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Shapiro: SCOTUS Should Overturn Obergefell [VIDEO]
The idea behind a lot of the laws of the US is the constitution gives the right to privacy, liberty, and body autonomy. Everything from the civil rights laws, Loving vs Virginia which allowed different race people to marry, abortion, Lawerance vs Texas which gave everyone the right to have sex as they wished instead of just penis in vagina, (that law that banned oral sex and anal sex was used just against gay men but did apply to everyone) and of course the right to same sex marriage. The average right wing only wants their hated people subjugated and the right to discriminate without repercussions. But the real power behind this is the hard right businesses and the religious right. Both need to take the country back before the government had the authority or ability to stand up for the people. Why do you think there is such push back against anything resembling what the other advanced countries do for their public, because these groups lose more control every time the people get more right / benefits from their government? It might threaten those over the top profits. But also it threatens the religious leaders that know if people had rights and acceptance along with comfortable living they wouldn’t need religion to offer relief. Anyway anyone who doesn’t think that the next rights to fall are anything not straight male Christian did not read the leaked report. Alito to specifically mention that there was no right to privacy in the constitution, and that is what Lawerance vs Texas was based on that gave the right of people to enjoy whatever sex they wanted with another adult is based on. Remember Ted Cruz when he was the AG of Texas tried to ban adults from using sex toys in the state. Welcome to the Puritan age.
Media Matters reports:
First of all, Obergefell is a bad Supreme Court decision and if we had a Supreme Court worth its salt, they would overturn Obergefell.
But they’re not going to. They explicitly say — Alito says, I think three separate times in that decision that I read in nearly its totality on the air yesterday, that this has no impact on other cases of different lines. Which is a clear reference to Obergefell, repeatedly.
But Democrats know deep in the cockles of their tiny little Grinch-like hearts on abortion, they know that the abortion issue is not a winner. So they’re trying to expand it out – well, you never know.
The Supreme Court, they might go after gay rights, they might go after — sure, you’re right. The same Supreme Court in which Neil Gorsuch idiotically ruled that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 covers transgender people is now going to overrule Obergefell.
Slavery is deeply rooted in history.
So, I guess the Supreme Court is going to re-introduce it.
Sister_Bertrille Ross • an hour ago
“Original intent,” and all that.
Never expect a KAPO to ever change their stripes…
… Gays were burned next to Jews.
David in Palm Springs • an hour ago
If interracial marriage is based on the Equal Protection clause. Then why doesn’t same-sex marriage fall under the same category? We’re taking about a civil contract between two non-related consenting adults. It’s the exact same thing.
JFC… his voice is “nails on the chalkboard” annoying. How can anyone tolerate listening to this asshole?
David in Palm Springs David in Palm Springs • 41 minutes ago
Of course he says Obergefell is a bad decision… but can’t explain why. I wouldn’t expect anything less from these hate mongers.
J.Martindale David in Palm Springs • 24 minutes ago
I was reading an article from CNN that says the Court may use the Civil Rights Act of 1984 to defend Loving while then going after Obergefel so Thomas’ marriage won’t be jeopardized.
Because Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness is only for people just like you.
Serene Pumpkin Rex • an hour ago
I wonder what he’ll do when Christian prayer becomes mandatory.
SemiFriendly Atheist • 44 minutes ago
My argument in favor of gay marriage was that there was no compelling public interest in preventing two men or two women from marrying.
In fact, there is a public interest in favor of gay marriage because it provides both financial and psychological stability for the partners involved (which, in turn, benefits society as whole).
Heaven forbid their right wing fake religion be offended by same sex marriages. They blame all their problems on their own hatred toward people.
Elizabeth Warren goes megaviral with STUNNING speech after Roe news
Let’s talk about Trump vs the state GOP….
Florida Just Launched Another Unconscionable Attack Against Trans Kids
https://www.intomore.com/breaking/florida-just-launched-another-unconscionable-attack-trans-kids/
This news / article is old but it has been sitting in an open tab forever and I wanted to clear my tabs as much as possible. I am running a computer test that will take another 9 days before I can restart the computer. But the open tabs have become far too much to deal with. Enjoy
Last month, Florida politicians launched a hideous offensive against queer and trans kids and their families via the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which mandated that schools had to leave queer and trans history—as well as any discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation—out of the classroom. As if that wasn’t bad enough, yesterday saw the release of a new mandate, incredibly similar to Texas’s recent decision to criminalize trans youth and the families that love them by making it illegal to access gender-affirming care. While some judges have fought against that state’s transphobic mandates, that hasn’t stopped other states from following Texas’s lead.
