Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by The Comrade » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:16 am
i like how john galt, divorcee from minnesota, gets to decide what marriage means.
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by John Galt » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:20 am
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by The Comrade » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:21 am
and federal law tends to be above state law in matters of civil rights unless ruled otherwise so "a majority of californians" don't get to decide what it means.
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by Hyperion » Sat Dec 08, 2012 11:28 am
In that some respect, Galt, in cultures where arranged marriages are the norm, everything else shouldn't be labeled 'marriage' because that's not the way its been for thousands of years.
Silly conservative traditionalism is silly.
Silly conservative traditionalism is silly.
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by John Galt » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:16 pm
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Re: Supreme Court going to look at DOMA, prop 8
by The Comrade » Sat Dec 08, 2012 12:18 pm
and it's discriminatory which is why the supreme court is taking on the issue
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