tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post6226974846002023258..comments2024-03-06T10:16:40.696+00:00Comments on PhD studies in human rights: Gay Marriage, the Universal Declaration and a CardinalWilliam A. Schabashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17552332133145290879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post-86619952116731379622012-03-13T09:24:19.869+00:002012-03-13T09:24:19.869+00:00Could you please let us have the authority for you...Could you please let us have the authority for your statement that international documents have to be interpreted in a dynamic manner i.e. for ever changing.Nicolas Bellordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08063019108964247676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post-1884766432860394602012-03-12T19:42:21.249+00:002012-03-12T19:42:21.249+00:00"It is a well-recognized principle of interpr..."It is a well-recognized principle of interpretation that international legal texts are to be construed in a dynamic manner, taking into account evolving values"<br /><br />But whose values? In this case, since it is a 'universal declaration', it should be universal values. It is still only a minority of countries who accept same-sex marriage.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347231130073317533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605495417463810012.post-85010639992819067122012-03-06T14:11:35.930+00:002012-03-06T14:11:35.930+00:00Even if the Universal Declaration did not support ...Even if the Universal Declaration did not support the legalisation of gay marriage, the suggestion that a human rights instrument has any business prohibiting it would still - with respect - be faintly ludicrous. The fact that straight couples have the right to marry in no way entails that gay couples <i>must not</i> be given the same right.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00796627226708489496noreply@blogger.com