This guidance, drafted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, uses inaccurate studies to advance the claim that “80%” of trans-identified kids will magically decide they’re not trans by the time they grow up. Which is heinous, because there are literally no studies on trans kids, period. The reason all these anti-trans bills are popping up is because cis society literally just learned about the existence of trans people, and now that we’re on their radar they’re trying their best to eradicate us under the guise of “protecting the children.” For decades, the medical establishment has ignored us, forgotten us, and refused to take our health needs and existences seriously. But now, magically, there are “studies” showing that trans kids are destined to change their minds about being trans when they grow into adults. Sure, ok!
The memo explains that gender-affirming care should not be an option for trans-identified youth due to the “unacceptably high risk of doing harm” based on “current available evidence.” Which, again, is pretty much made up, because there is no study on earth that shows that 80% of trans kids detransition after reaching adulthood. The actual number is closer to 8%. It’s not surprising: they have to fabricate research because they’re not basing any of this on reality. This is a fear-based agenda that seeks to eradicate trans identity, starting with kids. And it’s despicable.
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The newest peer reviewed study shows that 2.4% detransition due to regret of transitioning in the first place. The percentage is higher for all detransitioning due to family peer pressure or economics but I forget how much but 6% seems correct but it could be 8%. Still the number is fewer than the much greater majority that are happy with transitioning to the gender they know they are.
Liberal Redneck – SCOTUS Overturning Roe v Wade
Trump Appointee Altered Russian Meddling Report
The media keeps dripping out how crooked and corrupt the Trump administration was and how hard they tried to deny that they received a lot of help from Russia for Trump to win. The fact is Russia used money, computer hacks, and social media to get tRump elected and it worked great for Putin. But tRump wants to create an image of himself as the all powerful super smart alpha male. Getting help from Russia makes him look weak, which he is and hates with a passion.
NBC News reports:
A top Trump political appointee delayed a report on Russian election interference in the 2020 election in a way that created the perception that intelligence was politicized, according to a new report by the Department of Homeland Security watchdog.
The DHS inspector general report also found that employees of DHS’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis made changes to the analysis of foreign election interference “that appear to be based in part on political considerations, potentially impacting I&A’s compliance with Intelligence Community policy.”
The report also found that the appointee, acting Secretary Chad Wolf, who is not named, “participated in the review process multiple times despite lacking any formal role in reviewing the product, resulting in the delay of its dissemination on at least one occasion.”
Defense One reports:
The report was delayed for months. A Cyber Mission Center official added a “tone box”— a new section of text—that said China and Iran were trying to derail Trump’s re-election. When DHS investigators asked why the material outside of the original scope of the report was added, the official didn’t have a good answer.
The watchdog’s account fits with a pattern of Trump administration officials who attempted to de-emphasize Russia’s efforts to interfere with the 2020 election. In September 2020, then-National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien claimed that China had taken the most active role in interfering in the 2020 election, but offered no details or examples of how.
Wasn’t his appointment also declared illegal? Just another day in Trumpland.
IQ45 is still the de facto cult leader of the GQP. To this very second he can’t and won’t be prosecuted because somehow his pure toxicity is the lifeblood of that pol party.
Let’s talk about Abbott costing Texas while helping New Mexico….
KS Town Leaders Ban “Adult Co-Living” Arrangements
The right wing / religious right cannot stand adult people making the living arrangements that work for them. They are insistent on everyone having the nuclear family that tradition describes. A dad who can do what he wants outside the house and is served by a mommy who takes care of his property while providing him with frequent pleasure, producing his kids which she raises. Everyone must do this by decree of tradition and god! The right wing / religious right doesn’t want other adults to make their own choices in life, to do what is good for themselves without harming others. This law ends the Golden girls style of living. The right wing / religious right has tried for ever to stop co-habitation without marriage. I wonder what other adult arrangements will become illegal next?
The Kansas City Star reports:
On Monday, a Johnson County city unanimously voted to ban a living arrangement aimed at helping tenants decrease the amount of rent they pay. The Shawnee City Council voted 8-0 to ban co-living, which has gained popularity in recent years as rent and home prices have soared.
The new ordinance defines a co-living group as a group of at least four unrelated adults living together in a dwelling unit. The ordinance stated that if one adult is unrelated to another adult, then the entire group will be classified as unrelated.
The practice, which includes things like sharing a kitchen, living room and community areas, started to gain popularity as rental and housing prices continued to increase across the United States.
The Insider reports:
“City Staff received input and concerns from residents and City Council members regarding a relatively new trend where single family homes are being purchased and converted into rental units with multiple individual tenants,” a memorandum of the ordinance said.
