Clarence Thomas: "Reconsider" Gay Marriage

@wildgrass said
Interesting choice to not include interracial marriage in the list of things he wants outlawed.

@vivify said
The Constitution also says nothing about handguns, automatic weapons, etc. It says "right to bear arms" not "right to bear any arms".

By Mott's logic, it should be legal to ban any type of firearm so long as access to at least one type remains.

@earl-of-trumps said
well done, @Mott

this is why gay rights, trans rights etc. cannot be adjudicated at the SJC level, those issues are not covered in the constitution

I wish the slo-mos would try to understand

@no1marauder said
And what do you think would happen then?

@no1marauder said
Those aren't "powers"; those are "rights" and what does the Ninth Amendment say?

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

This is a direct refutation of Mott's and your claim that State legislatures can do virtually anything they please except what the Constitution explicitly forbids them to do.

@earl-of-trumps said
perhaps, but I believe those rights must be mentioned

PS how'd the right to not be a slave do for Dred Scott

@earl-of-trumps said
Same as with abortion. Some states will make it legal, others will ban. Maybe a drive to make an amendment will happen

@no1marauder
He is a LINO.

@vivify said
The Constitution also says nothing about handguns, automatic weapons, etc. It says "right to bear arms" not "right to bear any arms".

By Mott's logic, it should be legal to ban any type of firearm so long as access to at least one type remains.

@no1marauder said
I thought you described yourself as a "libertarian". You surely must be aware that the libertarian concept of self-ownership is central to that philosophy while the idea of "State's rights" is not.

@no1marauder said
Your belief is directly contradicted by the words of the Ninth Amendment.

Dred Scott was an erroneous decision soon corrected.

@Mott-The-Hoople
You are one of those who wants their women to be barefoot and pregnant and forget about getting a college education and becoming an engineer or doctor.

Like the Peggy Seeger song, 'I was going to be an engineer' which I am 100% sure you never heard of either Peggy or I was going to be an engineer.

Recent studies have shown even in STEM fields if a woman's name is on a paper it is less likely to be published. And of course you could care less about THAT either.

@no1marauder said
Those aren't "powers"; those are "rights" and what does the Ninth Amendment say?

"The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people."

This is a direct refutation of Mott's and your claim that State legislatures can do virtually anything they please except what the Constitution explicitly forbids them to do.

@Mott-The-Hoople
You are REALLY dense. He just SAID that. You prove you have limited powers to understand what is typed. Learn to read.

@sonhouse said
@Mott-The-Hoople
You are one of those who wants their women to be barefoot and pregnant and forget about getting a college education and becoming an engineer or doctor.

Like the Peggy Seeger song, 'I was going to be an engineer' which I am 100% sure you never heard of either Peggy or I was going to be an engineer.

Recent studies have shown even in STEM fields if a wom ...[text shortened]... s on a paper it is less likely to be published. And of course you could care less about THAT either.