Holy shit! SCOTUS does something right...

[terrya]

I just heard that the Supreme Court refused, without comment, to block the issuance of gay marriages in Massachusetts.

Unfuckingbelievable!

:-)

Terry

[MikeG]

1. They want to keep it in the state courts.

[billybob537]

2. Don't tell SHRUBCO

the train has already left the station.

[arcane1]

3. this part, from the Yahoo story, made me sick:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=6&u=/ap/20040514/ap_on_re_us/gay_marriage_courts_4

-snip-

In the Supreme Court's last ruling involving gay rights, justices ruled last year that states may not punish gay couples for having sex. In a dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia complained that the court "has largely signed on to the so-called homosexual agenda" and was inviting same-sex marriage.

Scalia is a fucking Nazi :grr:

[terrya]

5. Well, ol' Antonin is right. Lawrence v Texas DOES open the door...

to gay marriage. Scalia is vehemently homophobic...has voted against every court case relevant to gay issues.

But in this court, I think only him, Thomas and Rehnquist are the sure holdouts. I think the remaining majority could just well uphold the constitutionality of gay marriage. I might be naive, but I believe it could happen.

[arcane1]

7. and how the hell would he "punish gay couples for having sex"?

one wonders...

cameras in everyone's bedrooms, perhaps, to ensure that all behavior therein reflects pure Republican orthodoxy?

This man is dangerous

[Book Lover]

4. Has to wind

its way through the state courts, etc, first. They couldn't do it with the presidency, but at least they are keeping their filthy hands off this for now. I almost want to shout out "States Rights!"

[spotbird]

6. At some point they won't be able to dodge it.

There is a constitutional issue in that the states are required to give full faith and credit to each other's laws.

[Spinzonner]

8. Subject to the "Defense of Marriage Act"

Unless they're going to declare it Unconstitutional.

Its getting weird when we're having constitutional crises over the definition of words.