Supreme Court Rules Gay Marriage Is An American Right
President Obama tweeted
Today is a big step in our march toward equality. Gay and lesbian couples now have the right to marry, just like anyone else. #LoveWins
— President Obama (@POTUS) June 26, 2015
Celebrity presidential candidate Donald Trump was a bit less well disposed to the news:
Once again the Bush appointed Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has let us down. Jeb pushed him hard! Remember!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 26, 2015
The New York Times reports:
[The ruling] came against the backdrop of fast-moving changes in public opinion, with polls indicating that most Americans now approve of same-sex marriage.
As in earlier civil rights cases, the Supreme Court had moved cautiously and methodically, laying careful judicial groundwork for a transformative decision.
As late as October, the justices ducked the issue, refusing to hear appeals from rulings allowing same-sex marriage in five states. That decision delivered a tacit victory for gay rights, immediately expanding the number of states with same-sex marriage to 24, along with the District of Columbia, up from 19.
Largely as a consequence of the Supreme Court’s decision not to act, the number of states allowing same-sex marriage has since grown to 36, and more than 70 percent of Americans live in places where gay couples can marry.
The court did not agree to resolve the issue for the rest of the nation until January, in cases filed by gay and lesbian couples in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. The court heard extended arguments in April, and the justices seemed sharply divided over what the Constitution has to say about same-sex marriage.
Lawyers for the plaintiffs said their clients had a fundamental right to marry and to equal protection, adding that the bans they challenged demeaned their dignity, imposed countless practical difficulties and inflicted particular harm on their children.
The Detroit Free Press tweeted the final paragraph of the ruling:
Copyright 2015 Liberaland
By: dave-dr-gonzo
David Hirsch, a.k.a. Dave "Doctor" Gonzo*, is a renegade record producer, video producer, writer, reformed corporate shill, and still-registered lobbyist for non-one-percenter performing artists and musicians. He lives in a heavily fortified compound in one of Manhattan's less trendy neighborhoods.
* Hirsch is the third person to use the pseudonym, a not-so-veiled tribute to journalist and author Hunter S. Thompson, with the permission of his predecessors Gene Gaudette of American Politics Journal (currently webmaster and chief bottlewasher at Liberaland) and Stephen Meese at Smashmouth Politics.
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
mcalleyboy June 29th, 2015 at 02:51
Murder is normal we have over 300 million people in the US it happens, relax, protect yourself and keep these Muslims out and yes keep an eye on the extremist Americans in the US, yea, get a gun, concealed to carry license and train with it, you might need some day if not sell it you’ll get your money back. Ranting and raving won’t save your hind end, it’s planning for an event that’ll keep you alive.
whatthe46 June 29th, 2015 at 03:10
i live as long as i have with the sanity that i’ve been graced with, by not being a fk’n paranoid fool. only someone as twisted as yourself, would spout out that muder is “normal.” murder is not “normal” you freak. leave me alone and don’t talk to me again.