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John Roberts: I … can’t help but think this decision opens the door to legal polygamy
Hot Air ^ | June 26, 2015 | Allahpundit

Posted on 06/26/2015 9:51:32 AM PDT by C19fan

What would have ever given Roberts that idea?

That’s a lot of gauzy schmaltz for a High Court decision, even by the more relaxed standards of the summing-up paragraphs in a majority opinion. The striking thing about Kennedy’s ruling isn’t that he came down the way he did, which was a mortal lock, but that he didn’t concern himself with trying to narrow the reasoning to meet the core objection of SSM opponents, that there’s no way to get traction on this slippery slope. “That would have been beyond the scope of the decision,” Kennedy fans will say; polygamy wasn’t at issue here so he had no business addressing it. True — he had no business addressing it explicitly. But he could have added language that he knew would be pointed back to later when polygamy inevitably lands before the Court. “Unlike some forms of marital relationships, a marriage of two members of the same sex is a partnership of equals” — something like that, or rhetoric about how other forms of marriage might be exploitative by their very nature. Anything to signal to polygamists that if they try to make their play at the Court anytime soon, they may not like which way Kennedy goes on that.

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To: C19fan

I demand to marry a humu humu nuku nuku apua ‘a, a barn owl and a cantaloupe.


21 posted on 06/26/2015 9:59:18 AM PDT by bgill ( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Uncle Miltie

Zer0 is now free to marry Reggie.


22 posted on 06/26/2015 10:00:38 AM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: C19fan
“Unlike some forms of marital relationships, a marriage of two members of the same sex is a partnership of equals”

That could be interpreted that ONLY two men are equal, but the Gaystopo was arguing that a man and a man were the EQUAL of a man and a woman. Thus, by their original logic (sic), every marriage is a marriage of EQUALS. It's not a leap to say a polygamous marriagae is a marriage of EQUALS.

Moreover, the Supremes decided in 1890 they could define marriage as between ONE man and ONE woman. Today's warped decision changed that definition. If a definition can be changed ONCE, it can be changed TWICE, or THREE times, etc...

23 posted on 06/26/2015 10:01:28 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: C19fan
Well, even more--what CAN'T the Supreme Court decide is a right?

Your property will become someone else's right. Your time on this planet is some one else's right.

24 posted on 06/26/2015 10:02:02 AM PDT by riri (Obama's Amerika--Not a fun place.)
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To: odawg
“If that is the case, US gov’t owes state of Utah a big apology as it had to get rid of their polgamy laws before they joined the Union.”

An apology and maybe reparations.

Those early Mormon polygamists went to prision for their practice of marriage. Not a single homo even spent a night in jail for their perverted practice of marriage. Just who is being persecuted?

25 posted on 06/26/2015 10:05:02 AM PDT by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: C19fan

If you oppose polygamy then you are Islamophobic and hate Muslims.

Can’t have that.

So to be tolerant of diverse cultures we MUST legalize polygamy as soon as possible.

I mean the SCOTUS should legalize it.


26 posted on 06/26/2015 10:06:24 AM PDT by garjog (Obama: bringing joy to the hearts of Terrorists everywhere.)
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To: C19fan

I wouldn’t be surprised if Roberts is into this kinky stuff himself. He probably gets down with the knights of Malta when he goes there on vacations.


27 posted on 06/26/2015 10:06:38 AM PDT by grumpygresh (My real thoughts have been self censored.)
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To: C19fan

RE: John Roberts: I … can’t help but think this decision opens the door to legal polygamy

I can’t help but think that John Robert’s decisions on Obamacare opens the door to the Supreme Court legislating our healthcare.


28 posted on 06/26/2015 10:07:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: VanDeKoik

Yes. Overwhelm the system. The Supreme Court will have to be careful. If enough people ignore their rulings, they will become irrelevant.


29 posted on 06/26/2015 10:12:35 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Exactly.

Mr. Roberts has obliterated the meaning of words. He his a tyrant of the highest order.


30 posted on 06/26/2015 10:13:27 AM PDT by Ray76 (Obama says, "Unlike my mum, Ruth has all the documents needed to prove who Mark's father was.")
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To: Cowboy Bob

“I want to see someone push for polygamy. “

I wonder if you will get a discount on your marriage license after the third spouse. Nah, probably not.


31 posted on 06/26/2015 10:13:35 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: pepsionice
I just don’t see how you can’t allow me to have four wives. To make me happy...

I get your point (and agree with it), but I've got to tell you that having 4 wives just ain't gonna make you happy. Just remember that you can't spend all of your time in bed, you've got to deal with the rest - and add to the normal "rest" the jealousy of 3 of them at any one time. Good luck with that!

32 posted on 06/26/2015 10:13:54 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: C19fan
DUH! Your court cited the 14th amendment. Under the 14th amendment and the equal opportunity discrimination laws that have been passed under the 14th amendment, "marital status" is a protected class.

Thus, you can't be "discriminated" against for your marital status when applying for a marriage license.

I'm not even a lawyer and even I could argue that before the court. Polygamy in all 50 states is a done deal.

33 posted on 06/26/2015 10:14:40 AM PDT by cincinnati65
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To: Ancesthntr

What are the chances of all 4 wives all having a headache at the same time?


34 posted on 06/26/2015 10:15:35 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

“Yes. Overwhelm the system. The Supreme Court will have to be careful. If enough people ignore their rulings, they will become irrelevant.”

I like to point out that this is exactly how The USSR, with enough nukes to destroy the planet 20 times over and arguably the most powerful standing military in the history of civilization at the time, fell with hardly a shot. People just stopped believing in it.


35 posted on 06/26/2015 10:16:47 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie ("When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day".)
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To: BenLurkin
The only good thing I can see in this is it legalized gay DIVORCE. We'll need that to separate us from those who want to put Christians into closets catacombs.
36 posted on 06/26/2015 10:23:50 AM PDT by JohnBovenmyer (Obama been Liberal. Hope Change)
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To: C19fan

Duh.


37 posted on 06/26/2015 10:26:03 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: C19fan

Heck, it’s no longer polygamy or bigamy. It’s now polyamory, or any combination and number of participants folks might come up with.


38 posted on 06/26/2015 10:26:36 AM PDT by Will88
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To: thorvaldr
socialists hate Mormons so no polygamy.

But they love Muslims. Hence.... Polygamy.

39 posted on 06/26/2015 10:27:10 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Saying that ISIL is not Islamic is like saying Obama is not an Idiot.)
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To: The Toll

Make that a four year old boy, and I agree with you.

Did you see that post this morning where some homo was bragging about indoctrinating 4 year olds?

Good grief!


40 posted on 06/26/2015 10:29:22 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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