Saturday, June 27, 2015

Revolution and the right to discriminate: Republicans respond to marriage equality


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/06/26/1396791/-Revolution-and-the-right-to-discriminate-Republicans-respond-to-marriage-equality?detail=email

Gay rights supporters celebrate after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry, outside the Supreme Court building in Washington, June 26, 2015. The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guaran

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of marriage equality, and the four dissents—one from each of the justices who voted to continue discrimination—are a decent sign of what's to come from opponents of equality. Lots and lots of predictions that the world is coming to an end, everything is terrible, tears rage tears.
Unlike when Pope Francis is talking about climate change, Jeb! Bush is once again all about religion, saying that "Guided by my faith, I believe in traditional marriage." Though Bush did his best not to sound overtly hateful, with a nod at "lov[ing] our neighbor and respect[ing] others," he closed with the big campaign to come: "It is now crucial that as a country we protect religious freedom and the right of conscience and also not discriminate." The not-discriminating Bush wants there is, of course, not the not-discriminating of marriage equality, but of allowing business owners to refuse to serve LGBT people.
Bush was not the only Republican whose mind immediately went to the right to discriminate:
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said the decision “will pave the way for an all out assault against the religious freedom rights of Christians who disagree with this decision.”
“This ruling must not be used as pretext by Washington to erode our right to religious liberty,” he added.
Ben Carson, too, called for protections for those whose religion makes them want to discriminate.
And then there was Donald Trump, who has leaped up to second in national Republican primary polls. He took a break from his battle with Univision to tweet that "Once again the Bush appointed  Supreme Court Justice John Roberts has let us down. Jeb pushed him hard! Remember!" Roberts, of course, dissented from the equality decision.
their rally call in rebuttal to the decision "keep discriminating bigotry alive", Carson wants those who overtly say they will ignore the law protected from their criminal offense since it is now the law.  JEB, well he just left himself an escape hatch by wording his dissent at both ends of the candle wonder who taught him that??  Trump suggest that the scotus let them down meaning those who oppose and want discriminatory practices as part of their governing powers, 

while totally ignoring the will of 60% of Americans.  all and all they are selfishly wanting to still deprive other Americans the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness their rights are just as important as the haters except theirs don't hurt or demoralize the haters love lives like the haters do theirs.