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Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas

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Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
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Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 9:24 am
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 9:27 am
This is more reason every sane person needs to fight this every day. The GOP wants to drag America back 50 years.
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 9:36 am
Thanks for pissing me off first thing in the morning. I haven't even had my coffee yet.


Quote:“What an incredible early Christmas present from the U. S. Supreme Court,” Jonathan Saenz, president of Texas Values and a lawyer who helped challenge the limits of same-sex benefits in the state, told the Statesman.

This is no doubt being framed as a "victory for traditional marriage." Would someone please explain to me how heterosexual married couples are better off than they were before the Supreme Court's ruling?
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 9:50 am
(December 5, 2017 at 9:36 am)vulcanlogician Wrote: This is no doubt being framed as a "victory for traditional marriage." Would someone please explain to me how heterosexual married couples are better off than they were before the Supreme Court's ruling?

I am more curious to know how the SCOTUS justifies this against "equal protection under the law".
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 10:15 am
It's like you are reading our newspaper this morning.
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 10:43 am
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 10:50 am
The people who filed this lawsuit should just do the world a favor and kill themselves.
"Tradition" is just a word people use to make themselves feel better about being an asshole.
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 10:53 am (This post was last modified: December 5, 2017 at 10:54 am by The Grand Nudger.)
@MH
They punted.

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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 12:15 pm
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RE: Gay couples denied full marriage benefits in Texas
December 5, 2017 at 12:22 pm
Cake bigot's case being heard right now. FUCK that asshole. We already had separate bathrooms and back of the bus bullshit. If that asshole doesn't want to bake a cake for a gay couple, FUCK HIM.
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