HIGH COURT STRIKES DOWN STATE BANS ON SAME SEX MARRIAGE …
|| By FITSNEWS || By a 5-4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down state-level bans on same-sex marriages – arguing such prohibitions violate the constitutional rights of homosexual Americans.
“They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law,” Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority. “The Constitution grants them that right.”
We agree …
The ruling ends a flurry of recent legal activity on the issue – and resolves conflicting lower court rulings which alternately struck down and upheld the right of states to define marriage within their borders.
Last July, the U.S. fourth circuit court of appeals in Richmond, Virginia struck down Virginia’s gay marriage ban – a decision the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn last month. The high court’s ruling – or non-ruling – opened the floodgates, with every state in the fourth circuit (except South Carolina) permitting same sex unions.
However a sixth circuit ruling upholding the constitutionality of the bans forced the justices to take a more definitive position.
This website’s view on marriage has been made abundantly clear on repeated occasions: No government – local, state or federal – should be able to ban (or compel) marriage: Gay, straight or plural. That’s because marriage isn’t a government institution, it’s a religious one – meaning the question should be left to individual congregations. As for civil unions, we believe the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment compels government to acknowledge homosexual, heterosexual or plural unions.
“This issue is so simple: If you can find a church to marry you, then government shouldn’t block your union,” we wrote last fall. “Nor should it force any church to perform a ceremony in contravention of its religious beliefs.”
Indeed …
Unfortunately – as we’re seeing in Hawaii – an effort is already underway to punish those congregations which choose not to perform same-sex marriages.
Make no mistake: We will strenuously oppose such attempts to erode religious freedom every bit as vigorously as we supported the right of gay people to get married.
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I see a lot of miserable married people, why shouldn’t gay people share in that experience?
I’ve been saying this for years. Why should heterosexuals be the only people forced to sift through a bunch of legal mumbo jumbo to legally separate when their loveless marriage has become too much to shoulder.
I’ve read that in the countries that already allow gay marriage, only about 1% of gays have married.
Maybe, they’re smarter than straight people…
I see a lot of miserable married people, why shouldn’t gay people share in that experience?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
The case was rigged! Conspiracy theories! Obama fixed the case!
I’m really mift that this only applies to gay human marriages.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
The case was rigged! Conspiracy theories! Obama fixed the case!
It just dawned on me why Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet….nobody was married.
Here are the single people that come to mind: Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Ernest T Bass, the Darlin family, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara –
In fact, the only one married was Otis and he stayed drunk
Excellent!
lol…+100 if I could
That and acoustic guitars on the porch.
There was that one episode when the married couple fought all the time and Andy tried to make them be nice to one another. Then they were just assholes to everyone else. Eventually, Andy got them to fight one another again so they’d stop being dicks to everyone.
It was the 1960’s, one big key party every night.
Gomer was gay… and Howard was just a fucked up mess.
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Fools, all of you. And while you celebrate this activist court decision, that goes against the will of our people and our representatives, please note that you have triggered the realization that it is not enough to elect the right people. We must also be vigilant that our representatives do not allow subversive, and anti-Constitutional forces, to control us. You parade is wild now, but you will be placed asunder, at some point.
Um, against the will of our people and representatives? Have you looked at the polls?
http://www.gallup.com/poll/117328/marriage.aspx
Latest poll: 60% support, 37% oppose
When those 37% only believe people who already agree with them, and only pay attention to media outlets that already agree with them, it tends to lead to cognitive impairment and difficulty with numbers. “60% +/- 37% who are idiots and morons LMFAO = WE WIN!”
Na, na, na, na – na, na, na, na, hey, hey – good bye.
Scalia HOMERUN!
