[BartSimpson]

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/27/us/su ... riage.html

The US Supreme Court - with moderate Anthony Kennedy siding with the liberals for a 5-4 split decision - legislated gay marriage as the law of the US this morning.

Justice Scalia summed up the majority decision in one powerful paragraph:

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This is a naked judicial claim to legislative—indeed, super-legislative—power; a claim fundamentally at odds with our system of government. Except as limited by a constitutional prohibition agreed to by the People, the States are free to adopt whatever laws they like, even those that offend the esteemed Justices’ “reasoned judgment.” A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.

(Emphasis mine).

Obama went on TV and announced his joy at this decision.

He failed to mention that he opposed gay marriage in both of his Presidential elections.

Governor Abbott of Texas spoke today and made clear that the rights of Texans were not going to be set aside because of this act of the USSC. Of note is that his security detail doubled in size today.

At home I have put away my US flag and will no longer fly it because the republic has been ended.

Bear in mind that while I oppose gay marriage and the normalization of sexual depravity in general (which is what has occurred) I have respected the democratic decisions of the few states where gay marriage was legalized by the electorate and not imposed by the elites.

Now we have an elite imposing a Federal standard on the states that opposed gay marriage and it should be noted that no such Federal standard existed before this morning. There is also a body of jurisprudence from past USSC decisions that clearly state that marriage is the domain of the states and not the Federal government.

The USSC has absolutely legislated this act.

And if you folks thought that the US was partisan before this then just wait to see what's next.

[DanSC]

I'd argue that gay marriage has been legal since 1868 and ratification of the 14th Amendment; we're just finally getting around to admitting it.

If a state is going to grant marriage licenses, enforcing restrictions based on something as arbitrary as the genders of the two signatories to the license is stupid and illegal.

I will grant that Justice Kennedy's written opinion has problems. He said marriage is a fundamental right, which I don't agree with. A state should have the ability to not grant marriage licenses if it so wishes.

[BartSimpson]

DanSC DanSC:

I'd argue that gay marriage has been legal since 1868 and ratification of the 14th Amendment; we're just finally getting around to admitting it.

If a state is going to grant marriage licenses, enforcing restrictions based on something as arbitrary as the genders of the two signatories to the license is stupid and illegal.

I will grant that Justice Kennedy's written opinion has problems. He said marriage is a fundamental right, which I don't agree with. A state should have the ability to not grant marriage licenses if it so wishes.

So you'd be okay with a state refusing to issue or recognize any marriage license?

[BRAH]

Not that there's nothing wrong with that!

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[BartSimpson]

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At home I have put away my US flag and will no longer fly it because the republic has been ended.

Thankfully your butthurt is now legal in every state of the union

Well, you're an anarcho-communist so mocking me for my penchant towards a representational republic that permits capitalism to flourish is of no surprise to me.

I chafe at being ruled by nine people on the Supreme Court while you masturbate to fantasies of being a member of a ruling junta or politburo.





Now who's feeling butthurt?

[BartSimpson]

BRAH BRAH:

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Ya' left out the butt plugs! Those were always Bill & Hillary's favorites!

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[BeaverFever]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

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At home I have put away my US flag and will no longer fly it because the republic has been ended.

Thankfully your butthurt is now legal in every state of the union

Well, you're an anarcho-communist so mocking me for my penchant towards a representational republic that permits capitalism to flourish is of no surprise to me.

I chafe at being ruled by nine people on the Supreme Court while you masturbate to fantasies of being a member of a ruling junta or politburo.





Now who's feeling butthurt?

In what way does lowing OTHER people the freedom to marry mean that YOU are being ruled???

In actuality what you want is for those people to be ruled according to YOUR personal beliefs. If you really were the champion of freedom you claim to be, you would not be trying to impose YOUR private beliefs on others. You are the tyrant here, not them.

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[andyt]

Yep. And convert all Muslims by the sword. (other thread). Bart claims to be for liberty, but he's a big ol dictator wanna be. OR just a dick. Or maybe no dick (who needs one when you've got guns). Someone took onward Christian soldiers way too literally.

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[xerxes]

A hundred years ago Bart would have been railing against the court ruling that women are people and can vote.

Some people simply cannot get past the fact that gay sex is icky and that their sky god says its bad.