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Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2015 6:12:12 am PDT #29696 of 30000
brillig

Miss Manners and Emily Post would be on the Supreme Court instead.

t basking in the fantasy of Miss Manners and her clear logic and deceptively sharp tongue handing down legal rulings and responding to Scalia


Connie Neil - Jun 26, 2015 6:18:04 am PDT #29697 of 30000
brillig

Well, as wonderful as it is to update reactions, I need to run some errands before the hellmouth fully opens for the day.


meara - Jun 26, 2015 6:18:59 am PDT #29698 of 30000

Man, Scalia is such a grump. It's almost entertaining to read except he's so wrong it hurts.

And yeah, Supreme Court is not exactly forefront of this battle--it's not like they made this decision 20 years ago when no states had legalized and public opinion majority wasn't for it. That would be pushing on the people (not that it would've been wrong but whatever). Now? Please.


Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:19:36 am PDT #29699 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

What confounds is that Scalia and Roberts both talk about letting democracy and legislating take their course. And yet, they struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act which was a legislative victory for inclusive democracy.

pfft.


DavidS - Jun 26, 2015 6:23:08 am PDT #29700 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

people who oppose SSM will be branded bigots,

Because they are bigots! Sorry, Tep's Aunt.

::heats up branding iron::

Own it.


Ginger - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:53 am PDT #29701 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Fulton County just announced a mass wedding ceremony at 1 today at the government center in downtown Atlanta. I feel like I should be taking flowers or something, but I have a !@#$% medical appointment that had to be rescheduled to today because of incompetence.

Also, people have already been gay married today in Georgia and the sky hasn't fallen.


Steph L. - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:56 am PDT #29702 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Because they are bigots! Sorry, Tep's Aunt.

Naw, man, she's totally a bigot, hiding behind the Bible.


meara - Jun 26, 2015 6:25:58 am PDT #29703 of 30000

Oh, also: anyone who knows how involved clerks are in writing the decisions? Because I suddenly had this image of various clerks running around with thesauruses going "ooh! How about 'jiggery-pokery'?!? That sounds like something he'd use right?"


Kat - Jun 26, 2015 6:26:11 am PDT #29704 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

My issue is who cares if someone thinks you are a bigot or a big meanie? I mean, what? You own your opinions and if it makes people think badly of you? So be it.

In other words, not a sound argument for me.


Steph L. - Jun 26, 2015 6:26:31 am PDT #29705 of 30000
the hardest to learn / was the least complicated

Fulton County just announced a mass wedding ceremony at 1 today at the government center in downtown Atlanta.

I'm wondering if there will be a mass wedding ceremony at Pride tomorrow. That would be AWESOME.