# Supreme Court \[declines to hear\] same sex marriage cases.\[plus further developments (Ed.)\]

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**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 6, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-same-sex-marriage-cases-plus-further-developments-ed/700544 "2014-10-06T13:50:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-declines-to-hear-same-sex-marriage-cases-plus-further-developments-ed/700544/837 "2015-06-30T17:13:09Z")

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> [@jsgoddess](#):
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> You want to do something that benefits the bigots, penalizes everyone else, and which will not even remotely be seen as “gracious” by the recipients, just so you get to feel better about yourself.

What I am proposing doesn’t penalize anyone. And I want to do it because I want to live in a society where graciousness wins the day over vindictiveness. Think of it as a Buddhist thing.

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