Appeals Court Rules Against Federal Marriage Act

[giblets]

People in Utah don't believe the same things that people in Utah believed in the 19th century. Hurr durr.

[Felch]

So you're stating that effectively, the power to regulate marriage resides with the federal government? Thank you.

Dude, you're incredible. Am I the only one who appreciates your total detachment from reality?

[Ben Kenobi]

People in Utah don't believe the same things that people in Utah believed in the 19th century. Hurr durr.

So why didn't the people in Utah when they first became a state (since as you say states have the right to a-ok polygamy), a-ok it?

[Ben Kenobi]

Dude, you're incredible. Am I the only one who appreciates your total detachment from reality?

Question - how many US states did not originate as territories? You'll have the answer to your question.

[giblets]

So why didn't the people in Utah when they first became a state (since as you say states have the right to a-ok polygamy), a-ok it?

They became a state after the LDS Church officially repudiated polygamy. They would have looked silly if they had suddenly decided polygamy was ok again and rewriting the state constitution would have taken some effort.

[giblets]

Question - how many US states did not originate as territories? You'll have the answer to your question.

At least 17. So at least 17 people appreciate your detachment from reality?

[Ben Kenobi]

They would have looked silly if they had suddenly decided polygamy was ok again and rewriting the state constitution would have taken some effort.

Terrible argument. So they feared looking silly? Do I have to bring up the 14 supreme court cases that they lost over 30+ years.

[Ben Kenobi]

At least 17. So at least 17 people appreciate your detachment from reality?

19. Of those that were not a part of the original 13? Just two. So really, only two states don't have this particular federal government regulation concerning them - Texas and California. That's it. Everyone else does.

[DaShi]

Has a link between homophobia and misogyny been mentioned here yet?

[Felch]

Gribbler says 17, I guess that may be true (13 + Maine, WV, Vermont, and something else?). Maryland was certainly never a territory of the federal government.

[Felch]

19. Of those that were not a part of the original 13? Just two. So really, only two states don't have this particular federal government regulation concerning them - Texas and California. That's it. Everyone else does.

It's not a regulation, it's a political condition. Once a state joins the Union, it is equal to all the other states. That's been the procedure since the Enabling Act of 1802. I thought you knew at least that much about US History.

[giblets]

It's not a regulation, it's a political condition. Once a state joins the Union, it is equal to all the other states. That's been the procedure since the Enabling Act of 1802. I thought you knew at least that much about US History.

He doesn't understand how the US government works and probably never will, because he insists he knows better than the natives how their own government works.

[Tupac Shakur]

I know what DOMA says, I'm just saying that part of the law is superfluous. That's already a carve out of the Full Faith & Credit Clause as per SCOTUS precedent.

The 500+ lawyers in the Congress that passed DOMA probably wouldn't agree.

[Guynemer]

The 500+ lawyers in Congress can't agree the color of the ****ing sky, for the love of god.

[Tupac Shakur]

I don't trust Congress for much, but I do trust them to know basic legal facts. That's more than I can say about Imran.