In his dissent on the gay marriage ruling, Justice Scalia rips the majority for its pretension and egoism, but he also is dismissive of its East Coast, Ivy League, New York City composition, calling the court a “select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine”:
Judges are selected precisely for their skill as lawyers; whether they reflect the policy views of a particular constituency is not (or should not be) relevant. Not surprisingly then, the Federal Judiciary is hardly a cross-section of America. Take, for example, this Court, which consists of only nine men and women, all of them successful lawyers who studied at Harvard or Yale Law School. Four of the nine are natives of New York City. Eight of them grew up in east- and west-coast States. Only one hails from the vast expanse in-between. Not a single Southwesterner or even, to tell the truth, a genuine Westerner (California does not count). Not a single evangelical Christian (a group that comprises about one quarter of Americans), or even a Protestant of any denomination. The strikingly unrepresentative character of the body voting on today’s social upheaval would be irrelevant if they were functioning as judges, answering the legal question whether the American people had ever ratified a constitutional provision that was understood to proscribe the traditional definition of marriage. But of course the Justices in today’s majority are not voting on that basis; they say they are not. And to allow the policy question of same-sex marriage to be considered and resolved by a select, patrician, highly unrepresentative panel of nine is to violate a principle even more fundamental than no taxation without representation: no social transformation without representation.
He’s such a whining little bitch.
Watching these guys’ heads spin this week is totally worth the headaches they cause with their inane idiocy.
America wins, you bigots lose!
No.Hillary just lost.
Another prediction, Pogo? Your track record is looking worse that Tangos.
I’m going to eliminate three agencies, if someone could be kind enough to remind me what those three agencies were…
The Supreme Court, the Constitution and, what was that other one? Dang!!! Oh, the FBI.
Bernie Sanders? I hope so.
Republicans? AHAHAHAHAHA
Haha! Your old world is gone, Hoss!
“Judges are selected precisely for their skill as lawyers”
What in the world makes you think that?
You must not pay attention to the judges who get appointed.
And, you must not pay attention when cases get overturned on appeal, which directly or indirectly, reflects on a judge’s grasp of the law and how he applies it in the courtroom.
We have won.
SCOTUS won’t reverse its rulings.
Obamacare is here to stay.
Gay marriage is here to stay.
Get over it!
I’m sure you were just as happy when anti-American forces flew jet bombs into the WTC.
Spike the football. That is the nature of hateful bullies. But this will not go unpunished. And you will howl with angst when your come-uppance is served. You always do.
How dare you use the lost lives on 9/11 to attack someone. You need help sir.
“Activist court”– really? I guess so considering “Citizens United” where corporations are people. Can’t wait for Google to marry ExxonMobil.
Just curious, how does “gay” marriage impact your life?
“If you are among the many Americans — of whatever sexual orientation — who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today’s decision. Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal. Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits. But do not Celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it.”
Judge Roberts
I was just making a comment about everytime the right wing doesn’t get their way with SCOTUS– it’s an activist court. The Citizens United decision is clearly the worst decision ever made by SCOTUS– the Constitution had nothing to do with that one either– if that’s wasn’t an actvist court decision then what is?
“[C]learly the worst decision ever made.”
Hmmmm. It was a very bad decision, yes. But, worst? I can think of many others.
Plessy v. Ferguson, Buck v. Bell, Loving v. Virginia come to mind very quickly.
Election funding is rather trivial in light of the aforementioned atrocities handed down by SCOTUS
Ok, not sure Loving v. Virginia was all that terrible, but I was thinking of those in my lifetime.
Sorry…you are correct. I meant to infer the law of the land prior to Loving. It was incorrectly included in my list.
That said, Citizens United is terrible. I just would refrain from calling it the “worst.” In the end, its “business as usual” and the only way to synthesize what the court has done is to simply scratch your head and remain confused.
Citizens United is the only decision I know of (not saying much) that will lead to corrupting the system at a much faster pace. Greed dominates. He who has the gold makes the rules.
Fools, all of you. And while you celebrate this activist court decision, that goes against the will of our people and our representatives, please note that you have triggered the realization that it is not enough to elect the right people. We must also be vigilant that our representatives do not allow subversive, and anti-Constitutional forces, to control us. You parade is wild now, but you will be placed asunder, at some point.
Dang. It’s like Christmas in June this week. Flag, queers, Obamacare, Bristol knocked up? I’m opening the bubbly tonight.
Don’t forget divorce lawyers, their business just doubled.
Hey, I never begrudge a person to have work.
“Nor should it force any church to perform a ceremony in contravention of its religious beliefs.”
On the other hand, if that same minister also own a wedding cake shop…….
