Both of these will be legal. Which one will be first?

[Stinky The Clown]

Same gender marriage?

Pot?

Fact is, we have some legal pot now and we have some legal same gender marriage. The question, really, is which will be universally legal first?

[Tunkamerica]

1. good question

the difference is there is no federal ban on gay marriage, correct? Just state. Marijuana has both federal and state hurdles to clear.

[tekisui]

2. DOMA prohibits recognition at the federal level.

[Occulus]

9. That violates the full faith and credit clause and I am shocked DOMA hasn't been challenged

on those grounds.

[tekisui]

3. I guessed what the two were before I opened the thread.

As a straight man who smokes pot, I really hope same-sex marriage comes first and soon.

[RKP5637]

5. +1, n/t

[emulatorloo]

4. Well Republicans have trotted out Same-Sex Marriage to distract their voters

from how idiotic their economic policies. They are working overtime to get the ignorant and homophobic all riled up. So maybe pot will become legal while the wingnuts are freaking out over same sex marriage.

(I am so sick of these opportunistic bastards and the homophobes who fall for it)

[RKP5637]

7. I keep hoping for the day the ignorant of this country wake up, but I think

I'll be long gone. Ignorance has become such a given in the US and the R's know how to work it to their advantage. Same here, "I am so sick of these opportunistic bastards and the homophobes who fall for it."

[Motown_Johnny]

6. My guess would be same gender marriage

Because of the possibility of it being declared discriminatory and therefore unconstitutional.

I don't think pot has the same path to legalization.

[customerserviceguy]

8. The SCOTUS is not going to legalize pot

But it may well apply the full faith and credit clause of the Constitution to get states that don't provide for equal marriage to recognize marriages from those states that do. At that point, if all a same-gender couple has to do is travel to one of seven to ten blue states, then come back and have the marriage legally recognized, then what's the further point in prohibiting it?

[Nikia]

10. It is amazing that these two things are not legal and so contraversial

When it makes so much sense to legalize them. As Americans, we claim to uphold personal freedom. To me, it is a fundamental freedom to marry who you choose. In light of the existance of legal recreational alcohol use, it makes sense that recreational use of marijuana would be a fundamental freedom too. It is simply prejudice that keeps both of them illegal. As a society, haven't we realized that personal prejudices have no place in deciding the law? Aren't we that far yet?
I think that gay marriage will probably be legalized first. I think that the integration of gays into the military is a huge step. It also seems that young people are more accepting of gay marriage and eventually the majority of people alive will be too. Someday people will look back and realize how backwards opposition to gay marriage was and think how enlightened peopl of our time were.