re: #124 lawhawk

Even the religious bigots aren’t losing the freedom to deny marriages at their churches or religious centers. They’ve got protections that mean they can’t be forced or coerced into holding gay marriages that go against their religious beliefs, so even on that ground they’ve still got freedoms.

The DOMA case outcome doesn’t deny anyone their freedom. It isn’t disenfranchising. It shows that Congress passed a law that was unconstitutional (and the Courts have done that in the past, and will do so into the future). That’s all part of judicial review - a key component to the Court’s legal jurisprudence.

As I said — freedom vs. RELIGIOUS FREEDOM™.

The American Right has a well-documented history of supporting Judicial Review when it gets rid of laws they don’t like, and saying that Judicial Review is judiciary tyranny when it gets rid of laws they do like.

See also: None of the shitguzzlers that are whining about DOMA and Prop 8 had anything to say about overturning provisions of the VRA. It’s literally the exact same thing: taking a law that was passed through the normal process, and striking down parts of it that the court finds to be unconstitutional.