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But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness.... Which could obviously only be redeemed by passing through the fiery inferno of my digestive tract.
~Jim Butcher
It's a big step the right direction. I get tired of arguing that marriage isn't only about saying, "oh look, this is my spouse". It comes with substantial rights and privileges from a legal perspective. Visiting your loved one in hospital. Making medical choices for your disabled spouse. The right to adopt children together. The right to take each others' name. There are many more.
It isn't about "stealing the word marriage", it's about legal rights (and obligations!).
Most importantly of all, regardless of the issue, the Fed should not be interfering in State decisions beyond barring them from breaching Constitutional Rights. Allowing gay marriage does not breach Constitutional Rights, while preventing them, does.
I am pleasantly surprised by this and rather heartened.
It's a big step the right direction. I get tired of arguing that marriage isn't only about saying, "oh look, this is my spouse". It comes with substantial rights and privileges from a legal perspective. Visiting your loved one in hospital. Making medical choices for your disabled spouse. The right to adopt children together. The right to take each others' name. There are many more.
It isn't about "stealing the word marriage", it's about legal rights (and obligations!).
Most importantly of all, regardless of the issue, the Fed should not be interfering in State decisions beyond barring them from breaching Constitutional Rights. Allowing gay marriage does not breach Constitutional Rights, while preventing them, does.
I am pleasantly surprised by this and rather heartened.
But they were doughnuts of darkness. Evil damned doughnuts, tainted by the spawn of darkness.... Which could obviously only be redeemed by passing through the fiery inferno of my digestive tract.
~Jim Butcher
To paraphrase MLK, who paraphrased Theodore Parker: The arc of the Universe is long, but it bends towards justice...
Look at the facts of the world. You see a continual and progressive triumph of the right. I do not pretend to understand the moral universe, the arc is a long one, my eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see I am sure it bends towards justice.
(the original, from an 1857 essay by Theodore Parker, Unitarian minister, Transcendentalist, and abolitionist)
As a member of the LGBT community, I am extremely happy about the DOMA and Prop. 8 rulings of this morning. However I am extremely worried that all of the good news will overshadow the incredibly shameful decision to strike down the VRA.
As a member of the LGBT community, I am extremely happy about the DOMA and Prop. 8 rulings of this morning. However I am extremely worried that all of the good news will overshadow the incredibly shameful decision to strike down the VRA.
And that's the long and the short of it. It was a trade off. At which point in our history constitutionality became a trade off is a mystery to me.
And that's the long and the short of it. It was a trade off. At which point in our history constitutionality became a trade off is a mystery to me.
Its always been that way. I mean really, look at Dred Scott and Plessy vs Ferguson. Over the long term, we get more liberal and more fair. In the short term though, its one step forward, two steps back, one giant leap forward, one step back, two steps forward, one punt to the left, another shift to the right, one step forward, ad nauseum.
...just keep your eye on that arc of the universe....its curve is slow, but its still bending towards justice (as long as we all keep sittin on that justice end of business!!)
Its always been that way. I mean really, look at Dred Scott and Plessy vs Ferguson. Over the long term, we get more liberal and more fair. In the short term though, its one step forward, two steps back, one giant leap forward, one step back, two steps forward, one punt to the left, another shift to the right, one step forward, ad nauseum.
...just keep your eye on that arc of the universe....its curve is slow, but its still bending towards justice (as long as we all keep sittin on that justice end of business!!)
We keep muddling toward a better future. I wish people would be more aware of the historical process of moving toward increasing freedom. I've lived long enough to see the strides we have made in the last 50 years, and I can not help but be optimist about the future based on the changes which have taken place in the past.
Every moment of a life is a horrible tragedy, a slapstick comedy, dark nihilism, golden illumination, or nothing at all; depending on how we write the story we tell ourselves.
As though I need someone's permission to give my partner a Rusty Venture. A puny victory in the face of pervasive oppression.
A victory is a victory. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. As long as our steps are going the right direction, there's hope for the finish line.
One thing needs to be understood,there is much personal ideology within the Court. It is supposed to be a bastion of unbiased decisions,but the Judges are as human as the rest of us. Even with the notion that their decisions should be strictly based on Law and its interpretation,still their personal views seep in in their decisions.
MAGIC is MAGIC,black OR white or even blood RED
all i ever wanted was a normal life and love.
NO TERF EVER WE belong Too.
don't stop the tears.let them flood your soul.
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