Reply #44: Did you even read the actual post? If you had, you should know the situations aren't comparable.

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The DOMA case will be coming up before the U.S. Supreme Court, and if it is upheld, its reliance on a conservative/libertarian "states rights" theory will have terrible ramifications for civil rights, including gay rights, and progressive Federal programs in general.

What will we have gained if DOMA is upheld, benefiting the residents of 5 states, but dozens of other states are then allowed to change their laws to allow discrimination against gay people?

Schwarzenegger and Brown, on the other hand, can applaud Judge Walker's ruling as an advancement for gay people and civil liberties in general. It isn't based on a fringe theory of states rights, but on due process and equal protection.

(If Schwarzenegger, like Obama, was facing a case that -- had it been upheld -- could have dismantled the family service system in his state, I certainly hope he would have worked hard to oppose it.)