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While the decision was made by judges, the people agreed with the decision.

Two points. First of all, I don't regard "the law" to be based on what people agree with after the fact.

Second of all, if they "agreed with the decision", why didn't it get proposed as a law instead of a behind the back stunt and example of judicial overreach?

It passed as law in other states, why couldn't Massachusetts do it?

Judicial activism has long left a bad taste in conservative mouths because far too often Judges are abusing their powers in making up some ridiculous new interpretation of law, and it's usually to the detriment of conservatives or to society in general. "Penumbra" is a bad word in conservative circles.

So much idiocy from Diogenes. Do people really "care" in a loving, solicitous way about those they don't know?

They very much care if they see them as threats to their livelihood and wages. What do you think the current issue of illegal immigration is about? Is it not about illegals becoming a burden and/or taking jobs away from Americans?

Yes, people care very much about people they don't know, when they see those people as a threat to themselves. Such was the hatred of Northerners towards slavery. They cared about slaves being in their communities (because they were black, and they didn't want black people associating with white people) and they cared that slaves might pose a threat to their wages and job opportunities, not very unlike the modern fear of illegals.

The 1860 Northern position on slaves is a lot like the current majority 2019 position on illegals.

131 posted on 09/05/2019 3:09:53 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no oither sovereignty.")
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The 1860 Northern position on slaves is a lot like the current majority 2019 position on illegals.

The idiocy never ends with you. You leave out the actual "slavery" thing to present an ignorant and specious analogy. Americans object to people being held against their will for no valid reason.

133 posted on 09/05/2019 5:08:35 PM PDT by x
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