I offer no opinion on the above. I'm sure some are stewing and some are happy.
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Game Well can finally marry Lou HoltzAt least we can finally get married. I love you Game Well!!!!!
True. But I don't know that's a fireable offense. He has a fairly strong case.
This has to be the photo of the week... This guy should win an Darwin Award for least likely to be selected.
True. But I don't know that's a fireable offense. He has a fairly strong case.
I fvcking hate what has happened to this once great country.
I know, this country was so much better when only straight white men had rights.
Congrats on finally being able to marry Nigel.
I hope you two have a happy life together.
I know, this country was so much better when only straight white men had rights.
Sorry, I just interpreted what you wrote. That's literally what you said. That this country went to shit after de-segregation and women entering the workforce.
I hope I'm not as salty a person as you are when I'm your age.
What is the point in even having a constitution
The fourteenth amamenent of our beloved constitution states in its first clause,
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
The decision today states essentially that not allowing gay marriage abridges unfairly a gay person's privileges as a citizen of the Ubited States.
If we are not working towards equality under the law, what indeed is the point of even having a constitution?
pass legislation that lets the President have almost endless trade powers.. W/o amendment by Congress
-Republicans are pushing for this trade bill.
Rewrite laws to fit a political agenda....should have known that States doe not equal " the State"
-it's a conservative court, and the only people republicans have to blame for obamacare is themselves. If healthcare was ever at all on a republican agenda, they could have passed a bill that was to there liking. But they don't give a shit, so they didn't.
Ignore the constitution and create new rights ( right to intimacy?) should have left it to the states and voters as the founders planned.
-the founders didn't want things left to the voters because they didn't trust them. Hence the electoral college and indirect election of senators. the founders also allowed slavery and thought that black folks counted as 35ths of a person. And it is not the right of the majority to determine what certain minorities can or can't do.
Forget the issues... When we start fooling with first principals and the Constitution we are done..
-the constitution was written by men and is not perfect.
The Stateists in DC and the political eliet won ! Screw them all as our destruction awaits.
-that's dramatic.
FYI , read Scalia's opinion today , a magnificent piece.
-Scalia does not cite a single legal principle in his argument.
Now go read the 10th Amendment.
No need to go read it. All powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government are left to the states. However you may recall that in the interim between the tenth and fourteenth amendments we fought a war that was based largely on the fact that a certain segment of states were into treating some of their citizens as property, and that the majority of citizens in those states were totally cool with that - not that they ever put it to a vote because black folks couldn't vote anyways so who cares?
Anyhow point is that the majority doesn't get to decide which civil rights a minority has or doesn't have.
The fourteenth amamenent of our beloved constitution states in its first clause,
"All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
The decision today states essentially that not allowing gay marriage abridges unfairly a gay person's privileges as a citizen of the Ubited States.
If we are not working towards equality under the law, what indeed is the point of even having a constitution?
I would like to see evidence for and against this. My feeling is that it really was, if you were white and straight.
Has the country improved since? Has it declined? Cite your sources.
Now I know you are trolling.
I agree with you. Now explain to me the ACA ruling. The court basically said "I know what they wrote but what they meant to say was . . ." The reality is this saved the GOP a monster of a headache but I don't believe that is a good enough reason to uphold a utterly flawed piece of legislation.
There are no winners in this thread.
Webster's definition of "douchebaggery" should be rewritten to include dudes who debate the Constitution on a college sports message board on a Friday night
Now I know you are trolling.
So what does this mean to the man who wants to marry his car, or thinks it is his right to be able to marry 15 women now?
I don't think its my place to tell people what they can and can't do. My issue is political. Just think this was a state issue and each state should have the opportunity to vote on it. Like everything else, if my state voted for it, I can live with that. That's the way it should be IMO. If things get bad enough, I can just do what @Cabotiger did, I guess.I know, this country was so much better when only straight white men had rights.