Nice name...
Posted on 05/10/2012 12:38:27 PM PDT by torchy
..."I am gratified that the president has thrown his personal support and the authority of the presidency behind the goal of justice, equality, and decency for all citizens," said Ted Olson, founder of the Federalist Society and former Bush administration solicitor general..
I called Olson on Wednesday to get the conservative legal leader's take on the North Carolina gay-marriage ban at the ballot and the way it sets up a Supreme Court showdown, possibly as early as 2013--no matter who is president.
Olson has stern words for his fellow conservatives who flooded the polls on Tuesday, making North Carolina the 30th state to enshrine a ban on gay marriage in its state constitution.
"It is very sad to me that people who belong to the party of Abraham Lincoln are resisting so strenuously the equality and decency and integrity and treatment of our gay and lesbian brothers and sisters," Olson said. "This seems to be one of the last major civil-rights battles of our country. And for people in our country to come out in numbers like this and say, ‘Well, we don't want the persons next door--who are decent, God-fearing, taxpaying, obeying-the-law citizens who simply want to have happiness like the rest of us'--to say ‘No, I have that right and you can't have it.' That just seems mean to me."..
This is a profile-in-courage moment for President Obama, but it comes with considerable political risks. The decision recalls a moment of White House history that came to light in the fourth volume of Robert Caro's LBJ biography. When cautioned by advisers that advancing civil rights might be moral but would not be politically pragmatic in 1964, the new president leaned back in his chair and said, "Well, what the hell's the presidency for?"...
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Was Barbara just his beard?
I’m smelling ozone.
Actually, looks like he’s already gone.
Nice name...
just as it was gettin’ interesting .....
Sometimes I enjoy playing with my food before I eat it.
But I kind of wanted to play a little first ...
This is a typical reaction on FR .
Olsen is a conservative ...he disagrees with you on this issue ....he agrees with Dick Cheney.....There is enough room for more than one opinion on this and other things
You signed up TODAY, to post this?
She was great, but I never liked him. Just something about him . . .
This is one of those moments when I wish FR had a “Like” button! LOL!
Simply incorrect. Olsen argues that the Constitution, as of 1871, already required recognition of gay marriage, and therefore that state voters do not even get to weigh in on the matter.
Cheney believes that it IS up to a state-level vote (and has said he would vote in favor of it).
There is a huge difference between saying, "I favor it, but it doesn't matter because it's already in the Constitution" (Olsen and other whatever-I-want-is-constitutionally-required liberals) and saying "It's up to state voters, and I personally would vote yes" (Cheney).
There is nothing conservative about arguing that gay marriage was "already in the Constitution" as of 1871.
are you a lawyer?
Olsen is a lawyer and as I understand it one of the best.
Lawyers also disagree.
That does not make him a liberal.
My only ponit is on this board any non conformity is frowned on ,,,
Freedom means just that ...People are free to disagree,
Its healthier
Well, “they agree” (Olsen and Cheney) on the POLICY issue, being pro-gay-marriage. That much is true. Most here on FR probably disagree. I don’t care very much so long as religions aren’t forced to accommodate it.
The two men DO NOT agree on the legal issue. Olsen’s prominence on this issue derives from his LEGAL (as opposed to POLICY) expertise. That is what I was rising to say earlier.
That being said, I agree with you that FR got a little flamey when Mitt was being imposed upon us, and it bothered me too. I was afraid I was going to be denounced!
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So long, chummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmP!
Back to the DUmp with you, hie and be gone.
Satire, right???
Too late - he’s/she’s been zotted.
Good, their story was growing tiresome.
because if two homosexuals can "marry" than why not mommy and sonny?
all I really want is for the homosexuals to pay the marriage penalty tax....and have divorces proceedings, and custody battles....
I feel that most homosexuals will not want to actually "marry"....they just want us to know that its okay to do so....marriage would put a damper on their roaming the gay bars and public restrooms...
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