SCOTUS, Learned Body or Kindergarteners?

Excerpt: In a telling moment at Tuesday’s Supreme Court arguments over same-sex marriage, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. suggested that he may have found a way to cast a vote in favor of the gay and lesbian couples in the case.
“I’m not sure it’s necessary to get into sexual orientation to resolve this case,” he said. “I mean, if Sue loves Joe and Tom loves Joe, Sue can marry him and Tom can’t. And the difference is based upon their different sex. Why isn't that a straightforward question of sexual discrimination?”...

Professor Koppelman and other scholars filed a brief, urging the court to strike down the four same-sex marriage bans before it, on sex-discrimination grounds.
“If Ann is permitted to marry Bob, but Charles may not marry Bob,” it said, “then Charles is being discriminated against on the basis of sex.”...

A basic premise of Chief Justice Roberts’s question was that the issue before the court is not “gay marriage.” Same-sex marriage bans, after all, do not prohibit gay people from getting married. A gay man, for instance, is free to marry a lesbian in all 50 states. What same-sex marriage bans do is bar people of the same sex, gay or straight, from getting married.

More Here: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/3

SAY WHAT? Is it just I who feels as though these (SCOTUS) arguments appear, childlike? (Almost to the point that little kindergarteners are arguing the laws that we must all obey throughout our short lives) No, it can't possibly be just me, after all, isn't this the body of supposedly learned human beings who gave us the unseemly “Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission and the rise of super PACs” laws, therefore, some of their “reasoning’s have appeard a bit, bat-shit-crazy, before?

If they could rule on a law that in actuality can gut democracy allowing the rich to choose, who can and who cannot lead this nation… (in the wealthy schemer’s favor) then assuredly they can command who we can and who we cannot (as in one human being) be allowed to legally marry (with all the legal benefits that marriage affords). Not only Bat-Shit-Crazy but also cruel.

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Federal Rights and Protections Granted to Married Couples

There are 1,138 benefits, rights and protections provided on the basis of marital status in Federal law. In June 2013, the Supreme Court’s decision inU.S. v. Windsor struck down part of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which excluded same-sex married couples from recognition for all federal benefits and programs [1]. Because of this ruling, same-sex married couples across the country have been recognized for federal purposes for the first time.  However, the persistent patchwork of state marriage laws continues to stand in the way of many couples fully accessing the federal benefits they have earned including Social Security and Veterans Benefits.

More Here: http://www.hrc.org/resources/entry/an-overview-of-federal-rights\to-married-couples

Yes, GOP News Is That Stupid!

Read All About It.

GOP News of the Week!

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GOP Doctrine: THOU SHALL NOT STRAY FROM the CONSERVATIVE GOP CREDO of STUPID!

Read More Here: Rubio Meltdown

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Pseudo News and The Fox News REAL Response.

A Very Depressing Fact:

From this article: How To Predict An Election

This next cartoon, sadly, speaks volumes.

Also Read: Adelson Pimps

Who Pimps For Sheldon Adelson?

No one, he doesn't need a pimp, his money can buy anything but The Moon. (But maybe someday he'll even own that...) 
Thanks to SCOTUS!

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Excerpt: That offers Cruz a vital opening to confirm to some of one of the most famous Republican benefactors, consisting of gambling establishment magnate Sheldon Adelson, that he’s the most electable, pro-Israel Republican in a group of prospects making the exact very same pitch. The coalition is deeply split, with huge teams of benefactors thinking about Cruz, Bush, Walker and Rubio, baseding on a half-dozen RJC members. Agreement seems far in the range– if it will ever reach all.“I don’t think currently there is any bigger faction than other,” said Ron Bloom, a California GOP donor on the team’s board which is unsure. “I’ll dedicate to 4 of five of them financially due to the fact that I enjoy them all– and we’ll perceive which triumphes.”.The four loads board members in attendance this weekend break consists of several of the largest names in the pro-Israel donor network, including Adelson, potential Rubio finance chair Wayne Berman, leading Bush bundler Sam Fox, and also hedge fund manager Paul Singer. As well as various other Israel supporters– incensed by President Obama’s recent agreements with Iran as well as his viewed snubbing of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu– will draw document attendance, with concerning 700 overall individuals anticipated to go to the springtime conference.

