Mississippi same-sex adoption ban ruled unconstitutional
A federal judge has decreed that Mississippi can’t ban same-sex adoption.
Click here for reuse options!Citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision ending bans on same-sex couples’ marriages, U.S. District Court Judge Daniel P. Jordan III granted a preliminary injunction against the state’s Department of Human Services in a case filed this past August.
Of the Supreme Court’s decision, Jordan wrote, “[T]he majority opinion foreclosed litigation over laws interfering with the right to marry and ‘rights and responsibilities intertwined with marriage.’”
Jordan concluded on Thursday: “The majority of the United States Supreme Court dictates the law of the land, and lower courts are bound to follow it. In this case, that means that [the adoption ban] violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.”
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whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 19:45
take that missipissi! wonderful news for children in need of loving homes with caring parents. and i’ll bet my last bottom dollar that none of those asshats would even foster a child, let alone adopt one. so much for pro-life, but big on pro-hate.
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 20:27
Odd how those who are against abortion because “loving families would adopt the precious child” are generally against loving same-sex couples adopting those said same children…
Because “love” is a two-gender thing, I guess…
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 20:31
they are clearly satisfied with children being raised in the system. there are some hetro couples that are the most hateful care givers of children. disgusting.
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 20:33
For your own sanity, don’t research foster children abused by religious families…it’s depressing, to say the least.
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 20:37
oh i know.
Lyndia March 31st, 2016 at 22:05
The religious families are the WORST.
burqa March 31st, 2016 at 22:33
They can be pretty awful, and so can atheists or agnostics.
Religious people are often quite nice, too, and so are atheists and agnostics.
Odds are the judge who struck this down is a believer, as well as the judges who reached previous decisions that enabled this judge to decide as he did; based on Constitutional principles written by people of faith…
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 23:06
better believe it. they are the most repressed.
Bunya April 1st, 2016 at 15:29
Absolutely. In Illinois, Catholic Charities decides to close it’s adoption agencies because they refused to adopt children out to same-sex couples. And, because they are STATE FUNDED, they chose to close their door, and blame it on – get this – religious intolerance on the part of the secular government. We are imposing on their “religious freedom” to be intolerant to whoever they want. What jerks.
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Thankfully, their closing had no impact on society. The state picked up the slack, adoptions are running smoothly and taxpayers are given a break.
alpacadaddy March 31st, 2016 at 20:47
Missi-pissi? That’s a good one! We don’t get much good political news here in MS these days, every bit helps! Now on to the state’s latest attempt at hateful LGBT discrimination in the name of religion… and I ain’t even gay! (OK, I am happy… sometimes, usually after a prerequisite amount of cold beer!)
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 20:56
MIS-SIS-SIPPI!
It used to be so hard to spell, it used to make me cry.
But since I studied spelling, It’s just like pumpkin pie…
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 21:07
MI- crooked letter, crooked letter, I crooked letter, crooked letter, I humpback humpback I. (in a tune)
anothertoothpick March 31st, 2016 at 21:29
Was that a song that Jiminy cricket used to sing?
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 22:02
i have no idea. i just remembered it when i was a little girl.
Hirightnow April 1st, 2016 at 03:51
“You are a human animal”?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irlkxki41PA
burqa March 31st, 2016 at 22:23
Best barbecue I ever had was in Mississippi. Little joint outside of Ripley, as I recall……..mmmmm, ah, the memory!
nola878 March 31st, 2016 at 19:49
My daughter and her wife are in the process of adopting their foster child, who’s absolutely thrilled at becoming a “legal” part of their family.
Hey you f*cks who oppose this…how many children have you fostered or adopted?
F*CK ALL OF YOU!
sorry…rant off.
reposted with * in f*ck…sorry mods, get carried away on this issue…
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 20:10
Apologize for the language, not the sentiment, nola.
(deleted the other “pending” post, because it was
filled with vile chritstianophobic hate speech that god himself will surely strike you dead forredundant.)Best of luck, and all of my hopes, to your daughter and her family.
nola878 March 31st, 2016 at 20:38
Thank you, my Doofenshmirtz friend. :)
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 20:52
That’s very thoughtful of you, because, you see, there were times growing up in Gimmelschtump that I felt that I, too, was a victim of discrimination. Oh, sure…nobody went out of their way to pop my only friend Balooney (who was a baloon with a face drawn on it, and don’t get me started on THAT story, because it’s certainly long and convoluted and anyway has no business being posted here, because you’re probably not willing to sit through the whole story anyway, in..interesting though it is), but I could see the desire behind their eyes to do so, of that y…you can be sure…you know what?
