So now we get to find out if all the slippery slope predictions, dogs marrying cats, etc, come true. Or alternatively, how full of sh!t Republicans making those predictions were.
Thomas' dissent is fucking scary.
I generally like GHWB and think he did a great job as President, but the appointment of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court is a stain on the country. I actively look forward to the day that he retires or passes away peacefully in bed.
Let me know when a homosexual couple gets to walk into a church and force it to marry them. Until then, this ruling and fiasco is about government bennies, nothing more. Glad to see its over with though. Congrats to the "winners."
Scalia's is just 6 pages of writing Fuck You
I don't see people clamoring to have a same-sex marriage in an unwilling church or performed by an objecting religious leader. People just want the secular state to recognize their marriage and give them access to the same legal benefits that other married couples enjoined. Frankly, the argument seems like a strawman that anti-SSM people like to bring up in defense of their untenable position.
Gaystapo is the term I see used the most. I'm sure there are others.Gay-ghazi?
Same Sex Panels??
Let me know when a homosexual couple gets to walk into a church and force it to marry them. Until then, this ruling and fiasco is about government bennies, nothing more. Glad to see its over with though. Congrats to the "winners."
Sucks.
Sucks.
This is good news. If it weren't for the religious fucknuts being so opposed to it, it wouldn't have had to go this far up the chain. The States would have passed it long ago.
The religious freaks need to have their influence removed as it just seems to oppose common sense and is a big thorn in the side of the GOP.
Good for everyone concerned including those who opposed SSM. Now they can start working on campaign themes that might actually help them win rather than continuing on with losing battles like SSM, objections to fair trade deals, and Obamacare.
hmm. one guy on TV said this changes NOTHING> it just says the FEDERAL govenment can't ban same sex marriage. the states still can
lol /facepalm
Yes. The decision was in two parts. It states that a state cannot ban same sex marriage, and that a state must recognise a marriage performed in any other state. That means that as of right now all states must recognise all SSM that was performed in any state, and that soon they will have to start licensing SSM in their state.wait, does this mean states are forced to recognize gay marriage all over the US?
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who had warned that the legalization of same-sex marriage would lead to the “criminalization of Christianity,” wrote Friday that the country “must resist and reject judicial tyranny, not retreat,” in a statement on his website.
The ruling is about “marriage redefinition,” he wrote, adding that the “only outcome worse than this flawed, failed decision would be for the President and Congress, two co-equal branches of government, to surrender in the face of this out-of-control act of unconstitutional, judicial tyranny.”
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said the decision “will pave the way for an all out assault against the religious freedom rights of Christians who disagree with this decision.”
“This ruling must not be used as pretext by Washington to erode our right to religious liberty,” he added.
Rick Santorum cited the Dred Scott decision as an indicator that the Supreme Court has not had a perfect track record.
“Today, five unelected justices decided to redefine the foundational unit that binds together our society without public debate or input. Now is the people’s opportunity respond because the future of the institution of marriage is too important to not have a public debate,” Santorum said in a statement.
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker would appear to disagree with that assessment, saying that “the only alternative left for the American people is to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage.”
Holy shit, the comments on fox's website... wow, just wow... They make this place seem sane and stable.