[Buckeye McFrog]

Kennedy’s ruling was one of the most devious, treacherous abuses ever let loose upon the Republic.

His opinion defined defense of traditional marriage as prima-facie evidence of bigotry. Every lower court at the State and Federal level will now fall into place...because if they don’t they are practicing bigotry.

Love to know what snarky young clerk on his staff came up with THAT idea.

[highball]

Kennedy’s ruling was one of the most devious, treacherous abuses ever let loose upon the Republic.

His opinion defined defense of traditional marriage as prima-facie evidence of bigotry. Every lower court at the State and Federal level will now fall into place...because if they don’t they are practicing bigotry.

Love to know what snarky young clerk on his staff came up with THAT idea.

It comes, unfortunately, from the original judge's decision in the Prop 8 case.

Olsen and Boeis put that forward as their reason for having Prop 8 overturned, that only bigotry would account for its passage. The idiot "defenders" of Prop 8 didn't challenge that account, didn't offer any substantial defense of the millions of Californians who voted for Prop 8 in good faith, so that contention formed the backbone of his ruling.

They so bungled the case that they offered Kennedy and his cohorts a perfect excuse to kill the Prop and brand its supporters as bigots. I sometimes wonder if the fix wasn't in from the start, their work was so poor. "Protect Marriage," or whatever the group was called, handed SCOTUS a bludgeon to use against anyone who disagrees.