Schumer: We should protect marriage equality now, before the maga-controlled Supreme Court steps in

[kpete]

Schumer: So when some Republicans say, oh, this is unnecessary, it won't happen, remember, that's the same thing they said about roe, and look at where we are today. We should protect marriage equality now, well before the maga-controlled Supreme Court steps in

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[SheltieLover]

1. Absolutely!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. Yessir, Senate Leader Schumer!

Roe, Roe, Roe your vote
against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
and kill democracy!

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[tavernier]

3. Ouch! Roberts must be reaching for the aloe.

Who knew Schumer was such a burn Meister?

[aeromanKC]

4. And Alito seen shaking his head and mouthing the words that's not true.

[aeromanKC]

5. Oh Snap!! On the floor and now in the Congressional record.

MAGA controlled Supreme Court.

[MontanaMama]

6. MAGA controlled SCOTUS.

Keep shouting this from the rooftops.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

8. Yes! MAGA MAGA MAGA fascists all day long!

[Hekate]

7. Schumer is a good man -- and smart

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[irisblue]

9. The Log Cabin Republican replay will be interesting to read

[Scalded Nun]

10. Get this done now as well as any other possible protections for LGTBQ that can be put in place!

[dsc]

11. The problem is the extent of the religious exemption that it would take to get 10 GOP votes

at some point the rights taken away from those in completely blue states would out pace the rights granted to those in red states. I admit to not knowing where that line is.

[cstanleytech]

12. Martin Niemller

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

..............

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-first-they-came-for-the-socialists

This is the true wet dream of the Republicans and what we are heading for should they gain control again and we cannot trust the 6 conservative judges on SCOTUS to protect us.

[Ford_Prefect]

13. Marriage is a civil contract under US law. This is separate from any religious sanction.

The court will try to apply religious bias to bend civil law with the implication that those denied recognition by certain religious groups do not qualify as citizens deserving the law's protection. Thus a select and arbitrary theocracy becomes the official arbiter of American law rather than the US Constitution.

[NNadir]

14. I'm really enjoying how our leaders are pointing out exactly what a dirty word MAGA is.

It's an obscenity, and they're pointing that out loudly.

This is a great new trend in our party.

[myohmy2]

15. "...before the maga-controlled Supreme Court steps in..."

...atta boy Chuck, I love your phraseology...

...and those big-court maggots will be stepping in as soon as they can...

...strike while the iron is hot...

[Scottie Mom]

16. Add all of the "privacy" rights and others, too, IMO.

Birth control, inter-racial marriages, marriage equality, reproductive rights, LBGTQ, trans kids rights, voting rights, etc.

I don't trust those RW nut jobs on SCOTUS to not get rid of anything and everything they don't like. Clarence Thomas is such an a-hole, I can see him voting to overturn Loving...just because.