Supreme Court: Same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states

[txradioguy]

The Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have a right to marry nationwide, in a historic decision that invalidates gay marriage bans in more than a dozen states.

Gay and lesbian couples already can marry in 36 states and the District of Columbia. But in a 5-4 ruling, the court held that the 14th Amendment requires states to issue marriage licenses for same-sex couples and to recognize such marriages performed in other states.

The ruling means the remaining 14 states that did not allow such unions, in the South and Midwest, will have to stop enforcing their bans.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion, just as he did in the court's previous three major gay rights cases dating back to 1996.

"No union is more profound than marriage," Kennedy wrote, joined by the court's four more liberal justices. He continued: "Under the Constitution, same-sex couples seek in marriage the same legal treatment as opposite-sex couples, and it would disparage their choices and diminish their personhood to deny them this right."

The outcome is the culmination of two decades of Supreme Court litigation over marriage, and gay rights generally. Cheers broke out outside the Supreme Court when the decision was announced.

Speaking in the Rose Garden, as he did a day earlier after the high court upheld a key component of his health care overhaul, President Obama called the ruling a "victory for America."

The president said it would "end the patchwork system we currently have" and the uncertainty gay couples face over whether their unions will be recognized in other states.

"This ruling will strengthen all of our communities," Obama said.

But other justices argued that the court should not be able to order states to change their marriage definition. Chief Justice John Roberts, in a dissent joined by Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, called the ruling an "extraordinary step."

"Many people will rejoice at this decision, and I begrudge none their celebration. But for those who believe in a government of laws, not of men, the majority's approach is deeply disheartening," he wrote. "... The majority's decision is an act of will, not legal judgment."

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/06/26/supreme-court-same-sex-couples-can-marry-in-all-50-states/

[JohnnyReb]

Another milestone on our trip to hell.

[wasp69]

...the 14th Amendment...

I wonder if I'm alone in marveling that during this current liberal frenzy against anything they deem "Confederate", the squalid 14th Amendment is used (again) to stomp down the State (again) and create "rights" where none were ever intended to exist.

Ah well, at least our collapse will be a lot more exciting and dramatic than Rome's...

[Carl]

They just did the following.

Threw the entire tax code into the trash.

Threw estate law into the trash.

Threw all SS and Medicare projections into the trash.

Threw all health and life insurance calculations into the trash.

Threw the investment industry (all our IRAs and 401Ks) balance sheets into the trash.

Threw any previous economic norm into the trash.

Threw the likely future of any middle aged,non government dependent,average person into the trash.

[FlaGator]

Another milestone on our trip to hell.

This is why there is a highway to hell and only a stairway to heaven, anticipated traffic.

[Tucker]

Trying to find a bright spot: The queer issue cannot be used against us in the 2016 election.

[RayRaytheSBS]

They just did the following.

Threw the entire tax code into the trash.

Threw estate law into the trash.

Threw all SS and Medicare projections into the trash.

Threw all health and life insurance calculations into the trash.

Threw the investment industry (all our IRAs and 401Ks) balance sheets into the trash.

Threw any previous economic norm into the trash.

Threw the likely future of any middle aged,non government dependent,average person into the trash.

And all to appease a tiny voting bloc and make people 'feel better' about themselves... Last I checked, feelings were NOT supposed to have any place in the court room... But then, I'm not a Harvard trained-lawyer, so what do I know?  The stupidity of this decision astounds me.

[libertybele]

Good thing Barrycare subsidies were ruled on yesterday as well; the added health care expense to treat new AIDS patients will be needed.

I am a White Christian straight female. According to what's been happening lately, I should be able to claim some kind of special minority treatment pretty soon.

[Zathras]

"So this is how Democracy dies.....to thunderous applause" - Senator Pademe Amedala

I posted this because, with its ruling, SCOTUS has shown a distain for voting Americans and states rights. I'd also like to thank the SCOTUS for giving ISIS and the rest of the Islamofascists yet another reason to hate America.  I'm expecting to see this headline in the near future:

SF Gay Pride Parade hit by multiple bombs...hundreds dead, thousands wounded. ISIS claims responsibility.

[dixierose]

So now concealed carry permits must be accepted by all states, right?

[RayRaytheSBS]

So now concealed carry permits must be accepted by all states, right?