This is the leftwing’s zenith. You have gotten all you have demanded, even as the people have been loudly against you. Your abject immorality, hate and greed is manifesting, despite your impotence at the ballot box. Now we wait the results of your ugly crusades. That is where you always demonstrate so repulsively.
We will watch, and see if all that you have claimed will come to past, or will you just degrade us even more than you have before?
Cry harder GT. This must have been a rough week for you and flippy dip pogo. Flag down, Obama care upheld, and gay marriage upheld. All your racist outlets have been shown for what they are, hateful and unlawful.
You forgot Bristol go knocked up out of wedlock again.
Abstinance works so well.
sarc
Immorality on the left? You haven’t been paying attention (Sanford, Gingrich, Hyde, Craig, Hastert, Schock, etc.).
Leftwing greed? How can one even respond to that?
Impotence at the ballot box? Who’s the president?
In the course of one week the Confederate flag has garnered national attention (not in a good way) and is properly under attack as a symbol long ago co-opted by racists. The governor, both U.S. senators and a majority of the SC senate have turned against it.
Obamacare subsidies have been approved by the Supreme Court and marriage for everyone has triumphed over anti-gay bigotry. It should dawn on some that the so-called “leftwing” is not the element on the wrong side of history. Why is America great? Because it is a continuing tale of progress — often long, slow, painful and cruel — but progress nevertheless. You can’t get the genii back in the bottle. Times change.
Can’t wait to see Fox spin this one as victory for conservatives. What a week. RINO backstabbing the Tea Party, flag, Obamacare, gays, Bristol – what could happen tomorrow?
Jesus descends from the heavens and tells everyone to vote Democrat?
Hi Rocky! In a lot of ways, this may be a blesding for fiscal conservatives. In 2012, a good friend who worked in an office environment for a large, multi-national corporation told me that a lot of gays (men and women) in his office voted either Libertarian (which I also did) or held their nose and voted for 0bama. Their political leanings were actually mostly conservative, with some staunchly pro-2A, but yhey just couldn’t find it in their hearts to vote for a candidate and party that insisted on treating them like dog shit. Who could blame them? Hopefully, for the most part, today’s decision will weaken the whole “gay” thing as a banner issue for so-callex conservative candidates and they will be less focused on bashing gays and more on less government and more liberty for us all, as they should be. They just might pick up a few votes along the way.
True, unless of course the bottom feeder candidates spend the next 10 months bashing gays to get an advantage over Jeb.
Well, there is always that, too.
Here comes the cavalcade of homosexuals suing christian florists, bakers, event planners, jewelers, caterers out of existence.
Actually, they probably don’t give a flipping crap. Just think of your list – florists, event planners, jewelers, caterers – you don’t think they can find gay ones of those. Duh!!!!
Freedom of choice hasn’t quelled a few from lawyering up. you’re right, it’s 2015, not 1915, there are plenty of choices for services like that and many who would be happy to help facilitate a same sex marriage. That won’t stop the bottom feeders from trying to profit monetarily from “discrimination”. There is a very divisive faction who benefit from the controversy.
We rather support florists, hair dresser, car sales men who don’t have a problem with glbt people . Again : welcome to the 21 century south carolina
Mike Huckabee’s googly crossed eyes just popped out of his skull. His head exploded like that dude from scanners.
If only…
What is The Kenyan doing in Washington? He’s supposed to be announcing in Charleston the late Rev./Sen. Pinckney is now being considered a martyr and a statue of him will go up next to the Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. and that June 17th will now be a national holiday called Pinckney Day.
They have these things called planes and helicopters.
Holy shit, the funeral service has started and he hasn’t even left Washington yet? Is this going to be one of those 8 hour church services black folk like to do? Us white folk like to have our funeral services in under an hour, nobody wants to sit there doing nothing for that long… ah, well… nevermind.
You are a disgusting person
And obviously you think I care what you think.
“Billy”, I take you’re a southern redneck.
That would be a mistake. :)
I heard he was speaking at 3PM…that, indeed, would make it a really, really long funeral.
Actually I think he’s on a 1:45 – so figure he’s on the chopper now – takes off from Andrews – hauls ass and lands an hour later. Takes a motorcade. So yeah, he’s there around 1:30. And they’re spending the night, and he’s had a pretty successful week, so you can bet he’s gettin’ some tonight.
