To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the same sex is cruel as well as unconstitutional. Classifying some families, and especially their children, as of lesser… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Defendants' essential contention is that bans on same-sex marriage promote the welfare of children, by encouraging good parenting in stable opposite-sex families.... Defendants have presented no evidence of any such effect. Indeed, they cannot even explain the manner in which,… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
To allow same-sex couples to adopt children and then to label their families as second-class because the adoptive parents are of the same sex… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
Defendants' essential contention is that bans on same-sex marriage promote the welfare of children, by encouraging good parenting in stable opposite-sex families.... Defendants have… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
I can't think of any decision where the entire Congress immediately rushes to condemn a decision by the court. It's getting to be election… — Stephen Reinhardt Copy Share Image