I…I guess what it is that I’m trying to say, and don’t get me wrong; I want to make this short, is that having gro{SESSION TIMED OUT}
nola878 March 31st, 2016 at 21:22
Great imitation!
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 21:42
😛
Hirightnow March 31st, 2016 at 22:02
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPNfcNR8RR0
burqa March 31st, 2016 at 22:41
Isn’t Gimmelschtump down the road from Gemuchtlicht?
labman57 March 31st, 2016 at 21:12
Republican state legislators continually seek new opportunities to be SPANKED by the court system for their incredibly invasive and empathy-devoid, wholly self-serving, and blatantly unconstitutional policy proposals and legislative offerings.
The GOP’s response to state and federal judges: “Thank you, may I have another?”
burqa March 31st, 2016 at 22:21
Very well said
Dwendt44 April 1st, 2016 at 00:09
They’ve slipped in other laws and regulations that seem to be ignored that they keep trying with bigger issues. They often ignore Church/State issues and other methods or getting their way. Punishing the poor is a current target for their ‘wrath’.
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anothertoothpick March 31st, 2016 at 21:27
They haven’t gotten over their issues for 150 years so it would be unrealistic to expect them to change anytime soon.
Kick Frenzy March 31st, 2016 at 23:22
Congrats on the new grandchild!
It must be awesome. :)
nola878 March 31st, 2016 at 23:37
Thanks. Already see her as a grandchild, this just makes it recognized in the eyes of the law.
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 23:58
congrats friend.
Hugh Everett March 31st, 2016 at 23:38
So I’m not allowed to favor SSM, but remain concerned about SSM adoption? The couple is exercising freedom of choice in marrying, but an infant is not given a choice in adoption.
It seems that traditional families might remain the default option for infant adoption, while older kids might be agreeable to adoption into SSM households.
whatthe46 March 31st, 2016 at 23:57
infants aren’t given a choice in adoption, and who have always been allowed to adopt children? hetero’s. and soooo many have abused the hell out of them. even hetro’s who foster. and there are children born to gay parents and their children are just fine. it’s heterosexual married men who are more abusive to boys than gay males. well, it’s a toss up between straight men and priest.
whatthe46 April 1st, 2016 at 00:00
of course you also have your “christian” principles and male teachers. and you have hetro parents who give birth to their own and sexually abuse them. so don’t label someone because they are gay as pedo’s. it’s wrong and disgusting. it’s also very ignorant.
Hugh Everett April 1st, 2016 at 01:16
“don’t label someone because they are gay as pedo’s”Please show where I made that assertion.Also note that you clearly made the assertion about hetero people and pedophilia for some strange reason.
Hirightnow April 1st, 2016 at 03:12
It was your underlying argument. If it were not, you would have no basis from which to refute.
nola878 April 1st, 2016 at 00:12
Better that children remain in the foster system?
The child my daughter and daughter in law fostered and are adopting is a teenager who has a family structure for the first time in her life. She is a productive member of society because of that family love.
You would deny a child that structure from infancy?
Love knows no prejudice…that’s taught.
Hugh Everett April 1st, 2016 at 01:09
Allow me to restate my position, which has nothing to do with the false argument you constructed.
Hirightnow April 1st, 2016 at 03:11
“Allow me to throw a false premise into the discussion, because GAY!!!!!!!”
fify.
Mensa Member April 1st, 2016 at 01:19
>> So I’m not allowed to favor SSM, but remain concerned about SSM adoption?
The research doesn’t validate your concern.
Hirightnow April 1st, 2016 at 03:05
If you “favor” same-sex marriage, why would you NOT favor same-sex couples adopting? Afraid that teh gay will drive someone to molest a child, when it has been repeatedly proven that this is rarely(and I mean RARELY) the case?
What kind of home you were raised in.
Hugh Everett April 1st, 2016 at 03:29
“If you “favor” same-sex marriage, why would you NOT favor same-sex couples adopting?”I support SSMarriage and SSM couples adopting older children who agree with the adoption.I support traditional married couples adopting infants, because of the advantages offered by having parents of both sexes.I have a right to differ and disagree with you on this subject. Your strident, militant stance is an example of why progressivism can’t make much progress. You create greater inertia when the majority wants people like you to fail.
Hirightnow April 1st, 2016 at 03:45
“strident, militant stance”?
What the pluperfect f*ck?
(No, seriously?)
Bunya April 1st, 2016 at 14:38
What can traditional marriage offer that same sex couples can’t? You support same sex marriage, but want to restrict their right to choose who they adopt? That’s equivalent to saying, “I support integration, but I don’t want blacks moving into my neighborhood”.