Speaking for myself, I have much less of a problem with corporations (or anyone) advocating for policies rather than candidates. If the Kochs want to spend a trillion dollars on TV ads claiming global warming isn’t real and unicorns will keep sea levels constant, more power to them. I have a big problem with them buying offices for people who have decided in advance to make that government policy (and the same is true of Soros and whatever policy you care to name.)
Woot!
Kennedy opinion, so I don’t imagine it’s a well-written, well-reasoned opinion. 4 different dissents from the usual suspects.
Hellz yeah!
SCOTUSblog: “The opinion seems to go out of its way not to state a standard of scrutiny. Instead, it says, “It is now clear that the challenged laws burden the liberty of same-sex couples, and it must be further acknowledged that they abridge central precepts of equality . . . Especially against a long history of disapproval of their relationships, this denial to same-sex couples of the right to marry works a grave and continuing harm. The imposition of this disability on gays and lesbians serves to disrespect and subordinate them. And the Equal Protection Clause, like the Due Process Clause, prohibits this unjustified infringement of the fundamental right to marry.” That’s page 22.”
Great news! A victory for equality!
Yes!!
And the sound of heads exploding echoes across the land.
Woot!
It’s about damn time.
“Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. Where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.”
Oh this is grand!
So happy! I’m messing up my make-up over here.
From the scotusblog site:
Apparently this is the first time that Roberts read a dissent from the bench and a bit rare that all four dissenters wrote a dissent, some of which were joined by others.
Feel bad for those poor people who are against same sex marriage:
"By the majority’s account, Americans who did nothing more than follow the understanding of marriage that has existed for our entire history—in particular, the tens of millions of people who voted to reaffirm their States’ enduring definition have acted to “lock . . . out,” “disparage,” “disrespect and subordinate,” and inflict “[d]ignitary wounds” upon their gay and lesbian neighbors. These apparent assaults on the character of fairminded people will have an effect, in society and in court.” From Roberts
and
“It will be used to vilify Americans who are unwilling to assent to the new orthodoxy. In the course of its opinion, the majority compares traditional marriage laws to laws
that denied equal treatment for African-Americans and women. The implications of this analogy will be exploited by those who are determined to stamp out every vestige of dissent.”
" I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools." From Alito.
Won’t someone think of the bigots?
Half of them are going to turn gay. Because that’s what happens when gay marriage is legal. It turns straight people gay.
I’m just wondering how many straight men are now going to leave their wives to hook up with some young twink.
I’m feeling 50% more fabulous already.
The most bizarre part of the dissent:
[QUOTE=Scalia]
Judges are selected precisely for their skill as lawyers;whether they reflect the policy views of a particular constituency is not (or should not be) relevant. Not surprisingly then, the Federal Judiciary is hardly a cross-section of America. Take, for example, this Court, which consistsof only nine men and women, all of them successful lawyers who studied at Harvard or Yale Law School. Four of the nine are natives of New York City. Eight of them grew up in east- and west-coast States. Only one hails from the vast expanse in-between. Not a single South-westerner or even, to tell the truth, a genuine Westerner (California does not count). Not a single evangelical Christian (a group that comprises about one quarter of Americans), or even a Protestant of any denomination.
[/QUOTE]
I am like for real crying right now
You rarely see Scalia come down on the side of diversity and/or quotas.
California doesn’t count as part of The West? Hollywood made Westerns.
Too bad the vote wasn’t unanimous but that would be too much to hope for.
Where was he going with that???