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Lost amid all the attention on America's first superspreader, Alito and Thomas just made a statement that they think the ruling on Same Sex marriage should be re-examined by the SCOTUS. Obviously they are no fans of judicial precedent and are frothing at the bit to destroy them some more lives with the upcoming 6-3 Conservative majority.
https://www.newsweek.com/conservati...-should-fix-its-ruling-that-legalized-1536454
So any Log Cabin Republicans left out there will have to decide which is more important to them: not having to pay taxes or keeping their marriages.
Note I am guessing this statement is a blatantly political attempt to try and motivate and flagging evangelicals. The general thought is that same-sex marriage is a done deal and they have to deal with it, it gives evangelicals something else to drool over besides overturning Roe v Wade.
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by fellow conservative Justice Samuel Alito, argued in a Monday statement that the landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide was improperly decided and suggested the court should "fix" the decision.
The statement, written by Thomas and joined by Alito, was attached to a decision from the top court allowing a lower court's ruling against Kim Davis to stand. Davis was a county clerk in Kentucky who infamously refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her religious objections. Although Thomas and Alito joined the majority in rejecting Davis' case, they argued that it raised important questions about Obergefell v. Hodges—which legalized same-sex marriage across the country.
"It would be one thing if recognition for same-sex marriage had been debated and adopted through the democratic process, with the people deciding not to provide statutory protections for religious liberty under state law," Thomas wrote. "But it is quite another when the Court forces that choice upon society through its creation of atextual constitutional rights and its ungenerous interpretation of the Free Exercise Clause, leaving those with religious objections in the lurch."
https://www.newsweek.com/conservati...-should-fix-its-ruling-that-legalized-1536454
So any Log Cabin Republicans left out there will have to decide which is more important to them: not having to pay taxes or keeping their marriages.
Note I am guessing this statement is a blatantly political attempt to try and motivate and flagging evangelicals. The general thought is that same-sex marriage is a done deal and they have to deal with it, it gives evangelicals something else to drool over besides overturning Roe v Wade.
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