Posted on 04/30/2015 8:55:52 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
One moment in the Supreme Court's oral arguments over same-sex “marriage” reveals what an embarrassment Sonia Sotomayor is as a justice.
John J. Bursch, who argued on behalf of marriage, said that the people, not five unelected justices, should be able to decide whether to redefine a pillar of society that predates the government and written history.
“This case isn't about how to define marriage,” he said. “It's about who gets to decide that question. Is it the people acting through the democratic process, or is it the federal courts? And we're asking you to affirm every individual's fundamental liberty interest in deciding the meaning of marriage.”
The “wise Latina” immediately interrupted him with the following non-sequitur:
“I'm sorry. Nobody is taking that [liberty] away from anybody. Every single individual in this society chooses, if they can, their sexual orientation, or who to marry or not marry. I suspect even with us giving gays rights to marry that there's some gay people who will choose not to.”
I'll pass over Sotomayor saying that “every single individual..chooses” his or her sexual preference. But don't miss the full illuminating brilliance of her argument: The Supreme Court is not trampling on the right of 50 million people in 35 states to settle their own law as long as straight people are not forced to “marry” homosexuals.
For Sotomayor, apparently anything short of judicially mandated sodomy is within the justices' constitutional prerogatives – a view that would surprise any of our nation's founding jurists, whether Jeffersonian or Hamiltonian.
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The first and foremost tragedy of an adverse decision is that tens of millions of voters will be told that their vote is worth less than manure.
That lesbo should recuse herself.
But we will force you to bake a queer cake. Forget about “reserving the right to refuse service.”
So they should. But the unwise Latina has a different opinion.
Some liberal please ANSWER that and I will actually start listening to your arguments.
Well, that’s a relief. Now we can go on to properly taxes on non conforming churches and/ or denominations.
There is no way to fix stupid.
What has made people rely on them so much?
They gave us The Civil War, Segregation, Abortion.
What good have they done?
Ummmm...... Campaign Finance Reform.....yay(?)
[[One moment in the Supreme Court’s oral arguments over same-sex “marriage” reveals what an embarrassment Sonia Sotomayor is as a justice.]]
I was reading through the arguments last night, and she kept trying to interrupt kennedy, alito, and Roberts, but they just kept talking over her- and it dawned on me that the reason they were doing so was because she was asking ridiculous questions and interrupting the adults In the room who were trying to engage in a deep discussion about this issues-
It was painfully obvious she was out of her league trying to pretend she belonged-
You would think if they wanted to pack the Court with Leftists, they would at least pick someone (Lawrence Tribe?) with an IQ higher than the temperature on a spring day in Maine. :)
Perhaps one could not be “forced” to marry a person of different sexual orientation, but there is still a serious degree of force involved, compelling individuals to do a great deal of compromising of their principles, under threat of severe penalties for non-compliance.
Ruin comes in many forms. This is like the days leading up to the French Revolution, in which every element of government had become so corrupt that it was not longer a legitimate representation of its subjects.
Bingo.
A mental midget who should never have been confirmed, and should be removed.
...just perform the marriage, bake a cake for it, attend the wedding as a photographer, throw rice, and only approve of the whole proceeding.
Other than that, you’re fine.
[[But we will force you to bake a queer cake. Forget about “reserving the right to refuse service.”]]
Exactly, and that should have been thrown in her face and said “You all promised that this would not happen and it IS happening- so obviously you all lied to us before- and now you’re telling us another obvious lie- EVERYONE knows damn well that we WILL be forced to marry them- and you know it too Sonja! Quit lying to us! We’re damn sick of it!
You would think if they wanted to pack the Court with Leftists, they would at least pick someone (Lawrence Tribe?) with an IQ higher than the temperature on a spring day in Maine. :)
Is there such a person?
Sotomayor: We’re not taking away your liberty, because we won’t force you to marry a gay person. Yet...
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