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Breaking: US S.Ct. Rules Same Sex Marriage Constitutionally Protected[W:320]

God I hope not. This issue should have been dead 20 years ago. I'm tired of hearing about.

oh poor you, that must be so exhausting. It's as if you were denied hospital visitation, child custody, inheritance, funeral attendance, employment, housing, expelled, disowned etc

I don't care if you support this decision or not, but i want you to know one thing - the above in the context of your whining is why we call it hetero privilege
 
Muslims throw gays off rooftops. Personally, I'd rather some nutter Christian condemn me to hell than kill me in the here and now. But, yes. There is a certain aspect of religion which is completely disgusting.

Bigots beat gays in bar parking lots.

Hate is hate. It's wrong.
 
oh poor you, that must be so exhausting. It's as if you were denied hospital visitation, child custody, inheritance, funeral attendance, employment, housing, expelled, disowned etc

I don't care if you support this decision or not, but i want you to know one thing - the above in the context of your whining is why we call it hetero privilege

So someone wouldn't sell their house to you and that is something I should care about because.....
 
I know what Satan likes and he's loving today's ruling.

The devil and his boyfriend are finally going to tie the knot

LEGALLY?
 
It is a bad week for angry bigots and haters who are living in the past and are being left behind by a country that is evolving and progressing.

Hell, you can't even spell Khrushchev correctly, and you have an internet at your disposal.

Evolve or die, the nation is moving forward, your choice to move with it.

Why do liberals, progressives and socialists always think their postion is evolution and all other positions are regressive?

For socialists I think it all goes back to Marxist philosophy, but for liberals and progressives I think it's just arrogance.
 
he is nine years too old to serve on the jury


and this week has underscored the reality that the most impactful aspect of electing a president is the justices (s)he nominates to the supreme court

except they're appointed for life and i'm pretty sure kennedy's appointer would be horrified at his ruling today. New issues arise over the course of decades, and many many federal judges break with the approval of those who appoint them.

Granted, the newer judges vote exactly as one would expect, as an issue like gay marriage was easily anticipated. I'm quite sure roberts gave a blood oath to vote against it, since bush II was pushing a constitutional amendment along those lines
 
Muslims throw gays off rooftops. Personally, I'd rather some nutter Christian condemn me to hell than kill me in the here and now. But, yes. There is a certain aspect of religion which is completely disgusting.

as an adult yes, but religious condemnation has often led to suicide of closeted teenagers surrounded by that mentality.
 
This goes against the wishes of the people. It's like in 2010 when the people reacted to having Obamacare shoved down their throats...too much too soon. There will be backlash in the electorate.

You really don't get out much do you? If you did you would know most Americans are not threatened by SSM.
 
Why do liberals, progressives and socialists always think their postion is evolution and all other positions are regressive?

For socialists I think it all goes back to Marxist philosophy, but for liberals and progressives I think it's just arrogance.

Because this isn't based on hate. The populace has changed, SSM is accepted by a majority, and the demographics are showing it is here to stay. You can be angry old man all you want, but waving your fist at the sky isn't gonna change it. It is a good thing, it is about love. Two people of the same sex getting married affects you in no way, unless you are full of anger and obsess about it, that is your call.
 
Well I read the entire decision and the dissents of all 4 Justices. In the dissents, they, as I have here, intimated that, not so far into the future, we will see religious expression (Which is protected an enumerated in the Constitution) challenged, and also, the broad definition of liberty abused in ways that should worry every American, and that it doesn't matter which side of the aisle, nor of what philosophical or political lean one might entertain. In the nutshell, 5 robes just granted a right to a cross section of American's where previously none had existed. They Amended the Constitution. That is SCARY!

Tim-

if that happens it's on a course to happen regardless of today's decision

and no kidding, their job is to enforce rights where they were wrongfully deprived

it's literal ROFLMAO hilarious that scalia and others claim that THIS decision - not some boogieman down the road - is akin to the dred scott ruling, and their fight to deprive OTHERS of liberty is somehow analogous to the black civil rights movement. They will stoop to no end to makes themselves the victims
 
Because this isn't based on hate. The populace has changed, SSM is accepted by a majority, and the demographics are showing it is here to stay. You can be angry old man all you want, but waving your fist at the sky isn't gonna change it. It is a good thing, it is about love. Two people of the same sex getting married affects you in no way, unless you are full of anger and obsess about it, that is your call.

Yeah, when I ask a question you should decide to either answer it or not respond.
 
This isn't the end of it. There will be lawsuit after lawsuit against churches who refuse to marry same-sex couples. Religious freedoms are now being violated.

And the retards will get their tax exempt status revoked! Yee haw!
 
That would probably be the republican haters' next move, if they wanted to be consistent at all, is to strip marriage of any government considerations, just out of spite of gay couples. The problem is they'd lose 90% of their votes then, so they'll keep making pathetic idle threats of 'fighting the supreme court' instead

I would not be surprised to see the Wingnut Caucus of the party try something stupid like that, but cooler heads would likely prevail.
 
If you want to gauge how far america has come on this, other than the multitude of polls, i recall in 2013, after a michigan judge's ruling very briefly allowed gay couples to marry, someone tweeted "die fags die" in caps over. Now today the same individual was celebrating the ruling.
 
Easy win win here is for the govt to stop recognizing marriage as a legal thing. Its a tradition, nothing more. If people then want to legally share things, they can get a civil union.

I think you're very very late to the party and don't know how these rulings work.
 
That would probably be the republican haters' next move, if they wanted to be consistent at all, is to strip marriage of any government considerations, just out of spite of gay couples. The problem is they'd lose 90% of their votes then, so they'll keep making pathetic idle threats of 'fighting the supreme court' instead

Meh, it should happen regardless. The government should have never gotten involved in peoples relationships.
 
Easy win win here is for the govt to stop recognizing marriage as a legal thing. Its a tradition, nothing more. If people then want to legally share things, they can get a civil union.

People can already share things and not be legally married.
 
So someone wouldn't sell their house to you and that is something I should care about because.....

you should at least be informed before trivializing the struggles of minorities. I had a muslim landlord, could've evicted me in the middle of exams or whatever the hell

i didn't ask anyone to care either, merely to not bitch endlessly
 
Yeah, when I ask a question you should decide to either answer it or not respond.

Your question was idiotic. The nation changed. And you are in the dust.
 
Wow. Such un-needed anger.

at least he's honest about it. So many on this forum and elsewhere try to marginally hold back, when i know they're thinking just like him
 
you should at least be informed before trivializing the struggles of minorities. I had a muslim landlord, could've evicted me in the middle of exams or whatever the hell

i didn't ask anyone to care either, merely to not bitch endlessly

It probably wasn't the best idea ever to have a muslim landlord when you're a gay man.
 
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