Mea Culpa- I confused Justice Alito's dissent with Justice Scalia's...

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Justice Alito-


Gays shouldn't be allowed to marry because SCOTUS approval invalidates its opponent's opposition to marriage equality and in the absence of SCOTUS approval they will feel marginalized:

"By imposing its own views on the entire country, the majority facilitates the marginalization of the many Americans who have traditional ideas. Recalling the harsh treatment of gays and lesbians in the past, some may think that turnabout is fair play. But if that sentiment prevails, the Nation will experience bitter and lasting wounds,"

-Samuel Alito

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Good gawd, that's a stupid argument even to a plebeian like me.


The Supreme Court is there to interpret the law, not to validate people's feelings, especially homophobes.

[hollysmom]

1. it is allowing for the right of some people to bully others.

wouldn't want to take that right away - just imagine if all laws were looked at that way.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I would ask him to cite the line in the Constitution where I have the right for all my opinions....

I would ask him to cite the line in the Constitution where I have the right for all my opinions to be popular ones.

[hollysmom]

3. on the positive side - three of the dissenting opinions sucked, were amazingly stupid and ignorant

and just plain wrong. Judges who are an embarrassment to the bench. haven't read the fourth, yet.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I took Constitutional Law One And Two

I look forward to sitting down and reading all the opinions.

[GoneFishin]

6. Agreed. It seems that once extreme right wing judges get job security they can just blurt out

any irrational shit that pops into their imbecilic brains and drop the pretense of basing their decisions on the rule of law.

[brush]

11. Yeah, makes one wonder . . .

how did those three get to the Supreme Court with that kind of reasoning.

Aren't they supposed to be the most brilliant legal minds in the country?

[prayin4rain]

5. Seriously. That's just ridiculous. n/t

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. At first I misattributed the quote to Antonin Scalia.

When I looked to attribute the quote I discovered it was Alito.

[prayin4rain]

9. Easy mistake to make. Both of their opinions are equally ridiculous. n/t

[Beach Rat]

7. I heard that Princeton just called Justice Alito

they want their diploma back.

[Kber]

10. Jeebus

we can't provide equal protection under the law because some "traditionalist" might get his feelings hurt if we don't legally continue to discriminate?

That's fucked.