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Galloism wrote:I must say, I was wrong. I really expected 5-4 opposite direction.

Everyone say "thank you Justice Kennedy" for Being the deciding vote.

Got his quote as my flag.

Lancaster of Wessex wrote:Congratulations America for focusing a bit more on what your politics has said since your inception: "That all men are created equal."

"I think the authors of that notable instrument (The Declaration of Independence) intended to include all men, but they did not mean to declare all men equal in all respects. They did not mean to say all men were equal in color, size, intellect, moral development, or social capacity. They defined with tolerable distinctness in what they did consider all men created equal,—equal in certain inalienable rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. This they said, and this they meant. They did not mean to assert the obvious untruth that all were then actually enjoying that equality, or yet that they were about to confer it immediately upon them. In fact, they had no power to confer such a boon. They meant simply to declare the right, so that the enforcement of it might follow as fast as circumstances should permit." -Abraham Lincoln

Communist German States wrote:

Lancaster of Wessex wrote:Congratulations America for focusing a bit more on what your politics has said since your inception: "That all men are created equal."

Many of the Founding Fathers would have been disappointed.

They'd still be getting over their heart attacks from finding out there's a black President from a mixed race couple, I think I can live with their disappointment on a few things.

The 502nd SS wrote:

Imperial Valaran wrote:
Slippery slopes like those belong with the same category as flat earths.

I don't get it

Would it help if I wrote 'ridiculous' in big neon letters?

Vassenor wrote:OK, here's my non-rhetorical question.

Why is everyone acting like this is a bad thing?

Because those "everyone" think the Supreme Court has given the green light for gays to anally rape straight people like a zombie movie.

New Carloso wrote:Might as well post Obama's statement on twitter: https://twitter.com/POTUS/status/614435467120001024

Apparently, he also did 9/11

Get yours ready too, people.

Communist German States wrote:

Lancaster of Wessex wrote:Congratulations America for focusing a bit more on what your politics has said since your inception: "That all men are created equal."

Many of the Founding Fathers would have been disappointed.

So let them be. If they start rotating in their graves over this, we can use them for energy production and reduce America's environmental footprint that way.

Kelinfort wrote:

The 502nd SS wrote:Terrible news, I nearly cried when I heard that they legalized it. God has abandoned us!

More like, he's finally returned.

OOO BURN

This is excellent. Very very good news.

Funny how being a conservative these days is just waiting and fearing the inevitable

The 93rd Coalition wrote:

The 502nd SS wrote:June 26, the beginning of the end! With this terrible thing being legalized, what next will they legalize? Infant genocide(oh wait they already did)? Polygamy?

That last one is probably coming in a little bit. Another decade or so. But that's a different matter altogether.

Why so glum, friend? Today is a day of celebration, of a general "good" to be uttered by the heterosexual American population while they go about their business! Wild cheers by everybody else, too.

Why do I feel glum? Because its the destruction of all my views on families and marriage.

The full text of the ruling.

Cannot think of a name wrote:

Communist German States wrote:Many of the Founding Fathers would have been disappointed.

They'd still be getting over their heart attacks from finding out there's a black President from a mixed race couple, I think I can live with their disappointment on a few things.

I think Washington and Jefferson would be fine with it. Very different reasons, though.

The 93rd Coalition wrote:

Ganos Lao wrote:
Not at all. For them, it's the culmination of years of struggle.

Besides, let them have their fun before the reality sets in and we get a repeat of the church shooting or something targeting GLBT people.



As expected.

Still, there's legislature to be put into place in the remaining holdout states, Church protests to take place and disperse, firebombings to hopefully not happen but probably will. It's sure for this to incite a lot of hatred against the LGBT population, as glorious a victory it is.

That's what I said, but that doesn't mean they can't celebrate. Deep down, they know there's still more to do. Even one person on this thread posted as such already.

This might not bode well for the Democrats in '16.... However beneficial such rulings may be (in the eyes of some) the people haven't been able to decide about whether they approve of this social change (there has been no referendum) and the electorate might not accept being sidelined in this manner. This might lead to a serious backlash and a Republican victory in '16.

The 502nd SS wrote:

The 93rd Coalition wrote:
That last one is probably coming in a little bit. Another decade or so. But that's a different matter altogether.

Why so glum, friend? Today is a day of celebration, of a general "good" to be uttered by the heterosexual American population while they go about their business! Wild cheers by everybody else, too.

Why do I feel glum? Because its the destruction of all my views on families and marriage.

Your views haven't been destroyed. The First Amendment still exists.

Imperial Valaran wrote:

The 502nd SS wrote:I don't get it

Would it help if I wrote 'ridiculous' in big neon letters?

I have a hard time figuring out what people mean because multiple mental disorders

Gauthier wrote:

Vassenor wrote:OK, here's my non-rhetorical question.

Why is everyone acting like this is a bad thing?

Because those "everyone" think the Supreme Court has given the green light for gays to anally rape straight people like a zombie movie.

You watch different zombie movies than I do.

is scalia mad as fuck

The 93rd Coalition wrote:

The 502nd SS wrote:June 26, the beginning of the end! With this terrible thing being legalized, what next will they legalize? Infant genocide(oh wait they already did)? Polygamy?

That last one is probably coming in a little bit. Another decade or so. But that's a different matter altogether.

Why so glum, friend?

Schtick.

This is the 2nd Roe v Wade of judicial activism. There is nothing remotely in the US constitution which specifies that gay marriage is a protected right. All marriage used to be under the purview of the states.

Vassenor wrote:OK, here's my non-rhetorical question.

Why is everyone acting like this is a bad thing?

Because they say GodJesus said so.

The 502nd SS wrote:

The 93rd Coalition wrote:
That last one is probably coming in a little bit. Another decade or so. But that's a different matter altogether.

Why so glum, friend? Today is a day of celebration, of a general "good" to be uttered by the heterosexual American population while they go about their business! Wild cheers by everybody else, too.

Why do I feel glum? Because its the destruction of all my views on families and marriage.

Yeah, I went through that too. It's a difficult period, be sure about that. But from the ashes shall be rebuilt a glorious empire of inclusiveness and equality. Think of it as messing up your bed in your sleep, to make it better in the morning than it was when you went in.

And so ends the very moral fabric of the United States, and the world in general. May God have mercy on us all, for Satan and his ilk will have none.

Oh, how I wish the South had the gumption to secede right now...I'd leave at the tip of a hat.

The 502nd SS wrote:

The 93rd Coalition wrote:
That last one is probably coming in a little bit. Another decade or so. But that's a different matter altogether.

Why so glum, friend? Today is a day of celebration, of a general "good" to be uttered by the heterosexual American population while they go about their business! Wild cheers by everybody else, too.

Why do I feel glum? Because its the destruction of all my views on families and marriage.

Considering you can still marry the way you want and still have a family the way you want (well you and your spouse) I fail to see how it destroys either.

Valcouria wrote:And so ends the very moral fabric of the United States, and the world in general. May God have mercy on us all, for Satan and his ilk will have none.

Oh, how I wish the South had the gumption to secede right now...I'd leave at the tip of a hat.

You could always leave the United States yourself.

Then again, the very moral fabric of the world's gone, so I guess Antarctica is your only hope.

Valcouria wrote:And so ends the very moral fabric of the United States, and the world in general. May God have mercy on us all, for Satan and his ilk will have none.

Oh, how I wish the South had the gumption to secede right now...I'd leave at the tip of a hat.

What a stupid reason to leave the US.