The Supreme Court Defines Marriage

Patrick Oliphant American, born Australia

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When this cartoon appeared, the Supreme Court was about to hear oral arguments on two landmark cases concerned with same-sex marriage (California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense of Marriage Act). To comment, the artist transforms the justices into long-billed birds that have invaded the privacy of a frightened couple’s bedroom.

The Supreme Court Defines Marriage, Patrick Oliphant (American, born Adelaide, Australia, 1935), Pen and India ink with black crayon

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