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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Yes, that's exactly what it's like, but that's about what I expect from him after his years of relegating gays to second class citizens on this board, so, nothing to see here.
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Excuse me? Not agreeing with gay marriage = "relegating gays to second class citizens"? Strawman, much?
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
just a theory, but with the court leaving the 18,000 marriages valid, did they purposefully set this up for a federal 14th amendment challenge?
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No. They were just following legal precedent. And gay rights advocates would be dumb to take the case to SCOTUS atm, as they're setting themselves up for an almost assured defeat given DOMA and the current make-up of the court. And a defeat there would be worse than a simple defeat in a state court as any decision SCOTUS reaches is legally binding on all state courts.