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kpete

(71,991 posts)
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:30 PM Oct 2014

If these assholes are pissed off, it's all good.

Anti-Gay Group: SCOTUS' Refusal To Hear Same-Sex Marriage Cases 'Absurd' :


The anti-gay National Organization for Marriage on Monday railed against the Supreme Court's decision not to hear any of the seven same-sex marriage cases before it as "absurd," "mind-boggling," "wrong" and "illegitimate."

"We are surprised and extremely disappointed that the US Supreme Court has refused to grant review of the same-sex marriage cases pending before them," Brian S. Brown, the group's president, said in a statement. "This is wrong on so many levels."

Brown rejected the notion that marriage could be redefined from the bench to encompass same-sex spouses and was incredulous that the nation's highest court would have nothing to say about such an expanded definition.

"The effect of the lower court rulings is to say that a constitutional right to same-sex ‘marriage' has existed in every state in the union since 1868 when the 14th Amendment was ratified, but somehow nobody noticed until quite recently," he wrote. "That's the absurd belief we are being told to accept."



http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/national-organization-marriage-absurd-scotus-decision
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If these assholes are pissed off, it's all good. (Original Post) kpete Oct 2014 OP
There is a certain amount of Schadenfreude that I'm not ashamed to admit to enjoying TlalocW Oct 2014 #1
So sad, too bad. hifiguy Oct 2014 #2
I don't know what to make of the refusal, but I am merrily Oct 2014 #3
Maybe they would like to impeach a few of them? Like maybe Scalia, Roberts, shraby Oct 2014 #4
These fools R.Quinn Oct 2014 #5
they don't want "activists judges"... awoke_in_2003 Oct 2014 #6

TlalocW

(15,382 posts)
1. There is a certain amount of Schadenfreude that I'm not ashamed to admit to enjoying
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 02:38 PM
Oct 2014

While he seems to have dropped off the radar when it comes to being a big name in the anti-LGBT group, I enjoy imagining Brian Camenker being extremely pissed right now.

TlalocW

merrily

(45,251 posts)
3. I don't know what to make of the refusal, but I am
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:02 PM
Oct 2014

glad they are disappointed. They should always be disappointed with respect to their efforts to harm people.

shraby

(21,946 posts)
4. Maybe they would like to impeach a few of them? Like maybe Scalia, Roberts,
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:27 PM
Oct 2014

Alito and Thomas? The main ones they thought would take the case.

 

R.Quinn

(122 posts)
5. These fools
Mon Oct 6, 2014, 03:54 PM
Oct 2014

don't realize that the last thing they should want is for the heavy-handed federal government to meddle with people's marriages.

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