Re: Politics
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2024 10:21 am
Just a reminder that technically the Judicial Branch is supposed to be divorced from the Legislative and Executive branch, and inherently and absolutely apolitical.
I'm not blind to the reality, but I think even the "tactical" voters can concede that voting for a President...in the hope that judges die or retire....so that they can then appoint judges....so that those judges can then promote social justice....based on the cases that are then raised to them by lower courts, is an appallingly byzantine manner of participating in a democracy.
Look, those are the facts. It was a hot potato at the time, and these weasels are there only to appease the moral majority and make people money. It was a shift in public perception and cultural values that made Joe Biden repeal the same thing down the line, not because he's an angel or gives a shit about you or your rights. Even Trump doesn't dare speak contrary to gay marriage anymore, whereas, in 1996 this was voted for by Senator Joe Biden....jeff fox wrote: Tue Sep 17, 2024 9:30 pm Bullshit. We’d absolutely still be waiting if those shitbags had been in office this whole time.
President Clinton signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) into law on September 21, 1996. The Act declared that no state shall be required to recognize a same-gender marriage performed in another state. DOMA also defined marriage as only between a man and a woman for purposes of Federal law.