Is kind of sad, in a way.  Working on some homework for my graduate degree, I’m doing some research on the history of same-sex marriage.  Now in my undergrad I took a course called Rights and Liberties in Conflict.  That course dealt a lot with issues such as abortion, segregation, same-sex marriage, and many other cases.

In that course, during the discussion of same-sex marriages we never once talked about (and I looked through my notes again, which is another benefit to taking notes on a computer) the Supreme Court case of Baker v. Nelson.  The case is the basis of why same-sex marriage is illegal in the United States.  My professor simply talked about it in a human rights context and more or less argued it should be legal.  He never once mentioned Baker v. Nelson.

For anyone interested in politics, and who doesn’t know about Baker v. Nelson I would encourage you check it out.  It’s rather interesting.  And it happened right here in Minnesota.

This is something I wish I would have learned 4 years ago.