Hi5! I see what you did there and I like it! Most of all, the DUches would HATE it!

[libertybele]

So now concealed carry permits must be accepted by all states, right?

Hi5 as well!  Simply marvelous idea!   

[txradioguy]

"So this is how Democracy dies.....to thunderous applause" - Senator Pademe Amedala

I posted this because, with its ruling, SCOTUS has shown a distain for voting Americans and states rights. I'd also like to thank the SCOTUS for giving ISIS and the rest of the Islamofascists yet another reason to hate America.  I'm expecting to see this headline in the near future:

SF Gay Pride Parade hit by multiple bombs...hundreds dead, thousands wounded. ISIS claims responsibility TEA Party blamed.

FIFY

[BlueStateSaint]

Hi5! I see what you did there and I like it! Most of all, the DUches would HATE it!

I also gave an H5.

Yesterday, when I heard what the margin was on the SCOTUScare, I knew that this would happen.

[dixierose]

Hi5! I see what you did there and I like it! Most of all, the DUches would HATE it!

As much as I would like to claim that idea; I saw it on Twitter before I brought it over here.

[Ptarmigan]

So now concealed carry permits must be accepted by all states, right?

Amen to that!

[Ptarmigan]

"So this is how Democracy dies.....to thunderous applause" - Senator Pademe Amedala

I posted this because, with its ruling, SCOTUS has shown a distain for voting Americans and states rights. I'd also like to thank the SCOTUS for giving ISIS and the rest of the Islamofascists yet another reason to hate America.  I'm expecting to see this headline in the near future:

SF Gay Pride Parade hit by multiple bombs...hundreds dead, thousands wounded. ISIS claims responsibility.

Homosexuality runs rampant in Jihadists.

[thundley4]

So now concealed carry permits must be accepted by all states, right?

Constitutional carry is legal in a couple of states, so shouldn't it be legal in all ?

[RayRaytheSBS]

Homosexuality runs rampant in Jihadists.

Stop judging them, that's their religion! (/DUmode off)

[Ptarmigan]

Stop judging them, that's their religion! (/DUmode off)

I know. I do not care the leftists think.

[Chris_]

They just did the following.

Don't forget incidents of domestic violence.  Now that they are "married", they will fall under the same law everyone else is subject to when it comes to a "husband" assaulting his "wife" (and vice versa).

Divorce Court just got more interesting.

[RayRaytheSBS]

I know. I do not care the leftists think.

Sorry, I just can't understand how these idiots see this as a great victory, but are unphased thst we can't seem to defeat the 'JV' Daesh... And they're gaining ground in the middle east and growing bolder.

[Ptarmigan]

Don't forget incidents of domestic violence.  Now that they are "married", they will fall under the same law everyone else is subject to when it comes to a "husband" assaulting his "wife" (and vice versa).

Divorce Court just got more interesting.

Domestic violence among homosexuals is rampant.

Domestic Violence Likely More Frequent for Same-Sex Couples
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/09/domestic-violence-likely-more-frequent-for-same-sex-couples.html#sthash.9nuzzimA.dpuf

CHICAGO --- Domestic violence occurs at least as frequently, and likely even more so, between same-sex couples compared to opposite-sex couples, according to a review of literature by Northwestern Medicine® scientists.

Previous studies, when analyzed together, indicate that domestic violence affects 25 percent to 75 percent of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. However, a lack of representative data and underreporting of abuse paints an incomplete picture of the true landscape, suggesting even higher rates. An estimated one in four heterosexual women experience domestic abuse, with rates significantly lower for heterosexual men.

[RayRaytheSBS]

Domestic violence among homosexuals is rampant.

Domestic Violence Likely More Frequent for Same-Sex Couples
http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2014/09/domestic-violence-likely-more-frequent-for-same-sex-couples.html#sthash.9nuzzimA.dpuf

So in other words, more stuff to keep the ambulance chasers employed. This whole thing was a jobs program for the legal industry. Nothing like guaranteed work for family lawyers!

[Ptarmigan]

So in other words, more stuff to keep the ambulance chasers employed. This whole thing was a jobs program for the legal industry. Nothing like guaranteed work for family lawyers!

Pretty much. I could see why family lawyers were for it.