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| Supreme Court Extends Gay Marriage Nationwide |
| 2015-06-26 |
| [HOSTED.AP.ORG] The Supreme Court declared Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States, a historic culmination of decades of litigation over gay marriage and gay rights generally. Gay and lesbian couples already could marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. The court's 5-4 ruling means the remaining 14 states, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans on same-sex marriage. A court in Atlanta issued marriage licenses to three same-sex couples Friday morning, soon after the decision. Gay rights supporters cheered, danced and wept outside the court after the decision, which put an exclamation point on breathtaking changes in the nation's social norms. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, just as he did in the court's previous three major gay rights cases dating back to 1996. It came on the anniversary of two of those earlier decisions. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 D *** NG IT, and they sang "KUMBAYAH" very well too! |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-26 21:57 |
| #11 See also LUCIANNE > [Daily Beast] LGBT LEADERS: [Legalized] "GAY MARRIAGE IS NOT ENOUGH". You knew they would. That sound Mainstream Amerika is hearing is the proverbial clock ticking down towards LEGAL SHARIA + SIMILAR IN AMERIKA. IMO pro-Sharia Islamic/Islamist Activists really don't have to do that much as it will be US Liberals-Secularists whom soon enuff will make MOST OR ALL ASPECTS OF ISLAMIC/MUSLIM SHARIA + SIMILAR LEGAL, OR ALL-BUT-OFFICIALLY-LEGAL, IN AMERIKA IN THE NAME OF GOOD REGULATORY SECULAR MARXISM-SOCIALISM-GOVTISM. The most dangerous part is that those Current + future Generations of OWG Amerikans whom desisre to find or rediscover their faith in God + Religion MAY TURN TO STILL SECULARISM-RESISTING, TRADITIONALIST HARDLINE ISLAM OR OTHER FOR FULFILLMENT, NOT US, WESTERN JUDEOCHRISTIANITY. INCREASINGLY SECULAR JUDEOCHRISTIANITY = OBAMA/GLOBIE-LED "US UNILATERAL OR SELF-RETREAT/FALLABCK IS OWG + WORLD PEACE" = SELF-SUICIDE IS NOT JUST ANOTHER PURDY WORD. Again, there is no sign or evidence that the Globies can or will be able to control the Hard Boyz = Global Jihad once OWG US-Global Socialist Order is finally formally imposed. THE US-WORLD MAY TURN "ISLAMIC/MUSLIM" BECAUSE JUDEOCHRISTIANITY = NON-ISLAM KILLED ITSELF OFF. The good news is that suicidal JudeoChristianity sang "Kumbayah" while during their suicide. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2015-06-26 21:56 |
| #10 The irony of Robert's language in dissent is striking Heard a bit of his dissent on National People's Radio. tl;dr: There is nothing in the Constitution that says we can do this. I literally laughed out loud, given his reasoning in the other case. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2015-06-26 20:22 |
| #9 Even the Indiana legislature didn't manage to set Pi=3. But I guess judges can. |
| Posted by: James 2015-06-26 20:11 |
| #8 We don't need no stinkin' Tenth Amendment..../sarc |
| Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 2015-06-26 19:43 |
| #7 Sad week. The republic is clearly dying. I invested so much of my life to the republic. The courts have now confirmed they are not a separate and equal branch, nor are they a check or a balance to neither the executive nor legislative branch, but just another cog in the machine that has run away from its original purpose and design of promoting liberty and a republic of laws where individual's rights are paramount, and the government is subservient. Some have been saying that time for another bloody revolution will eventually come. Sad that it looks like this may be true. Happy that Im an OLD spook and likely gone by then. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-26 18:58 |
| #6 The reasoning was specious at best. Just like Robert's abuse of language and reason in his decision earlier in the Burwell case (and the original Obamacare case as well). The irony of Robert's language in dissent is striking considering he did far more harm then Kennedy did, with far worse abuse, on a far more important and precedent setting decision, just the day before. If Chief Justice Roberts had an ounce of integrity left in him after his pretzel act this week, he should be deeply ashamed. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2015-06-26 18:55 |
| #5 America has officially jumped the shark. The Left believes in the fantasy that socialism is economically viable. The Right (and Libertarians) believes in the fantasy that its still a republic. Those who sit for life and are unaccountable to the people just told you what you can have. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-06-26 18:18 |
| #4 @#2: Canadian Hockey League? |
| Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169 2015-06-26 17:16 |
| #3 We are all gay socialist today! America has officially jumped the shark. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2015-06-26 17:07 |
| #2 Apparently there's plans to use this decision to force reciprocity for CHL's for all 50 states. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2015-06-26 16:58 |
| #1 If anyone wants to say something nasty about Chief Justice Roberts, I won't disagree. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-06-26 16:37 |