Gay marriage -- "a political and cultural wedge in America for too long" -- now is "over and done," The Detroit News says in an editorial urging opponents "to respect and adhere to the law."
The paper blunt's message, written or approved by editorial page editor Nolan Finley, suggests that those uncomfortable with Friday's Supreme Court ruling resist any desire to keep fighting:
The legalization of gay marriage should not bring about the same sort of ongoing back-door attacks aimed at limiting the right as did the legalization of abortion in 1973. Nearly 40 years after Roe v. Wade the fight to reverse abortion rights still rages.
That call for conciliation is aimed at Lansing hard-liners:
In Michigan, lawmakers opposed to gay marriage are already drafting and introducing laws aimed at placing obstacles in front of gay couples headed to the altar. That must stop. Lawmakers must not approve nor the governor sign any measures that have the intent of side-stepping the court's ruling. . . .
Gay marriage is now the law of the land.
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