unofan
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So you're just going to ignore the 14th?
Of course he is.
So you're just going to ignore the 14th?
Which is why I hope SCOTUS rules that each state can have its own marriage laws but must respect the marriage status of all its citizens.Not really. A SCOTUS ruling is the law of the land. So again, if Roy Moore doesn't want interracial marriage, he doesn't get to ban them in Alabama. If everybody insists on denying people a SCOTUS granted right (gay marriage) I would assume he could be charged with violating these people's civil rights - a federal offense.
Ignoring the tide of history...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-a-lot-to-do-with-gay-marriage-and-marijuana/
I wonder if Moore can be criminally charged? Can you use your position as a judge to openly defy a SCOTUS ruling and coerce others to do so as well?
Not really. A SCOTUS ruling is the law of the land. So again, if Roy Moore doesn't want interracial marriage, he doesn't get to ban them in Alabama. If everybody insists on denying people a SCOTUS granted right (gay marriage) I would assume he could be charged with violating these people's civil rights - a federal offense.
So you're just going to ignore the 14th?
Which is why I hope SCOTUS rules that each state can have its own marriage laws but must respect the marriage status of all its citizens.
Not just for being a bad judge, which is ultimately what he's doing right now.
If SCOTUS rules as most expect it to, and he tells the state judiciary to ignore it, at most he could be impeached (which happened once before already). He most likely doesn't perform marriage ceremonies personally. If he does, and he refuses to do so for a gay couple, they could go to federal court and get an order against him. At that point, if he refused, he could be held in contempt.
The people who are between a rock and a hard place are the clerks/magistrates/whoever issues the licenses. They'll have SCOTUS saying one thing and their boss telling them another and getting conflicting orders from each. If they're smart they'll follow SCOTUS and deal with knucklehead and his orders as they come up, since ultimately SCOTUS gets the final call.
As long as marriage has legal rights and benefits, yes it does.Nowhere in the 14th amendment is there anything pertaining to marriage.
Moore is just an old curmudgeon living out his states' rights fantasies. He's a dying breed.
From what I've seen on my few business trips to China, Fiorina is spot on.
From what I've seen on my few business trips to China, Fiorina is spot on.
That may be, but a presidential candidate should probably not be quoted as saying that.
Surely they aren't incapable of innovation
You'd be amazed. Some of the stories I hear from inside are staggering.
I don't like her much at all but she's at least half right about that. Surely they aren't incapable of innovation but it's often cheaper and easier just to steal things. The last two fighter planes China rolled out have been comic ripoffs of yours and they even bragged about jacking a bunch of the technology. I don't have much of a problem with any candidate pointing this out in a general sense.
It has nothing to do with the Chinese or even the system they have and everything to do with the size of the technology gap. From Medieval Venice to 19th century Britain, whenever you're way ahead on the tech curve your stuff gets stolen. The US stole everything from the British Navy and the German chemical industry for 50 years when we were way behind. It has nothing to do with "entrepreneurship" or "central planning" or any other silliness -- it's purely an artifact of relative position.
So basically using spies in Civ5 on Immortal difficulty. Gotta catch up.
It has nothing to do with the Chinese or even the system they have and everything to do with the size of the technology gap. From Medieval Venice to 19th century Britain, whenever you're way ahead on the tech curve your stuff gets stolen. The US stole everything from the British Navy and the German chemical industry for 50 years when we were way behind. It has nothing to do with "entrepreneurship" or "central planning" or any other silliness -- it's purely an artifact of relative position.