interesting read
http://www.city-jour...gay_marriage.html
In addition, they understood that marriage is a contract, regulated by the laws and ultimately enforceable by the state, that spells out property relations between the spouses, as well as their inheritance rights and those of their children. Therefore, marriage is intrinsically a government concern. Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free American and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 57 years. meep
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ScotusBlog: USSC to punt on Prop 8 case.
- (Another Scott)
- (61)
- March 26, 2013, 12:06:54 PM EDT
no standing sounds like the correct legal ruling
-NT
- (boxley)
- March 26, 2013, 12:49:15 PM EDT
What century?
- (mmoffitt)
- (35)
- March 27, 2013, 09:37:17 AM EDT
Ok, it was a slight exaggeration.
- (Another Scott)
- (5)
- March 26, 2013, 07:01:16 PM EDT
whats wrong with first cousins? looks around nervously
-NT
- (boxley)
- (1)
- March 26, 2013, 07:21:54 PM EDT
I figured someone would question that...
- (Another Scott)
- March 26, 2013, 07:55:52 PM EDT
Well, sometimes we do
- (mhuber)
- (2)
- March 26, 2013, 08:34:53 PM EDT
I was best man in a Catholic marriage.
- (Another Scott)
- March 26, 2013, 08:46:17 PM EDT
I forgot to make my point
- (mhuber)
- March 26, 2013, 09:52:49 PM EDT
Fundamental changes in the definition of marriage are good
- (drook)
- (27)
- March 26, 2013, 09:06:47 PM EDT
:-)
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- March 26, 2013, 09:43:40 PM EDT
+ 11teen; almost forgot about TT! Thanx for reminder..
-NT
- (Ashton)
- March 27, 2013, 01:24:29 AM EDT
You're entitled to that view.
- (mmoffitt)
- (24)
- March 27, 2013, 10:29:00 AM EDT
Its truly about "spousal" benefits.
- (folkert)
- (23)
- March 27, 2013, 11:19:07 AM EDT
What rights does California deny same-sex couples?
- (mmoffitt)
- (22)
- March 27, 2013, 11:55:26 AM EDT
Separate But Equal is not equal justice under law.
- (Another Scott)
- (21)
- March 27, 2013, 12:13:57 PM EDT
Thank you. I was going to trot that out.
- (folkert)
- (2)
- March 27, 2013, 12:50:02 PM EDT
Just at a semantic level
- (drook)
- (1)
- March 27, 2013, 02:23:41 PM EDT
Excellent point!
-NT
- (folkert)
- March 27, 2013, 03:36:29 PM EDT
Red Herring.
- (mmoffitt)
- (17)
- March 27, 2013, 03:14:15 PM EDT
Uhh ... no
- (drook)
- (6)
- March 27, 2013, 05:31:39 PM EDT
Actually, I do agree with your second sentence.
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- March 28, 2013, 08:59:57 AM EDT
Yes, but ...
- (drook)
- (3)
- March 28, 2013, 09:53:49 AM EDT
It's really not that difficult.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- March 28, 2013, 10:19:02 AM EDT
Theory vs. practice
- (drook)
- (1)
- March 28, 2013, 10:25:15 AM EDT
Lawyers - and I - would like that.
- (mmoffitt)
- March 28, 2013, 10:36:15 AM EDT
Cool, I agree with you
- (crazy)
- March 28, 2013, 09:55:04 AM EDT
Misinformed
- (boxley)
- (7)
- March 27, 2013, 05:35:44 PM EDT
There are corner cases where DNA is problematic.
- (Another Scott)
- March 27, 2013, 06:15:02 PM EDT
If procreation isn't involved, why blood tests?
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (5)
- March 28, 2013, 09:04:50 AM EDT
I'm not your lawyer
- (crazy)
- (4)
- March 28, 2013, 09:46:11 AM EDT
A typically non-responsive response.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- March 28, 2013, 09:46:29 AM EDT
kiss kiss
- (crazy)
- March 28, 2013, 09:56:35 AM EDT
And YOU responded it is not an issue in above post
- (crazy)
- (1)
- March 28, 2013, 10:04:20 AM EDT
Heh. 2 more posts and still no answer to the question.
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- March 28, 2013, 10:20:06 AM EDT
WTF???? Eugenics boards next?
- (crazy)
- (1)
- March 28, 2013, 01:05:50 AM EDT
Haven't you heard?
- (mmoffitt)
- March 28, 2013, 09:03:41 AM EDT
maybe not to the euros normal in other cultures
-NT
- (boxley)
- March 27, 2013, 09:43:13 AM EDT
Mann at AngryBear says Goldstein at ScotusBlog is wrong.
- (Another Scott)
- (1)
- March 27, 2013, 07:05:01 PM EDT
interesting read
- (boxley)
- March 27, 2013, 09:39:50 PM EDT
Tom Levenson's take at Balloon-Juice.
- (Another Scott)
- (21)
- March 28, 2013, 07:29:29 PM EDT
I hope that wasn't directed at me.
- (mmoffitt)
- (19)
- March 29, 2013, 08:57:27 AM EDT
so she has to pay 350k because she was banging another chick
- (boxley)
- (3)
- March 29, 2013, 09:38:26 AM EDT
I see a "wrong" compounded.
- (mmoffitt)
- (2)
- March 29, 2013, 01:33:00 PM EDT
nope, you are not a racist, I get that
- (boxley)
- (1)
- March 29, 2013, 01:41:00 PM EDT
s/stealing from rich/recovering stolen from/
-NT
- (mmoffitt)
- March 30, 2013, 10:50:45 AM EDT
Unfortunate fact of our legal system
- (drook)
- (10)
- March 29, 2013, 09:41:24 AM EDT
Thanks.
-NT
- (Another Scott)
- March 29, 2013, 10:48:48 AM EDT
You're almost too easy. Your link is sufficient.
- (mmoffitt)
- (8)
- March 29, 2013, 01:01:53 PM EDT
Your "tradition" goes back ... three generations?
- (drook)
- (7)
- March 29, 2013, 02:35:19 PM EDT
Ya lost me.
- (mmoffitt)
- (6)
- March 29, 2013, 03:16:19 PM EDT
Repeat after me: syphilis
- (drook)
- (5)
- March 29, 2013, 04:20:54 PM EDT
Marriage is because syphillis? kewl :-)
-NT
- (boxley)
- March 29, 2013, 04:44:13 PM EDT
Okay.
- (mmoffitt)
- (3)
- March 30, 2013, 10:52:14 AM EDT
Another slice off the shifting platform
- (crazy)
- March 30, 2013, 11:04:41 AM EDT
Marriage leads to children != marriage is *for* children
-NT
- (drook)
- (1)
- March 30, 2013, 11:08:55 AM EDT
Yup
- (crazy)
- March 30, 2013, 11:12:54 AM EDT
It was part of the discussion.
- (Another Scott)
- March 29, 2013, 10:51:14 AM EDT
I stopped reading at this point
- (crazy)
- (2)
- March 29, 2013, 12:25:56 PM EDT
Zing.
- (mmoffitt)
- (1)
- March 29, 2013, 01:02:40 PM EDT
Yup, thanks where he corrects you. AGAIN.
- (crazy)
- March 30, 2013, 11:14:48 AM EDT
As to Why Marry? and ... it's All about the cheeldrun?
- (Ashton)
- March 29, 2013, 05:47:26 PM EDT