Are you in the Secret Service or just a know-it-all who thinks he knows what he’s talking about.
Gettin’ some from Moochelle wouldn’t exactly be something I’d look forward to. Maybe since the gay thing passed he’ll go out and pick him up a Charleston fag.
Should the Supreme Court justices all been able to vote on the fag/dyke marriage ruling when two of them are lesbians?
Post Courier had it listed.
Google “0bama and Larry Sinclair”.
I am gonna burn an American flag this afternoon and marry three lesbians and their dog at the beach.
So it’s just another typical Friday for you.
Yup pretty much.
But think of GT’s nutty comment using my name. If I marry three lesbians, and I’m a male, then I’m not really having a gay marriage because it’s between a man and three women? God he’s still stupid.
No, I think I’ll actually listen into the President’s eulogy – then crack up a cold one, maybe a walk on the beach.
eulogy? It will be a speech about America being racist,evil and cops being bad. Same shit.
Bet not, but you’ll believe anything on Breitfart.
With people like you here is it any wonder Obama worries about racism being alive and well?
Not so much yhe rest of it, but I could definitely deal with the yhre lesbians if they are fem and hot!
he died doing Gods work, he welcomed white monster to share the word of God and he lost his life for it, he is a martyr. you are such a racist you can’t even bring yourself to call the President the President because he is black.
You raise a great point. That kid hat pure evil in his heart and yet everyone there was welcoming to him and wanted to share God’s word and His love with Dylann. They were kind to someone who intended to take their lives.
Squishy and Pogo are not true Christians, they are not capable of love and compassion.
Maybe I should go stick my dick in a Bible and then I can become born again like you.
So if you’re doing “God’s work” you deserve Washington shutting down for your funeral, you deserve having every big business forking money over to your family and to pay funeral expenses, the president speaking at your funeral, the taxpayers give your family $3 million for getting shot. Pinckney getting murdered was like hitting the lottery for his family.
Welcome to the marriage tax penalty.
Oh yeah, that one sucks.
Not to mention alimony.
Never paid that – but child support could suck. They can adopt you know.
Child support is the responsible thing to do, what suck is when it’s not paid.
True. Never missed a payment, payed above the required amount from day one. Also fully funded a college account – and actually volunteered to do it. But then that’s just me.
Sucks to be you.
It’s over now. So not so bad.
I have an ex that refuses to support or older son in college – it is amazing how crappy some parents can be
That can go on both sides. Trust me, I have the $50K legal bills enforcing visitation to prove it.
My ex threatened me with a restraining order because she didn’t want me at my son’s high school sporting event. I just smiled and said go ahead and try .
Sad point about that – the person put in the most awkward position – your son. Mine finally relented, and I’ll never forget this, when the judge said – “you miss a visit again and you’ll be spending the weekend in jail, and your son will stay with his father.”
It’s amazing how some will use children as a weapon for their own vindictiveness.
It’s not amazing if you’re a Republican. If you’re a Republican, it’s amazing if you don’t.
What’s truly amazing, your obsession.
Thank you. It’s nice to be appreciated.
Obsession and delusion goes hand in hand.
Are you asking me out on a date?
Does that include Liberal Republicans?
A real phony?
Kosher ham?
Justified rape?
A debugged program?
A genuine fake?
Cafeteria food?
Beyond Infinity?
Insane logic?
Authoritarian anarchy?
Artificial intelligence?
Somewhat pregnant?
An accurate stereotype?*
Rules of War?
*if you don’t think this belongs, “you might be a redneck”
LMAO!
Used to see that all the time when I was on “the job”. Sometimes it was both parties and you really felt bad for the kid(s) who apparently were nothing more to the “parents” than a pawn in a game of “gotcha”. Usually it was one party or the other and most often the female who played the game for all it was worth. They believe that the police are supposed to be there to prop up their side with a written report as to why they think they were wronged. They didn’t appreciate that we had better things to do than be their legal secretary.
Why are children always first, to feel the pain and hurt the worst. It’s true somehow, just don’t seem right – Conway Twitty.
The father eats the sour grape, and his children’s teeth are set on edge.
You quoting Bible Scripture now?
Let’s just say I’m well read.
