Supreme Court Associate Justice Anthony Kennedy attends U.S. President Barack Obama's State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol February 12, 2013 in Washington, DC.
“[The] sociological information is new. We have five years of information to weigh against 2,000 years of history or more. On the other hand, there is an immediate legal injury or what could be a legal injury, and that's the voice of these children. There are some 40,000 children in California, according to the Red Brief, that live with same-sex parents, and they want their parents to have full recognition and full status. The voice of those children is important in this case don't you think?”— Justice Anthony Kennedy from today's Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of California's Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage. Click here for the audio feed from the courtroom.
