[Regarding a federal judge finding the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unconstitutional:]
What a shocker!! A Massachusetts based federal judge extends a state made up right to be a federal made up right. If you go judge shopping this is what happens. Still doesn't make a same-sex marriate a real marriage. You can call a pig a duck, but it can't quack.
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Ummmm.... the man's a "Federal Judge", not a Massachusetts judge: his circuit includes Massachusetts.
Also, the core of his ruling was that marraige is a state right, NOT a federal right.
What a shocker!! A Massachusetts based federal judge extends a state made up right to be a federal made up right.
Yeah, it's absolutely jaw-dropping that a FEDERAL judge rules on a federal law. Next thing you know they'll have criminal attorneys take criminal cases and have traffic court handle traffic violations. What's the world coming to?
If you go judge shopping this is what happens
I had no idea you could buy judges. Then again, maybe that's how celebrities get off with such light sentences.
Still doesn't make a same-sex marriate a real marriage
Actually, since marriage is a legal contract, it really does.
You can call a pig a duck, but it can't quack
Except that pigs and ducks are not legal definitions, they're different species. The difference is that laws can change but an animal cannot transform into a different species.
Judge shopping? I didn't know they were for sale.
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Does this mean I could have bought a different Judge when I was playing Final Fantasy Tactics A2? Preferably one that didn't make it against the law to have something stolen from me?
If it's a legal marriage, it's a real marriage. Several friends of mine have gotten married at the courthouse because, get this, they're not religious.
But aren't all rights "made up"? Think about it. Did I just blow your mind ?
And how is same-sex marriage not a "real" marriage if they are made legally equivalent? It might not be considered valid according to certain religions, but if it is allowed legally, it is legally a real marriage and the religious perspective on the matter may disagree but only has weight within their retarded segment of the public sphere.
Um...all this means is that you can marry the same sex in 7 states, and that wherever in the country you go, you will still be legally counted as married.
It still doesn't mean that gay people can get married in those other 43 states--in fact, the repeal of DOMA was done explicitly to ensure that the states themselves could decide who has the right to get married in those states. The only thing this does for gay people is to ensure that a married couple cannot somehow magically "un-marry" just by crossing state lines.
You honestly can't get more fair than that without allowing gay marriage across the board.
Still doesn't make a same-sex marriate a real marriage.
No, that would be running off to a Vegas all-night marriage parlor after getting to know each other for a couple hours, having extramarital affairs, being controlling and jealous of your spouse, and then getting divorced after a couple of years.
But hey, if it's a man & woman, then it's a valid marriage.
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