Never doubted it. I think that scripture implies the sins of the father are passed on to his children.
True.
When a woman says she loves you, tell her to go to the store and get one bottle of beer, when she gets back, tell her to make you a sandwich the way you like it, while you watch the game on your big screen TV.
If she gives you any static, or fails to do it, don’t marry her. If she tries to sit in your lap while you’re watching the game, or tries to get your attention any other way, before it’s over, don’t marry her.
After the game, tell her you’re going “out” and you’ll be back “in about an hour” – if she doesn’t say something like “ok, dear – love you..” don’t marry her.
If she’s still there when you get back, you have my permission to marry her.
That’s why one should never marry a stripper.
Dude, I love your posts, but you gotta change that picture. It’s just freaky.
Rocky, If you or me were seen in public, it would be more disturbing than euwe max.
Don’t judge me.
:) But its freakin’ me out.
How about your featureless head, disconnected from the body?
This blog deserves a better class of joker – and I’m gonna give it to ’em.
(if you look closely enough you can see my thumb holding back the hammer)
Is he 18 or older? If yes, he can get student loans like the rest of us, or join the military. Or is there more to the story you aren’t telling?
As did I except for the college, a third was paid by all. My ex had our first divorce decree changed when she found out she had to pay taxes on the alimony she received. I just smiled as she bitched about it.
Yeah, ex-wives and taxes – a great combination for laughter and entertainment.
In the divorce of a lesbian couple, at least a woman will get fucked in Family Court – now they will know how men feel in Family Court – welcome to the world of Family Court equality!!!!
So cam someone tell me how to define adultery for a lesbian or gay couple??
Will they now let daughters marry their moms or sons marry their dads or even straight moms and dads marry their straight sons or daughters to allow kids to get better benefits for their parents or vice versa.
I know this will be over your head. Defining adultery for a lesbian or gay couple is very complex, so listen very carefully and I will take it slow:
“Having sex with someone other than your spouse.”
Don’t forget divorce and eligibility to receive charges and sanctions by the CDV industry, too.
I never understood why the folks that despise gays so much, would want to deny them these things the rest of us have “enjoyed” for so long. :-D
Obamacare stays , gay marriage is legal, confederate flag comes down , let keep moving : higher education is a right and reverse citizen-united
Yes!
Onward and upward to Venezuela! We have the model folks!
Nice try, but we don’t recognize gay marriage.
Venceremos
Che was a racist homophobe.
Don’t forget mass murderer too!
…so passe these days.
Che had no creativity. No beheadings, No flaming cages or others submerged in water. Think what he could of done with the internet.
“Think of what he could of done with the internet.”
I’m thinking brain suckers – steal their knowledge. Requires no creativity, only accessing another’s bank of knowledge.
Good point!
LMAO! Great sense of humor BT – well played!
You’d think all that oppression would get his image banned from eBay and Amazon.
Che is Spanish for ‘guy’
Good! I support equality, not superiority. This is a big step in the right direction.
ha!
Just close your eyes,and you want know the difference,except-she never gave head this good before ;)
Ah, no, man. If it has the capability to grow as much hair on its ass as I have (give or take), I can’t do it. That goes for women with natural born vajinas, too.
If you close your eyes, they’ll use their hand, and you “want” know the difference.
Tough week for bigots.
Gonna be a tough century for bigots.
It’s going to be a tough rest of civilization for bigots.
They’ve got a backup plan.
“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, And so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, And neither do we.” – Republican Mantra
The straightest man in the world says it’s OK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYvH7Gjbxh4
God bless America! God bless Obama! God bless gays everywhere!
And God Bless Lee Bright – bless his heart.
Sure thing pal. By the way, will you tell those Republicans to stop using my name in vain? And tell them to read the parts of the Bible where I say they should help the poor. I’ve been trying to tell them myself but they don’t listen to me.
a great day for vagitarians and felacionados across the country!
Hey Stump! Good to see you on here! Where have you been?
If I had to guess, I’d say stump knocking.
good to see you too CIC, my account got hacked and it took forever to get it straightened out.
Glad you got it fixed and looking foward to seeing you around here more!
On the day of the funerals of the “Murdered Nine Christians” in Charleston, the court redefines marriage in a way the congregation and pastor at Emmanuel AME, was vehemently opposed.
