Discussion for article #224563
“In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,”
I really wish the SCOTUS operated as if that was true, but I’ll take good news today wherever I can get it. Congrats KY!
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In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,"
OMG, somebody’s really going to make Mrs. Alito cry…
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Falling like flies.
(and i don’t mean zippers)
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With everything else that seems to be getting worse before it gets better, It’s pretty cheering to a progressive to see this area where the society is making lots of, you know, progress.
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Kentucky should declare that it has religious beliefs that trump the Constitution. If a corporation can be a person, why not a state?
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Well, it’s been a no-brainer ever since Scalia showed the way. Once same-sex marriage is seen as an Equal Protection issue rather than a moral one, there is no way bans on same-sex marriage can be considered constitutional. It doesn’t matter if it’s a statute or a state constitutional amendment or whether it’s voted by the legislature or by referendum or if God herself decrees it. It won’t pass constitutional muster. Period.
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I’m so excited, thrilled really. It’s just a matter of time before all the walls come tumbling down and LGBTs are finally afforded the same rights the rest of us enjoy. Thank you, Judge Heyburn.
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Another one bites the dust
– Freddie Mercury
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“In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,” U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II wrote in the ruling, according to the Courier-Journal.
That, in a nutshell, is the greatness of America. We don’t always live up to that greatness, but we should never stop trying to fulfill that mission.
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Oh my, that “even since and long-held religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights” language sounds like a slap at SCOTUS.
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except when we’re talking about women’s rights to control their own bodies/snark
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Beat me to it!
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Is this what they mean when they say: “The South shall rise again”?
If so, I’m cool with that. Once again, a judge got it right.
The bible belt is having a full-bore collective conniption. Don’t ya just love it?
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When the walls, come tumblin’ down…
When the walls, come crumblin’ crumblin’…
When the walls, come tumblin’ tumblin’ dowwwwwwwnnnnn…
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The South won’t rise again. Jim Gaffigan figured out why.
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Boom goes the dynamite. It would have saved us all a lot of time and hassle if the SCOTUS had simply struck down all bans (ala Loving v. Virginia) as part of the Perry ruling instead of dismissing on standing.
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Particularly since corporations are, by definition, state creations.
Good times:
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT to the extent Ky. Rev. Stat. §§ 402.005 and
.020(1)(d) and Section 233A of the Kentucky Constitution deny same-sex couples the right to
marry in Kentucky, they violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution, and they are void and unenforceable.
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