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posted by takyon on Friday June 26 2015, @05:30PM   Printer-friendly
from the love-and-divorce dept.

In a 5-4 decision, the United States Supreme Court has ruled that states can not prevent same-sex couples from marrying and must recognize their marriages from other states. In the majority opinion by Justice Kennedy it is stated:

The Court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States. It follows that the Court also must hold—and it now does hold—that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.

...and:

It would misunderstand these men and women to say they disrespect the idea of marriage. Their plea is that they do respect it, respect it so deeply that they seek to find its fulfillment for themselves. Their hope is not to be condemned to live in loneliness, excluded from one of civilization's oldest institutions. They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The Constitution grants them that right. The judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is reversed. It is so ordered.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @05:43PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @05:43PM (#201610)

    Victory for basic human rights.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 26 2015, @05:59PM

    by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday June 26 2015, @05:59PM (#201621) Journal

    No True Scotsman it is, then. Excellent demonstration of why the term "SJW" is so completely inane and meaningless.

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday June 26 2015, @06:02PM

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday June 26 2015, @06:02PM (#201627) Homepage

    Marriage is a basic human right like sticking one's penis in a wasp nest is a basic human right. If they really want to do something as dumb as marriage, all the power to 'em.

    • (Score: 4, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Friday June 26 2015, @06:13PM

      by DeathMonkey (1380) on Friday June 26 2015, @06:13PM (#201641) Journal

      Marriage is a basic human right like sticking one's penis in a wasp nest is a basic human right.
       
      What about equal protection under the law? Is that a basic human right?
       
      US Constitution Amendment 14: " ...nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
       
      Because the Constitution seems to think it is....

      • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday June 26 2015, @06:26PM

        by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday June 26 2015, @06:26PM (#201658) Homepage

        I'm one of those folks who believes that marriage should be something private and strictly out of the hands of government at any level, especially when you start talkin' tax breaks and other benefits -- in short, I think marriage is obsolete. That also means that I believe men should be legally allowed to marry other men, or trannies, or whatever, or even adult retards (and adult retards are capable of consent despite what the authorities tell you).

        This is a much different world than it was in 1800. Your survival doesn't depend on having 5 kids to milk the cows and till the fields.

        • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @07:01PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 26 2015, @07:01PM (#201691)

          > I believe men should be legally allowed to marry ... adult retards

          There's hope for you yet. Some nice man might still make an honest retard out of you!

          • (Score: 3, Touché) by RedBear on Friday June 26 2015, @10:35PM

            by RedBear (1734) on Friday June 26 2015, @10:35PM (#201841)

            > I believe men should be legally allowed to marry ... adult retards
            There's hope for you yet. Some nice man might still make an honest retard out of you!

            God damn you, sir or madam. Why did you have to post this AC? Now I can't Friend you!

            Gotta be the greatest comeback in the (short) history of SoylentNews.

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          • (Score: 2) by Tork on Friday June 26 2015, @10:52PM

            by Tork (3914) Subscriber Badge on Friday June 26 2015, @10:52PM (#201849)

            I believe men should be legally allowed to marry ... adult retards

            There's hope for you yet. Some nice man might still make an honest retard out of you!

            This is the first time I've ever wished for a discussion forum to have an instant-replay feature.

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          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @01:09PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @01:09PM (#202059)

            I thought that was women's work.

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @07:07PM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @07:07PM (#202185)

          There's a problem with that: immigration. Such a policy is more or less equivalent to asking most international couples to move to the other partner's country.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @01:12PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday June 27 2015, @01:12PM (#202060)

    Does this mean Donald Trump can marry his ego?