A time for joy and a time for justice

Same-sex marriage ruling makes America and Chester County a fairer, better place to live By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times SAN FRANCISCO — On this cool, cloudy Sunday morning, this may well be the happiest place on earth, Disney notwithstanding. Today’s Pride Parade, here, looks to be little short of a city-wide explosion of celebration of Friday’s ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that same-sex...

Supreme Court ruling means rights for all

Same sex marriage ruling affirms individual rights when legislative action is stalled By Nathaniel Smith, Columnist, The Times It is well worth downloading the full Obergefell v. Hodges decision at http://www.supremecourt.gov/.  The pdf is rather exciting reading.  As taxpayers we paid for it, so let’s read it for free! The 5-4 ruling on both questions before the Court (which it could have...

Same-sex marriage is happening. So?

The less time we spend on this, the more we might realize what sort of mess we’re in By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times Same sex couples, it would seem, can drive a short distance from Chester County and obtain a marriage license. At the same time, our state Attorney General is refusing to defend the state’s defense of marriage act — a law that defines marriage as being between a man and a...