DOMA struck down!

Madea

zip a dee doo dah
Oops, lost my link. :soashamed BRB


5-4.

Justice Kennedy joined the majority. Scalia and Roberts wrote the dissent. More details as the story develops.
 
You win. :)) I saw it come across my news feed and told my son one of you would have it up in seconds. :firstplace


P.S. Not a bad thing, I just knew someone would beat me to it.
 
ShoeDiva said:
You win. :)) I saw it come across my news feed and told my son one of you would have it up in seconds. :firstplace


P.S. Not a bad thing, I just knew someone would beat me to it.

:cheer1
 
I guess we have our gay thread of the day.... :whistle

They did, however, save the best quote for the last sentence of the article. "Chief Justice John Roberts criticized the president for this move during oral arguments in the case, saying the president lacked “the courage of his convictions” in continuing to enforce the law but no longer defending it in court."
 
The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that legally married same-sex couples should get the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples.

The court invalidated a provision of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that has prevented married gay couples from receiving a range of tax, health and retirement benefits that are generally available to married people. The vote was 5-4.

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion.
 
Folks are celebrating, but some reports are indicating that it's only the one provision which allows "legally married" to obtain benefits. Hmmm
 
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy
 
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

Neither does the state or any government agency.
 
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)
 
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.
 
ShoeDiva said:
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.

I agree - this case had to do with the fact that the plaintiff had to pay estate taxes because the federal government refused to acknowledge her same-sex marriage. Had this been a hetero couple, the tax would not have been applied. This is about benefits, not what happens in the bedroom.
 
Did you know that when the country was young, it was against the law for a clergy person to preform a marriage?
It was strictly a legal affair and preformed only be legal persons.

No point, just a bit of trivia.
 
stradial said:
Did you know that when the country was young, it was against the law for a clergy person to preform a marriage?
It was strictly a legal affair and preformed only be legal persons.

No point, just a bit of trivia.

I actually did not. I will look that up, interesting. :thumbsup
 
LisaC said:
ShoeDiva said:
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.

I agree - this case had to do with the fact that the plaintiff had to pay estate taxes because the federal government refused to acknowledge her same-sex marriage. Had this been a hetero couple, the tax would not have been applied. This is about benefits, not what happens in the bedroom.

That's why a man should be able to marry his son or daughter on his deathbed. How can their possibly be anything wrong with that? I mean, there is no right and wrong anymore as long as we believe no one is harmed by it, correct?
 
Grey Colson said:
LisaC said:
ShoeDiva said:
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.

I agree - this case had to do with the fact that the plaintiff had to pay estate taxes because the federal government refused to acknowledge her same-sex marriage. Had this been a hetero couple, the tax would not have been applied. This is about benefits, not what happens in the bedroom.

That's why a man should be able to marry his son or daughter on his deathbed. How can their possibly be anything wrong with that? I mean, there is no right and wrong anymore as long as we believe no one is harmed by it, correct?

You can drink at work now? :confused
 
ShoeDiva said:
Grey Colson said:
LisaC said:
ShoeDiva said:
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.

I agree - this case had to do with the fact that the plaintiff had to pay estate taxes because the federal government refused to acknowledge her same-sex marriage. Had this been a hetero couple, the tax would not have been applied. This is about benefits, not what happens in the bedroom.

That's why a man should be able to marry his son or daughter on his deathbed. How can their possibly be anything wrong with that? I mean, there is no right and wrong anymore as long as we believe no one is harmed by it, correct?

You can drink at work now? :confused

Interesting you should mention it, but from the summer of 1988 until the summer of of 1992, I was paid to drink on duty.
 
Grey Colson said:
ShoeDiva said:
Grey Colson said:
LisaC said:
ShoeDiva said:
naturegirl said:
Guard Dad said:
Don't take my statement wrong, but the feds have no business in marriage anyway.


Sent by mental telepathy

^^^I've been saying this for a long time. I don't care what you do in your bedroom just don't expect me to endorse it if you choose to share. The government shouldn't either. I would prefer we not even discuss it. :)

I truly believe all of this is about all the other aspects of marriage not the bedroom. I do not want to discuss any bedroom stuff of anyone's, gay, straight, anything.

I agree - this case had to do with the fact that the plaintiff had to pay estate taxes because the federal government refused to acknowledge her same-sex marriage. Had this been a hetero couple, the tax would not have been applied. This is about benefits, not what happens in the bedroom.

That's why a man should be able to marry his son or daughter on his deathbed. How can their possibly be anything wrong with that? I mean, there is no right and wrong anymore as long as we believe no one is harmed by it, correct?

You can drink at work now? :confused

Interesting you should mention it, but from the summer of 1988 until the summer of of 1992, I was paid to drink on duty.

And I get a gig like that how? :spitchick Just kidding!
 
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