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Posted on 06/26/2015 11:25:09 AM PDT by EveningStar
Justice Clarence Thomas on Friday wrote a fiery dissent in response to the Supreme Court's 5-4 decision that gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.
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This is just... beautiful. Judge Thomas is brilliant. (Heh. I can see why the left would be apoplectic.) God Bless him.
Over the years I have found it fascinating to read the opinions of Scalia and Thomas side by side.
Although they usually end up on the same “side” in the final vote, their lines of reasoning are almost always quite different. That difference is very apparent in the quote you posted as opposed to Scalia’s dissent.
While Scalia uses tight judicial reasoning and strict Constitutional construction in arriving at his opinions, Thomas quite often (as is the case here) appeals to the Natural Law and the concept of human nature. He is working not from the point of view of what the Constitution prescribes (or omits) but rather what the human condition is and should be.
I seriously doubt that the likes of Kagan and Sotomayor even begin to fathom the depth of the reasoning emanating from these two sages. In fact they probably have to call ValJar just to find out how they are supposed to vote.
How “fiery?” Where “raging?”
just call your church a mosque and watch the left avoid going after you
I wonder if this decision might cause some red states to start eliminate all state-sanctioning of marriage.
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Perhaps that’s been the goal of the Left and Big Government all along. Not just red states, but all states.
WEll the good news is that finding a justice more liberal than Ruth Buzzy is probably impossible.
This is how democracy dies.
I am half way out of the US right now. In the Republic of Texas.
Ha! They’re rushing to the courthouse to do something that MOST straight couples can’t be bothered with.
Confuses ME
He wrote what was once established truth but has now become so much dross under the boots of progress.
Just read through Ezekiel chap 16 today, eerily coincidental since that was where I was in my Bible reading. But then again, on a good note the chapter does end with verses 60-63. There is a hope and a future.
Don’t be surprised if it is Eric Holder. I think that is why he stepped down.
I don't think we can count on God Shedding his Grace by allowing Justice Ginsburg to live until Obama's out.
Well, at least it will be a liberal to replace a liberal. Some small consolation.
I think this is what a couple of them were waiting for. Once they have the agenda completed one or two will retire before Obama leaves office.If he does.
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Yep, the Court has been a political creature since FDR packed it. They just had to wait until the people were too stupid, cowed or fully owned before they could dispense with appearances.
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