What a way to disgrace the memory of the dead that you have so shamelessly used for your politics.
I’m going to need to see some proof.
Ignorance can look proof in the eye, and not see it. But Emmanuel has a Book that governs their spirit. You would not understand that.
There are many Christians who are OK with gay marriage, their book be damned.
You can spin the ignorant, but you cannot spin the truth. No true Christian is OK homosexual activities. The Bible instructs against it. If you are for it, you cease to be Christian, and become a pawn of false doctrine.
So some guy, writing some letters and chapters of a book, probably 100 years after the death of Jesus, should be viewed as the word of Jesus? Sometimes it’s the book that needs editing, or re-interpretation.
Yea the bible says the only basis for man to divorce his wife is infidelity. It provides no basis for a women to divorce her husband. It also provides if you get divorced and remarried for any other reason you are living I adultery. The punishment is death. But hey I guess you can ignore that one, you would have to kick to many people out of your church not to. That makes you have ceased to be a Christian, however.
Shit, we’d have to kill Sanford.
Wait until he remarries, then I can become a fundamentalist for a day.
There is none, he/she just made that up.
It’s so crowded; people are going to quit coming here.
I was waiting for this article to be published. I knew the site would be buzzing with activity. Then I saw the activity …
2045: Scalia’s family members, hiding in Argentina w different last name,
I thought he had a well reasoned critique on the matter…seemed Constitutional.
I actually don’t know how he voted, I just saw he penned his own response. It seemed like he would have voted yea.
Hitler had no problem with homosexuality, much like Obama. Hitler had homosexuals in high levels of his regime. He turned on them because they were so busy, getting busy with each other, the gays neglected the NAZI goals. So I’d say your attack against Scalia is more of an indictment of you, and the Democrat Party.
I see the potential for a compromise.
https://burndownblog.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/rainbow.jpg?w=500
The Fabulous Confederate States of America
LMAO!
Perhaps Lil Benito sleeps better at night now, knowing he can dump that woman he’s been tied to.
I am sure there will be a rush of divorces, people who can now truly identify.
Joking aside, I do support equality. There is a question of how to explain that to young children. Everyone is afraid of change but over time it will work itself out.
You support equality, then you agree that a pastor has the right to refuse to marry a homosexual, just as he has the right to refuse to preform a ceremony for a habitual cheater.
I do agree that a pastor has the right to refuse. I don’t agree that the Court House does.
BREAKING NEWS: Three couples were married in GA this morning.
Was one named Grand Tango?
He is funny — haha
Meanwhile, Obama approval is less than 45% and only 28% say the country is moving in the right direction.
After this week he’ll probably peak at about 60%. Oh it must suck to be on five straight days of the Loser Train.
What is the approval rate for Congressional Republicans now?
Obama is disliked now because people are figuring out he lied to them. He once said “marriage is between a man and a woman, only.” The people also blame the president for the malaise that has gripped the country since he was elected. Other than that, a national poll regarding an individual Congressman (from a small district) is irrelevant.
People overwhelmingly support gay marriage. They support removing the flag. They support insurance that’s affordable. They support a lot of things.
Tooot, tooot – Crapville, Crapville Station next stop. All exit the Loser Train. Watch your step please.
If the people did not support it, including absence or ignorance of mind — it would not pass. The people could have changed it.
Oh never mind I found the answer.
17% approve
73% disapprove
10% unsure
Man I bet they would love to have an approval rating
Democrats and Republicans: UP!, UP!, UP!……………………………………………. to 8%
Yet they elected him two terms.
That’s irrelevant too, now. It’s the distant past. And his successor does not have that “one quality” that can guarantee a win no matter how inept or corrupt. So enjoy your hateful dictatorship while it lasts. It is rare that it happens so dysfunctionally.
He isn’t my dictator, the people elected him without my vote. Weren’t you the one who wanted a populace vote for the Confederate Flag? Yet, you are unhappy with the electoral vote for POTUS. What you want is your way only. Sorry pal, this is the United States of America. Lick your wounds and save your fight for another day.
We’re a lot of the Sons of the Confederacy Freedom Party gay? I bet they’d be happy.
