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RKP5637

(67,112 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 03:47 PM Dec 2023

Clarence Thomas & Samuel Alito want to end marriage equality & they won't stop there

Thomas never should have been placed on SCOTUS with his reputation.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/10/clarence-thomas-samuel-alito-want-end-marriage-equality-wont-stop/

The concerns being raised over the recent Thomas-Alito Manifesto (which will occasionally be referred to as a dissent to the cert denial in Davis v. Ermold) are well-founded.

Should Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito find three seat-holders of like prejudices, Obergefell v. Hodges will disappear as Supreme Court precedent.

Anyone who has any doubt about that should seek an objectivity check.

Despite being the end result of institutionalized privileging of marriage equality by cis gays over the more pressing needs of more LGBTQ people than will ever make direct use of the 2015 decision, the existence of Obergefell v. Hodges is a good thing. And its erasure will be a bad thing.

And it will be just the beginning.

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Clarence Thomas & Samuel Alito want to end marriage equality & they won't stop there (Original Post) RKP5637 Dec 2023 OP
Thomas will no doubt want to revisit all marriage related decisions.. Permanut Dec 2023 #1
Yes, and he can void his own marriage! n/t RKP5637 Dec 2023 #2
The laws and rules certainly don't apply to Supreme Court justices. Irish_Dem Dec 2023 #3
He'll end all kinds of marriage equality and choice that don't affect him directly MadameButterfly Dec 2023 #6
Isn't it time one of these fascists suffered a debilitating stroke ? eppur_se_muova Dec 2023 #4
Well, that would be nice. They are so damn evil. RKP5637 Dec 2023 #5
the first Christmas card I received this year Skittles Dec 2023 #7

MadameButterfly

(1,689 posts)
6. He'll end all kinds of marriage equality and choice that don't affect him directly
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 06:37 PM
Dec 2023

So Loving is safe. And he won't see the irony.

eppur_se_muova

(37,366 posts)
4. Isn't it time one of these fascists suffered a debilitating stroke ?
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 04:52 PM
Dec 2023

Debilitating enough to remove them from the bench, but not so debilitating that they can't watch what happens when Biden gets to appoint a couple of judges ...

Skittles

(159,061 posts)
7. the first Christmas card I received this year
Sun Dec 17, 2023, 09:46 PM
Dec 2023

my dear friends Curt & Brian, who have been married almost 33 years.....it pains me to think there are people who don't think their union is valid, and that it is not equal to other marriages......Clarence and Samuel are ugly, sickening people who have no business being on the Supreme Court

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