Roberts Court to take on Gay Marriage Issue

Right, most conservatives I know love the concept of marriage. Like Gingrich, they get married 3-4 times.

As a former member of the religious right, I agree with most of this sentiment. However, the Pentecostal/charismatic/NAR wing of Christianity (an ethnically and racially diverse community) is highly unlikely to support gay marriage, well ever.

So you're expecting intellectual consistency? Good luck with that.

I realized over the last few days how important this is to me. The hope that I might be able to get married is something I haven't really allowed myself to feel. I refuse to get married symbolically and not gain the rights and privileges of straight married couples. But if the marriage were to mean something in Texas, I would make my partner my husband in a heartbeat.

And going through this thought process makes me extremely emotional about the idea of marriage equality in a way I haven't been in the past. I have a huge personal stake in this SCOTUS decision.

I saw a blogger recently write something like "It's time Bill Clinton apologizes for signing DOMA" I whole-heartedly agree. What a regressive, anti-civil rights POS law that is.

What's more, don't the conservatives want 'big government' laws to stop trying to dictate our lives and how we choose to live them?

I wonder which way Scalia is going to decide?

I'm pretty nervous about this particular SC taking up gay marriage.

Here's what Scalia said in his opinion that states should be able to outlaw sodomy between two consenting adults:

Today’s opinion dismantles the structure of constitutional law that has permitted a distinction to be made between heterosexual and homosexual unions, insofar as formal recognition in marriage is concerned.

The people may feel that their disapprobation of homosexual conduct is strong enough to disallow homosexual marriage, but not strong enough to criminalize private homosexual acts — and may legislate accordingly, Scalia wrote. The Court today pretends that it possesses a similar freedom of action, so that that we need not fear judicial imposition of homosexual marriage.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/...ce-scalia-saw-gay-marriage-coming.php?ref=fpa

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/60-moments-that-gave-me-the-chills-during-seattle

Scalia would see this link as something to be scared of.

And Thomas is going to be surprised when he sees how ordinary and un-hot most of the lesbian couples look. He'll find that his porn collection has been seriously lying to him on that front.

Heard an interview with his guy on NPR over the weekend. He's a gay evangelical who's written a book called "Torn: Rescuing the Gospel From the 'Gay vs. Christian' Debate. Not saying he's going to bring the majority to his side, but it's not unanamous.

http://www.npr.org/2012/12/09/165276593/torn-living-as-an-openly-gay-christian

The highlights leave out the best part where he quotes liberal evangelical Tony Campolo responding to the typical "love the sinner and hate the sin" line by pointing out that Jesus was fairly consistent in teaching "love the sinner and hate your own sin."

Thus, good ol' fashioned, Catholic guilt.

I wish there was a word that I could find that describes my dislike of this song (and band, for that matter, and their annoying singer... and their technically proficient percussion that way to often gets described as the BEST EVER by people who deserve to die).

But, it is topical to this discussion and a clever response. So I'm not gonna get violent.

Don't worry too much. Marriage equality is inevitable, it is just a matter of when.

It's amazing that it's even this close considering the Supreme Court judges are still from the baby-boomer generation and earlier. By the time people our generation (born 1980s and later) are judges of the Supreme Court, we'll look back at this time the way we look back at the interracial marriage decisions now. Those who oppose same-sex marriage are just wasting everyone's time, including their own.