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Tarheel Baptist said:Smellin Coffee said:Twisted said:Smellin Coffee said:Twisted said:LongGone said:Twisted said:LongGone said:Other than you saying it the question is why? You may not agree but the Supreme Court ruled it is a civil right and that states can not create laws that discriminate against gay marriage. The same basis as why slavery is not a state right.
The SC does not make law. In fact, aren't there a few states taking a stand against that ruling? I admit it's hard to keep track of who is doing what.
More states need to take a stand against the overreach of the Fed's. But alas, I fear that there are too few with the b***ls to do that. "Slavery" is taking a new form.
Smellin said it better than I did but no one said the Supreme Court makes law. They rule on the constitutionality of laws. We don't always agree with the rulings but the Supreme Court protects against states passing laws that the deem as unconstitutional.
???? And what part of the Constitution regulates marriage? The SC redefined marriage which they have no authority to do.
If the Constitution doesn't regulate it, the SC certainly didn't violate it with their decision. Tradition, sure, but the Constitution? Nope.
Then what was the point of the SC ruling at all? We all know the answer to that. They've done it for decades.
The States are (sometimes) flexing their power afforded them by the 10th amendment.
The reason for the decision is because spousal benefits were being denied to a same-sex couple, even though their local state recognized the marriage. To the SC, it wasn't about an agenda but rather civil rights. They made the right call.
Yet again, you misspeak.*
In Obergefell's majority opinion, Justice Kennedy specifically stated that the constitution granted gays that right. In his minority opinion, Justice Scalia stated that Kennedys opinion was a crock and had nothing to do with the constitution.
Kennedy interpreted it that way. Marriage is not mentioned at all in the Constitution so if he literally 'said' it, he was wrong. Scalia did not interpret it the same way. In matters of civil rights, the rights of a same-sex couple should be the same as that of a heterosexual couple in matters of legal issues. THAT is the civil right, civil rights which in general are upheld by the Constitution.
Tarheel Baptist said:It is and was agenda driven....if not these poor old discriminated upon sodomites would just find another bakery to bake their wedding cake. But because it is an agenda, they must punish and close the bigoted baker.
I didn't say it wasn't agenda driven, here is the quote:
To the SC, it wasn't about an agenda but rather civil rights. They made the right call.
For the SC, it was about civil rights for gay couples.