Re: The 112th Congress - The first Orange-American to be elected Speaker
On the "protected class" scale where race is a 10 and wardrobe choice is a 1, sexual orientation is probably a current 6 with a strong liklihood of moving towards an 8 or 9 in the future once old people die off and the demographics change. Economic status is about a 2.
Also, let's not ignore the fact that DOMA is a clear Congressional end-around of the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution. For someone who's a purported strict constructionist, I'd ask how you can logically maintain that DOMA is constitutional. If it's ok for states to ignore gay marriages, can they then ignore all other marriage licenses? divorce decrees? civil judgments in general? criminal convictions? What standard is used to define which legal documents a state must accept and which it can ignore?
Originally posted by MinnFan
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Also, let's not ignore the fact that DOMA is a clear Congressional end-around of the "full faith and credit" clause of the Constitution. For someone who's a purported strict constructionist, I'd ask how you can logically maintain that DOMA is constitutional. If it's ok for states to ignore gay marriages, can they then ignore all other marriage licenses? divorce decrees? civil judgments in general? criminal convictions? What standard is used to define which legal documents a state must accept and which it can ignore?
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