Posted on 06/24/2022 2:08:55 PM PDT by Morgana
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas revealed he has laws protecting gay marriage and contraception in his sights, after axing Roe v. Wade.
Following Friday's landmark decision, Thomas called on his fellow jurists to overturn previous rulings that followed similar legal precedent.
The prospective law changes, released in a concurring opinion of the decision penned by Thomas, would see limits put on gay marriage, same-sex sexual activity, and citizens' access to birth control.
It comes as the Supreme Court controversially elected to strike down Roe v. Wade, a nearly 50 year-old decision that granted women the constitutional right to abortion.
In his separate opinion also released Friday, Thomas - the court's longest-serving justice - welcomed the guidance, but noted how it falls short of addressing citizens rights' apart from abortion.
The 74-year-old justice, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush, went on to declare the court should reconsider other cases that fall under previous due process precedents.
Thomas' argument was entrenched in the belief that since the Constitution’s Due Process Clause was found not to secure a right to an abortion in Friday's ruling, the court should apply that same logic to other landmark cases.
He cited three in particular - including 1965's Griswold v. Connecticut, which allowed for married couples to buy and use contraception, and 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges, which allowed same-sex couples to legally marry.
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Yes they should. Nothing in the Constitution provides for it.
And it is a tool of oppression, child abuse, and religious persecution just as predicted. Also destroying women’s rights by defining them out of existence.
It looks like Roberts might have lost the rest of the court to Thomas. We might be in for a flood of conservative decisions.
all MADE UP LAW by the court needs to be thrown out and the issues decided by OUR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES!
He is absolutely right, God bless him. The enemies of America will probably assassinate him...like they did Scalia...
As far as I am concerned; Thomas should be the chief justice.
He’s right. The states can “consider” these things on their own.
People can advocate for one side or the other, they may hit compromises, you never know how it will turn out. But all of this will mean the actual citizens getting on board with it - or not. So now it’s up to the citizens.
Certainly gay marriage that was definitely legislating from the bench. The claim that the state has zero interest in upholding traditional marriage was abhorrently wrong.
What’s the contraception ruling? I don’t remember that.
I don’t think Thomas said this...
Return these issues to the states!
Make The Tenth Amendment Great Again!
No he didn’t.
This headline is a lie.
But I'm tired of hearing about guys in the girl's bathrooms...and messing with the sports...and all the other crap these "whatevers" are pulling.
Well I think Congress would move to protect the sale and use of contraceptives.
Gay marriage was a totally baseless decision, a gift to Kennedy’s gay mentor.
They better do it quick. if the rats still run the senate after the midterms they will try and pack the court to prevent the next Roe case from losing.
Yeah, someone needs to send the gay marriage one up to them and have them reject it.
Just for the hell of it.
I STILL can’t believe the supreme court declared same sex marriage legal!
The thing is, EVEN IF YOU SUPPORT gay people being able to marry... you shouldn’t support the court just MAKING UP THE RIGHT!!!
If the constitution is silent on an issue, it should be up to the states.
I WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE WITH ALL 50 STATES saying gay marriage is ok, if that is what the people representatives pass into law in each state. But I absolutely 100% am against the supreme court MAKING LAW!
They are NOT ELECTED! and should NOT have that power.
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