So....SCOTUS sez that Section 1 of the 14th Amendment make Gay marriage a 50 state rule now...because since it's legal in one state...it's legal in all states...and those 14 states who didn't want to play with the others HAVE TO RECOGNIZE the marriage now.
Amendment XIV
Section 1.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
And...KPTB NATURALLY needed to boast by called the ruling a "victory for America." and that 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.
Here's a couple of things that are waiting in the wings:
1. How long until this is used as a battering ram against ANY church that cites the 1st Amendment in order to not marry two gay people? And, any bets that the "tax free status" will be dangled in front of the church?
2. So...when will two loving people of the same sex ask an Imam to marry them? .......crickets.....crickets.......crickets.
3. Since this is now considered a RIGHT (which means it's only a right as long as it doesn't do anything of harm to another person while exercising it, and there is no "requirement" to exercise it....at least according to the left)...how long until this is used to shut down a mom-and-pop cake maker/photographer/caterer/whatever?
anyone want to bet it won't be very long?
getting back to KPTB's boasting...he's happy..........for now....because he get's to stick his thumb into the eye of his enemy (anyone who doesn't ABSOLUTELY agree with him)..........but this ruling also sez something else that I'm pretty sure KPTB ISN'T going to like very well.
as of yesterday, we now have NATIONAL RECIPROCITY...because....if it's legal in one state....it's legal in all states.
Want to argue with me?....fine.
So basically, your argument with me is that, and I QUOTE THE RULING: "The fundamental liberties guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment's Due Process Clause extend to certain personal choices central to individual dignity and autonomy, including intimate choices defining personal identity and beliefs" means that same sex marriage is ok because that's a personal choice, identity, and belief, but my right to carry a tool of self-defense as a personal choice, identity, and belief is not?
Seriously...you want to say that?
