05-03-2022, 06:42 PM
(05-03-2022, 05:19 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: I wanted to add this as the rage fueled hyperbole machine is in high gear. There are claims that same sex marriage is next on the chopping black, of course assuming the final draft of this decision matches the leak. Allow me to say this. While I don't disagree with the Roe decision I always considered the connection between it and the 14th amendment to be tenuous. At the very least, certainly not the firmest foundation ever. Same sex marriage is not the same in that regard, at all. Same sex marriage is firmly and easily grounded in the equal protection under the law guaranteed by the Constitution. It's in zero danger. Of course, people will use this doomsday scenario to stoke further outrage and mobilization, but this one is just not grounded in any kind of logical fact.
I disagree. Criminalizing abortion is a restriction of liberties of people with untureses. I think its link to constitutional rights is as strong as the right to marriage is. I agree that same-sex marriage is not at risk, but that is more about there not being as much of a culture war surrounding it.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
