(June 26, 2013 at 3:09 pm)Minimalist Wrote:


I don't want to piss on the parade here but some of you are jumping the gun. What these two rulings do, collectively, is to reinforce state's rights. If a state wants to allow gay marriage, it can and if it wants to deny gay marriage, it can. The federal government cannot discriminate against citizens who are legally married in a given state. Moreover, in the Prop 8 situation it denied the right of a citizen to challenge a ruling on a technicality. This worked great in California where the governor decided not to challenge the lower court ruling but let's take any state in Jesusland for a counter example. If only the state government can decide to bring an appeals ruling forward what the court has done is sanctify TWO Americas.

Add in the disastrous ruling on the Voting Rights Act of just a day ago and we see a growing divide between the liberal coasts and the fascist south/west being codified by state law.

So temper the enthusiasm with a dose of reality. There is a long way to go in this country.

(June 26, 2013 at 3:13 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Can we all just take a moment to go to http://www.google.com and type in "gay", "lesbian", "queer", "transgendered", "gay marriage", "homosexual" and the like. Soooo cool!

(June 26, 2013 at 2:28 pm)Doubting Thomas Wrote:

(June 26, 2013 at 2:24 pm)CleanShavenJesus Wrote: But just a note: the court's decision in the Prop 8 case was to dismiss it on procedural grounds. It's a slight victory for gay marriage, but not a major one then because the court essentially sidestepped the argument of whether or not marriage was a Constitutionally given right.

Yes, but the court decision striking down Prop 8 is unlikely to be challenged again, and we now have one more state where gay marriage is legal. Slowly but surely the country is allowing marital freedom and homophobes are running scared.

(June 26, 2013 at 3:13 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Can we all just take a moment to go to http://www.google.com and type in "gay", "lesbian", "queer", "transgendered", "gay marriage", "homosexual" and the like. Soooo cool!

(June 26, 2013 at 3:32 pm)cato123 Wrote:

(June 26, 2013 at 3:13 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Can we all just take a moment to go to http://www.google.com and type in "gay", "lesbian", "queer", "transgendered", "gay marriage", "homosexual" and the like. Soooo cool!

Does typing in "Santorum" still work?

(June 26, 2013 at 3:32 pm)cato123 Wrote:

(June 26, 2013 at 3:13 pm)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Can we all just take a moment to go to http://www.google.com and type in "gay", "lesbian", "queer", "transgendered", "gay marriage", "homosexual" and the like. Soooo cool!

Does typing in "Santorum" still work?

(June 26, 2013 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Speaking of Santorum, I bet he's positively frothing over today's Supreme Court decisions.

(June 26, 2013 at 3:38 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Speaking of Santorum, I bet he's positively frothing over today's Supreme Court decisions.