Truth is — we never really know anyone save ourself. We don’t even truly understand ourselves, because we have yet to figure out how the brain works. We are probably the only species who spends so much time trying to figure how does our brain work? How does that affect our life? How much knowledge can the brain retain? What interferes with retention? An endless list of questions on how the brain works. Is it nature or nurture?
How many people are gay that we interact with on a regular basis through visits to restaurants, grocery stores, work place and beyond. The only thing this changes is the fact it is legal to think and act in accordance with ones own beliefs.
Will there be problems? Maybe. I doubt it. The problems have already manifest themselves and that is why the laws are changing. The biggest problem is for those who prefer heterosexual relationship. I too prefer them, because I prefer grandchildren and legacy. That in itself is selfish. Above all the things I would wish for my children — happiness.
I don’t know how to explain some of these things that are happening. Honestly, I was probably 20 when I realized that same sex couples really existed. I thought it was something made up. When I did realize it, I thought odd. Then as time moved on, I got to know some of them and I thought — they are really not a lot different with the exception of sexual preference. My sampling was limited, but enough that I can respect their rights as individuals.
With an open mind — peace can exist.
Why shouldn’t Gay people be miserable too?
Seriously! Why should heterosexual couples have exclusivity on miserable?
It’s terrible. All those gay haters who support gay marriage.
Sad day in SC I tell ya!
Liberals are the most miserable in this country. And all you do is seek to expand your misery. And you prove the more you get, the more miserable you are.
Yeah, after this week we’re really miserable. Obamacare upheld, gay marriage, Bristol knocked up. Really downer week for us.
I was once puzzled when someone called me a progressive many years ago when I posted a Beatles song — Imagine. I looked the term up to make sure I was correctly interpreting. After reading the full definition, not realizing at the time the full implications of political meaning. I replied — yes, I favor reform, progress and change.
Take your label and stuff it up that horse’s posterior.
Why are you so defensive about what you are?
And do you think unemployment, spiking healthcare costs and ignorance regarding lethal terrorists, is progress? Because that’s what you have identified yourself as supporting. Though I’d be surprised if you’ll admit that. Most of you stop short of yourselves, when you’re clearly detailed.
I am not defensive. I say clearly and concisely what *I* believe.
Speaking of Healthcare costs — planning retirement end of July. Received COBRA costs yesterday: $1,800-2,100 per month. Not happy, but I will take advantage of the market exchange if it is beneficial.
I have my own values. That does not give me the right to impose my values and beliefs on others. Nor does that give others the right to impose their dogmatics views on me.
The Democrat Party succeeded from the Constitution, day. A new form of slavery and servitude has been re-introduced by the SCOTUS.
This country was built on, and for, religious freedom. That was just stolen from us by a rebellious coup of radicals. Can Civil War be far behind?
You can’t be a member of your church anymore? I didn’t see that in the ruling. My goodness.
True Christian churches will be destroyed by this ruling, if the law the SCOTUS created is enforced. If sexual preference, and not citizenship, defines your civil rights, then churches must conform, or they are violating the civil rights of homosexuals. If you don’t understand that, you are not smart enough to debate the concept of civil rights or the forced redefining of marriage by the courts.
So if that is the case, and prior law said no discrimination on the Basis of race, sex or religion, how do Christian Churches get away with excluding Muslims and Wiccans; and how did all those White Southern Baptist Churches get away with excluding blacks?
You don’t understand the law at all. Do you get your info from Glen Beck?
The make believe war on Christianity is alive. Please explain how True Christian churches will be destroyed. Is it possible to be gay and Christian? Why should your beliefs override their beliefs? How is gay marriage really going to impact your life, other than hypothetical made up shit?
Like school desegregation, southern states will simply refuse to recognize the authority of the Supreme Court on this issue. At least not for another 15 years
I know. Those Damn southerners. Already planning to open private marriage chapels named after confederate generals that don’t allow gays.
If I were gay – I’d simply avoid them. Pay attention – feed their need for recognition.
as keith jackson would say ” whoa nelly its gonna be a hot time in the ol town tonight get out the strap ons and the astro glide cuz your asses are gonna be sore tomorrow yes sir
how and why did the supreme court ever side with hobby lobby after these decisions today ?