Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo file a Brief in Support of Marriage Equality

Lord, everybody and their mama is filing briefs!

Football Hotties Chris Kluwe and Brendon Ayanbadejo filed their joint brief yesterday (something about that phrase sounds nasty).

Their intro states:

Sports figures receive a celebrity status that influences a large majority of the American population. For far too long, professional sports have been a bastion of bigotry, intolerance, and small-minded prejudice toward sexual orientation, just as they had been to racial differences decades earlier. That is finally changing, and changing drastically.

The NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA, at the league level, team level, and individual level, are finally speaking out against homophobia and intolerance of LBGTQ individuals. More and more of us realize that using demeaning slur words like “faggot,” “queer,” and “gay” can have serious, negative consequences. Not necessarily consequences for us. Instead, consequences for the children and adults who look up to us as role models and leaders. Consequences for children and adults who mimic our behavior when they interact with others. And consequences that can be severe, long-lasting, and not infrequently lead to suicide and other serious harm.

You can read it here. This is just exciting when you take it all in.