“In this arrangement, individual tenants have leases of varying lengths, have separate secured access to their rooms, and often do not know or have relationships with the others who are also occupying the same single family dwelling,” the memo continued, saying the rental arrangements are “not typical of common rental uses in single family districts that are occupied by family units.”
NPR reports:
Since it was approved unanimously a week ago, Shawnee’s decision has made news well beyond the Kansas City metro, with one national publication saying the city had “effectively [made] roommates illegal.”
The new ordinance has also been called out by KC Tenants, a local tenants rights group whose director Tara Raghuveer evoked Johnson County’s history of redlining and tweeted that groups of adults living together in an apartment or house is one of the few affordable options for lower-income people in the area.
But Shawnee council members pushed back forcefully this week, saying that, in fact, they’ve struck a blow to keep home prices from ballooning even faster than they have already. They said their motives for passing the co-living restrictions have been misrepresented.
If you want to stop ballooning home prices, limit short-term rentals. Limit the number of homes speculative buyers and giant rental companies can buy. Don’t make roommates illegal for people who are struggling so much they can’t make their own rent payment. Sheesh.
Host of Twinkies Lizard • an hour ago
Hint: they are lying about the reason. They are not helping people. They are helping corporations. With the added bonus of brutalizing the poor, particularly women. Thus forcing women to be depended on men to whom they are related. Handmaid’s Tale continues.
SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
The ordinance stated that if one adult is unrelated to another adult, then the entire group will be classified as unrelated.
So if mom & dad and their college age son have their son’s girlfriend live with them, this will be banned?
Seems kind of crazy.
Gigi SkokieDaddy – wiener dog dad • an hour ago
If they’re all white an affluent, I’m sure their neighbors will be willing to give them a pass.
(((heleninedinburgh))) • 2 hours ago
For some people – for me, when I was a student – it’s a choice between living with flatmates and being homeless.
Inspiring to see municipal leaders taking such a strong pro-homelessness stance.
More “small government” conservatives no doubt. I don’t see how this is remotely constitutional but with the Roberts Alito court, I’m sure they would side with the wealthy.
HopeLeft margaretpoa • an hour ago
Continuing the trend of property having more rights than people.
If you can’t afford to rent your own place then you can’t live in their town. The are forcing out low income people to move out so their town will only have upper class people.
Only the right people can live in that town. *wink, wink, nod, nod*
So, in this town, someone who is elderly, single, needs care, and has no biological relatives can’t move in with people they’ve known for years. For instance, when I get to the stage I need assistance, I couldn’t move in with my best friend, his wife, and daughter, even though they are my sole heirs? What a stupid law.
Shawnee’s not so much a town, as it is a historically segregated, wealthy suburb.
Makoto TexasBoy • an hour ago • edited
Yeah, that clause about “any one of the people being unrelated means they’re all unrelated” makes it incredibly problematic for a lot of cases. I’ve been in situations where I nearly moved in with some friends for a month or so after some major surgery (it was incredibly generous of them to offer), but that would put them in danger with this ban. Assisted living, same problem.
Hell, I’ve got an aunt and uncle (eta: that’s what I’ve called them my entire life, but they are unrelated) that immigrated to the US, and when they became citizens, they changed their last name to my family name because of our long, generational friendship. But if I took them in if, say, their home got destroyed, boom, banned under this setup.
TexasBoy Meet John Doe • an hour ago
If God wanted poor people to live in houses, he wouldn’t have made caves. That is their mindset.
problem is – – – this is typical of nearly all of Johnson County, one of the wealthiest in the US. The renters would have to move to Wyandotte, Leavenworth, or Douglas County. Like the president of Santa Clara Community College in California living nearly 50 miles from campus to find housing affordable for her two professional earners household.
The fact that it is “one of the wealthiest (areas) in the US” is the issue. People in affluent neighborhoods don’t want what’s essentially a rooming house next door. They want to keep “those people” as far away from them as possible.
Right Wing Liar SMEARS Democrats As Baby Killers On Fox News
“A Fox News panel discussion got heated on Tuesday when one of the guests falsely claimed Democrats are pushing to have “abortion beyond the birth of the child” during a discussion of yesterday’s leaked draft decision that would potentially overturn Roe v. Wade. Cassie Smedile, the executive director of America Rising pro-Trump PAC, was asked by anchor Sandra Smith to weigh in on Senator Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) comments denouncing the draft decision by Justice Samuel Alito. “I think as a pro-life person what about the rights of the tens of millions of unborn babies relentlessly under attack by the left, for decades now,” responded Smedile. “We’re not talking about 40 years ago. Today’s Democrats are advocating for the right to have an abortion beyond the birth of the child. And most Americans would say, ‘That’s not something that sits well with me.’””