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AND WE THOUGHT WE LIVED IN A DEMOCRACY THAT CONDUCTED FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS... More Here: http://www.observerchronicle.com/all-white-house-candidates-are-going-to-vegas-to-meet-jew-donors/3389/

EXCERPT: “We completely expect them to be submitting to Mr. Adelson, trying to out-conservative each other, trying to convince Mr. Adelson to throw them a lifeline,” Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz informed reporters Friday on a teleconference. “This ought to not be considered real outreach to the Jewish community.”.
Wasserman Schultz slammed Cruz for his comparison of the battle to defund Obamacare to that against Nazi Germany, claiming “those sort of loosened references to the Holocaust are shocking and also unwanted and also downplay one of the most awful human tragedies in past history.”.READ MORE: All White House Candidates Are Going to Vegas

Guard loses life After Shootout At Us Census Bureau

Another human being loses his life in a senseless shooting by a deranged person with a gun. Again, another notch in the bedpost of the NRA. How many more?
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The chaos started when the gunman kidnapped his wife in the 300 block of T Street NE Thursday afternoon, police said. The gunman, described by police Thursday only as a man in his 30s or 40s,  is also suspected in a shooting on Bruce Place in southeast D.C.
As police were getting word of the kidnapping, the gunman drove to the headquarters of the U.S. Census Bureau in Suitland.
Buckner spotted him arguing with someone in his car. D.C. Police Chief Cathy Lanier said when Buckner approached the car, he was shot.
Later, D.C. police spotted the gunman's car. He shot at pursuing police at 3rd and K streets in Northeast, Lanier said. In the area of 11th and H streets, a busy section of northeast D.C., police were able to block the gunman's path with their cruisers, causing a collision with the gunman's dark green Honda.
In an exchange of gunfire with police, the gunman was shot multiple times. There was conflicting information about his condition Thursday night.
A D.C. police officer was shot in the leg during the confrontation at 11th and H, and brought into a nearby restaurant for triage. Two other police officers were injured. All the officers have suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
The gunman's wife has been located, safe.
The Census Bureau headquarters will operate on a 2-hour delay Friday. Essential employess are expected to report on time. The Census Bureau headquarters, which opened in 2006, houses about 5,000 permanent employees.
"There has been an incident at the Suitland Federal Center and there is an ongoing investigation," the tweet read. "We are committed to the safety of all staff who work at the Census Bureau and are currently making sure that everyone is safe and secure. We will provide more details as they become available."
Buckner worked for Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Masters Security for 15 years, according to another employee of the security company. He was stationed at the Census Bureau for about 5 years.
The FBI is investigating the shooting at the Census, which is federal property.
Meanwhile, police in D.C. say H Street will be closed between 10th and 11th streets until further notice
Click here for more on this developing story.

Light-Skin Cops Become Judge, Jury and Executioners, At Whim

Read More: GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER

Please, say it isn't so... Another light-skin cop shoots an unarmed person with darker skin for no apparent reason except for the light-skin's anger. What the hell is going on? It appears, we are living in a world where more pigmentation that developed during our evolution (due to climate) is a death sentence no matter what the circumstances. How sad for us all that the very people who we hire to keep the peace, can become our judge, jury and executioner, at whim.

Bigotry in government that trickles down to departments and agencies, which are in place to make sure there’s justice for all, but do the opposite choosing instead, who deserves justice and who does not, it’s reprehensible.

It sure didn't help when Ronald Reagan used bigotry to win elections… Encouraging those who were already filled with hate and prejudice, that it’s OK to feel that way, as long as you vote for those who feel and believe like you do… In other words, vote for the bigots who run for office… and they will make our country so intolerant, that all those with more pigmentation will become marginalized, or in prison or dead, and it continues to this day… Sadly, it's starting to appear as though this is no joke!

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