Posted on 04/29/2015 12:39:21 PM PDT by TangledUpInBlue
Chief Justice Roberts has long been troubled by the idea that courts might short-circuit a democratic debate over marriage equality by imposing a constitutional right to marry by judicial fiat. In his dissent from the Windsor case in 2013, he wrote that he was reluctant to tar the political branches with the brush of bigotry without convincing evidence that a laws principal purpose was to codify malice. He might vote to uphold same-sex-marriage bans on the grounds that the people, not judges, should decide the future of marriage.
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I don’t see a reason for optimism. Roberts apparently is buying the polls of the left wingers, which are nothing but “made as instructed” propaganda.
I hate to see ‘man’ playing God. I hope they come to their senses. Pray HARD, America.
Show off :)
Apples and oranges. The gaystapo will not be happy until they can FORCE everyone to publicly celebrate their perversion.
Christians will continue to lose all these little battles but we will win the war.
You do have to admit that it’s fascinating watch culture follow bible prophecy so closely.
Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy are both turning 80 years old next year. The next president will likely replace both of them.
If the next president is Hillary Clinton or Jeb Bush, then that will mean a liberal 6/3 Supreme Court majority will be legislating from the bench for the next 30 years. This is the most important issue of 2016 presidential election.
The Constitution says whatever 5 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices say it says. Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Can sisters marry?
Given the left’s arguments, there’s no reason they couldn’t.
Broad acceptance ? It has been accepted by crazy federal judges and forced on an unwilling public at the barrel of a gun !!!
I ain’t holding my breath. I’ll be shocked if they uphold the bans and let the states decide.
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