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Justice Kennedy compares gay marriage uproar to flag burning
AP ^
| 7/15/15
Posted on 07/15/2015 7:25:49 PM PDT by markomalley
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy on Wednesday likened controversy over the court's decision to allow gay marriage to public reaction over the 1989 ruling that said burning an American flag was protected free speech.
Kennedy, who was the deciding vote in both cases, described how the reaction decades ago was critical at first but changed over time.
His remarks at the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference were his first public comments since he wrote the decision last month that put an end to same-sex marriage bans in 14 states. Kennedy drew the comparison in response to a moderator's question about how justices weather reaction to closely watched rulings.
"Eighty senators went to the floor of the Senate to denounce the court," he said of the 1989 ruling. "President Bush took the week off and visited flag factories, but I noticed that after two or three months people began thinking about the issues."
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TOPICS: Extended News; Government
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; scotus
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Disgusting POS.
To: markomalley
“Disgusting POS.”
No stuff. Wondering who is servicing his career.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:28:06 PM PDT
by
rockinqsranch
((Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.))
To: markomalley
Not even close to the same.
I might need to become a flag burner now that I am ashamed of my country. Instead I think we should, in honor of Kennedy’s comments, burn rainbow flags nationwide.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:28:58 PM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
To: markomalley
Try burning a rainbow flag in public...
and see what happens
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:29:50 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: markomalley
Just wait until the rainbow flag burning cases....
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:30:18 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
To: markomalley
Justice Kennedy shows every sign which may define a dope.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:30:47 PM PDT
by
Mad Dawg
(Sta, si cum canibus magnis currere non potes, in portico.)
To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
You may have just started something, he-he.
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:31:19 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Punish sanctuary cities now! Stop all taxpayer dollars to those joints.)
To: markomalley
History has demonstrated that whether it be concentration camp executioners, abortionists or Supreme Court Justices, individuals are capable of molding their conscience to justify virtually any vile behavior. No doubt Justice Kennedy thinks highly of himself and sleeps well.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:31:34 PM PDT
by
allendale
To: markomalley
The damned one, kennedy, is a fag. It will burn forever.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:32:54 PM PDT
by
sitetest
(If Roe is not overturned, no unborn child will ever be protected in law.)
To: markomalley
There is no justice in the SCOTUS, it is all based on their own personal opinions and political agenda.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:33:23 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: Paladin2
I would not even spend the money to burn one. To think they took the word gay and a rainbow to their sick , twisted agenda is disgusting.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:34:29 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: markomalley
Poor Reagan is probably turning over in his grave after appointing this genuine piece of human debris.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:39:51 PM PDT
by
kenmcg
To: Paladin2
I bet you burning a rainbow flag won’t be free speech. That will be a “hate crime”.
To: 2banana; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris
Try burning a rainbow flag in public... and see what happens
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:49:47 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
(Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
To: Gamecock
Your ass would never get out of jail. The queers and perverts are in control now.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:51:31 PM PDT
by
sport
To: markomalley
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:53:00 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("No social transformation without representation." - Justice Antonin Scalia)
To: allendale
You couldn’t be more correct.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:53:19 PM PDT
by
Obadiah
(This is Bravo-6, we have Zips in the wire! I repeat, Zips in the wire.)
To: markomalley
An interesting sidenote, the same homos I saw all happy and high-fiving about the marriage thing on the internet are now 'WHAT? Aw hell no' about the confederate flag banning BS and are posting confederate flag pics on a regular basis these days. Hey, that's what happens when they ride dirty with leftists - they're your bestest buddy on one issue, stabbing you in the back on the next one, LoL.
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:55:30 PM PDT
by
lapsus calami
(What's that stink? Code Pink ! ! And their buddy Murtha, too!)
To: Obadiah; allendale
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posted on
07/15/2015 7:56:02 PM PDT
by
MNDude
(God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat.)
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