California and Mob Rule

[MrFun]

IIRC, in the Iowa case it was based on Iowa's Equal Protection Clause. That's what the original ruling that legalized gay marriage California was based on (which was overturned by Proposition 8). AFAIK, no state has successfully used the United States Equal Protection Clause in gay marriage yet. Part of me wonders if that is to avoid stepping on the SCOTUS' turf (ie, let them decide on the interpretation of the US Constitution, as states decide the interpretation of their own state constitutions).

I see

[MrFun]

Why are you so callous?

I don't like appeals to emotion, especially when they're outdated and not representative of current realities.

That's fine if you think that way. But express this opinion of yours without being a jackass about it - respect other people.

Did you make any racist jokes about the horrible dragging death of the black man in Jasper County that happened that same year too? To express your disdain for black people's emotional response to the murder?

[Ben Kenobi]

The tax code makes a mockery of equal protection with one law written for me and another written for you while the people who bribe politicians get a special law written for them.

Exactly why the tax code should never have gotten involved in the first place. Where does the constitution say anything at all about marriage benefits?

[Drake Tungsten]

But express this opinion of yours without being a jackass about it - respect other people.

I wasn't a jackass about it. You're the passive-aggressive dick who's implying that people who don't agree with you are callous monsters who don't care about freedom or civil rights...

[Berzerker]

Exactly why the tax code should never have gotten involved in the first place. Where does the constitution say anything at all about marriage benefits?

the same place it talks about marriage But pols have been using the tax code for social engineering ("sin taxes", etc) for decades

[Ben Kenobi]

Now that's the Berz I know.

Good to have you back, mate.

[MrFun]

But express this opinion of yours without being a jackass about it - respect other people.

I wasn't a jackass about it. You're the passive-aggressive dick who's implying that people who don't agree with you are callous monsters who don't care about freedom or civil rights...

I said that I had an emotional reaction earlier from the news. I've cooled down since I made that post about you and DD, but your distasteful joke about Matthew Shepard upset me.

[Drake Tungsten]

I didn't make a joke about Matthew Shepard.

[Theben]

The statute of limitations is up on Matthew Shepard references. You need to find a new gay lynching that happened in the last decade.

Good, now the right can stop fapping over Reagan's corpse.

[Theben]

The difference is that black people don't argue that they are treated as second-class citizens.

You make brain-dead morons feel good about themselves.

[Drake Tungsten]

Good, now the right can stop fapping over Reagan's corpse.

I agree.

[Theben]

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't know why you thought I care about Reagan. I imagine The Mad Monk is still mad at me for mentioning Nancy's skill at fellatio in Ronnie's memorial thread...

[The Mad Monk]

Actually, I had completely forgotten about that.

[The Mad Monk]

You insensitive twerp.