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June 27, 2013
"It takes real cheek for today’s majority to assure us, as it is going out the door, "
"that a constitutional requirement to give formal recognition to same-sex marriage is not at issue here —
when what has preceded that assurance is a lecture on how superior the majority’s moral judgment in favor of same-sex marriage is to the Congress’s hateful moral judgment against it. I promise you this: The only thing that will “confine” the Court’s holding is its sense of what it can get away with." -- Scalia's scathing dissent of DOMA ruling
Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 27, 2013 10:06 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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This is the key problem with the 14th amendment. As it is being interpreted, I am challenged to think of a single activity or behavior which would not be protected. A single one.
How can we, with this interpretation of the equal protection clause, prohibit children from drinking, voting, going to certain movies, driving, or having sex with adults? How can we prohibit any behavior?
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at June 27, 2013 1:49 PM
@ Christopher Taylor > *How can we prohibit any behavior?* The thinking in some circles is just that. To totally destroy the USA destroy all morality. All morality.
Humans are not born with morals. "Of or concerned with the judgment of the goodness or badness of human action and character".
It would appear that the SCOTUS has sided with the devil again.
Posted by: Terry at June 27, 2013 4:02 PM
Christopher, there is one class of behavior that MUST be prohibited as we move farther along this path: belief in and worship of a god other than the great idol Tolerance. On matters of sexual morality, we are far past the tipping point on the [condemnation - tolerance - acceptance - encouragement - promotion] continuum. In fact, we've redefined this continuum such that what we now call tolerance more closely resembles encouragement.
Posted by: BobK at June 27, 2013 6:22 PM