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Gay Marriage Legal in the USA
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Equal rights before the law. Good job. The true activist judges are the ones who deny this. Go smoke a bowl Scalia.
The concluding words of the majority Court's opinion:
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage.
Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization?s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.
It is so ordered.
No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice, and family. In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than once they were. As some of the petitioners in these cases demonstrate, marriage embodies a love that may endure even past death. It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage.
Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization?s oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed.
It is so ordered.
Scalia well knows the world is gyrating (at the hips?) wildly away from his beliefs, his world-view (Pew tells us a solid majority of even GOP millennials favor same sex marriage), but, happily, these sea changes, and resulting isolation, will generate ever more bitter, hatefully fun and wonderfully nasty dissents - rhetoric of which Scalia's colleages could never match:
?The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic...Of course the opinion?s showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent.?
If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began: ?The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity,? I would hide my head in a bag. The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.
"The world does not expect logic and precision in poetry or inspirational pop philosophy; it demands them in the law. The stuff contained in today?s opinion has to diminish this Court?s reputation for clear thinking and sober analysis."
?This is a naked judicial claim to legislative?indeed, super-legislative?power; a claim fundamentally at odds with our system of government. Except as limited by a constitutional prohibition agreed to by the People, the States are free to adopt whatever laws they like, even those that offend the esteemed Justices? ?reasoned judgment.? A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.?
?The opinion is couched in a style that is as pretentious as its content is egotistic...Of course the opinion?s showy profundities are often profoundly incoherent.?
If, even as the price to be paid for a fifth vote, I ever joined an opinion for the Court that began: ?The Constitution promises liberty to all within its reach, a liberty that includes certain specific rights that allow persons, within a lawful realm, to define and express their identity,? I would hide my head in a bag. The Supreme Court of the United States has descended from the disciplined legal reasoning of John Marshall and Joseph Story to the mystical aphorisms of the fortune cookie.
"The world does not expect logic and precision in poetry or inspirational pop philosophy; it demands them in the law. The stuff contained in today?s opinion has to diminish this Court?s reputation for clear thinking and sober analysis."
?This is a naked judicial claim to legislative?indeed, super-legislative?power; a claim fundamentally at odds with our system of government. Except as limited by a constitutional prohibition agreed to by the People, the States are free to adopt whatever laws they like, even those that offend the esteemed Justices? ?reasoned judgment.? A system of government that makes the People subordinate to a committee of nine unelected lawyers does not deserve to be called a democracy.?
Gay marriage is one of those things that really goes against a core belief for me, but I suppose I'm changing my stance, and I will explain why. In my nursing career, my number one job is to be an advocate for my patients. This means to take care of them in the best way I know and to make sure they have medically the treatment they need and emotionally The care they need as well. I have had two gay patients in my career who were terminal and being cared for by their partners (one case 20 years and one 30 years). Their partners knew their wishes but we're not allowed to make them BC they were not married and officially had no legal standing. Distant family members were called in who had no clue. Thankfully one listened to the partner, the patient died with dignity and all was well. However, the other family member overrode the wishes of the partner/patient and even went as far as making sure the partner was excluded and not even able to visit. It was horrible and thankfully the patient didn't last long, but his life was ended without his partner of 20 years. Truly sad and cruel.
I'm glad this doesn't have to happen anymore. Situations like this has happened with Herero and homosexual couples, but the heterosexual couples seem to be given the benefit of the doubt and decision making honors as if they were married. Not the case in the past with homosexual couples as in my above example.
Congratulations homosexual Americans. One of the many things and stances I have changed due to life experiences.
I'm glad this doesn't have to happen anymore. Situations like this has happened with Herero and homosexual couples, but the heterosexual couples seem to be given the benefit of the doubt and decision making honors as if they were married. Not the case in the past with homosexual couples as in my above example.
Congratulations homosexual Americans. One of the many things and stances I have changed due to life experiences.
Interesting that gay marriage was the tipping point for giving a shit if the majority ruled.
Polygamy love is love, can't wait for someone to marry their dog, cat, snake, truck, car, love is love, sets up quite the slippery slope
at least there is the marriage penalty when they file their taxes :0074
Holy shit you are a despicable human being.
Please stop posting nonsense like this in this thread, this is a thread celebrating people finally being treated equal, no room for your close minded crap.
