Pic Of The Moment: Read It And Weep, Bigots

[EarlG]

Supreme Court Says DOMA Is Unconstitutional

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[MotherPetrie]

1. Perfect! K&R!

[ReRe]

2. Exactly my sentiments...

...especially the part about BIGOTS!

[William769]

3. Pretty much sums it up.

[graham4anything]

4. K&R .

[Johonny]

5. unless you're a minority trying to vote in the south

then you're shit out of luck getting equal protection from the court.

[proverbialwisdom]

10. Zing. nt

[AsahinaKimi]

6. K&R

Now if we can get congress to fix the VOTING RIGHTS ACT...things will be better again..

[DissidentVoice]

17. I agree, but good luck on that one

After all, now they are free to redistrict the hell out of their little fiefdoms to exclude whoever they want.

[Plucketeer]

29. Voting rights,

Citizens U-screwded, Universal surveillance, Gerrymandering, Filibustering, etc., etc., etc..

[red dog 1]

54. "Citizens U-screwed"......not bad.

[Myrina]

7. Lovely, but shouldn't that also apply to voting and joining a union?

[patrice]

37. +1

[baldguy]

8. K&R

[nolabear]

9. Civilization advances. Take the lead or get left in the dirt.

Remember, Gault Gulch was exactly that. A gulch.

[proverbialwisdom]

11. K&R

[reflection]

12. The mouthbreathers are going crazy at my office.

Of course, they were popping champagne corks yesterday.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

21. Just when they thought Roberts kicked out the n***ers he goes and f**ks em in the a**.

[reflection]

25. Listening to Limbaugh opine about the sanctity of marriage

Is both gut-bustingly funny and yet infuriating, given his history.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

33. Not to mention his viagra trip to the Dominican Republic (famed for little boy blew)

[progressoid]

35. I used to work for a serious ditto-head.

He listened to Rush religiously. He never saw any irony or hypocrisy with Rush talking about the sanctity of marriage.

[reflection]

36. Rush had the temerity to say

"when did 7 people in black robes get to decide how everything is supposed to be?"

I swear, the guy can't be serious. Maybe he is just an entertainer. He can't possibly be that fucking obtuse. If that's true though, he's twice as evil for not drinking his own kool-aid. Either way I hate him and would love to smash all the radios in the office.

[Initech]

50. Limbaugh has been married and divorced four times.

He gets zero say in the "sanctity of marriage" argument.

[awoke_in_2003]

32. I go to work at 3pm...

I am going to have fun poking them

[tavalon]

13. Fucking A!

Hot damn, this is great.

[bigwillq]

14. K and R (nt)

[Scurrilous]

15. K & R

[DissidentVoice]

16. Fred Phelps has got to be shitting himself n/t

[Coccydynia]

18. Sadly, the bigots had a big day yesterday.

[democrank]

19. K & R

[Coyotl]

20. Wrong Amendment = The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution

The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution limit the power of the federal and state governments to discriminate. The private sector is not directly constrained by the Constitution.

The Fifth Amendment has an explicit requirement that the Federal Government not deprive individuals of "life, liberty, or property," without due process of the law and an implicit guarantee that each person receive equal protection of the laws.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

MORE: http://finduslaw.com/us-constitution-5th-14th-amendments

[MADem]

22. I hope the military has all their instructions and notices rewritten!

When DADT was repealed, there were still no proper provisions for same sex spouses, who were left in a crazy legal limbo. Now, they will be recognized by the Services. They'll get family member ID cards, they'll be able to get on the lists for base housing, have full commissary/exchange/medical benefits, be able to sign up for dental, etc. They'll qualify for travel expenditures when their military family member executes a PCS move. They can take their pets to the base vet. They can get in the pool by themselves, go use the bowling alley, the library, the movies--it's a whole new world.

It's a big deal. It can be made to happen TODAY with one simple directive from DOD, but all the associated paperwork that needs to happen to get directives in line with new law will keep some poor slobs busy through August, at least, if they haven't had the foresight to predict this eventuality (like was hopefully done back in the Clinton era, without the same outcome, regrettably) and done it already!

I have to say, this is surprising to me, particularly because when the Supremes crapped on voting rights, I had an 'Uh oh' feeling. At least there's some good news this week.

[valerief]

23. So why didn't SCOTUS weigh in when the law was passed? nt

[JPZenger]

24. Let us remember Thaddeus Stevens, who pushed for this amendment and couldn't marry his love

Abolitionist Thaddeus Stevens of PA. was one of the main authors of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. He was never able to marry his long-time African-American girlfiriend, but had to pretend she was his housekeeper.

[47of74]

30. Was he the one...

....who was portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in Lincoln?

[JPZenger]

43. Yes

[big lu]

26. kNr

[gholtron]

27. Members of the Westboro church reactions to today's historic verdic

[friendly_iconoclast]

28. Kicked and very much recommended!

[awoke_in_2003]

31. I wish I could rec this 100 times. nt

[patrice]

34. KICKING!

[chknltl]

38. One step forward and two steps back not good enough.

I am of course happy for this SCOTUS decision. for all of us for this.

That said,

All citizens of this 'great nation' deserve the right to vote.

All citizens here deserve the right to get together and express their unhappiness in public protest.

Corporations are not citizens and money is not speech.

A democracy where the citizens have equality in marriage but no real voice in their governance is not a democracy.

I want to live in a country that is governed by the will of its citizenry, not one governed by the whims of nine monarchs.

[npk]

39. K/r

A big woohoo for equality.

[felix_numinous]

40. K&R What great news!!

I am happy to see it-- and wish 'any law' could now be applied to challenge those backward voting laws too....

But I will celebrate this good news-- we need some around here!!

[deek]

41. Congratulations to Equality! n/t

.

[caledesi]

42. Thanks EarlG! nt

[Major Hogwash]

44. See, that's what we mean by "our hopey and changey stuff", Sister Sarah!!!!

[Jefferson23]

45. Taking in the moment and enjoying it when things get fixed. K&R

[RKP5637]

46. K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!! K&R !!!

[idwiyo]

47. k&r

[rocktivity]

48. CUE THE VONAGE THEME!

And once again, something historical has happened when I've been too busy to hang around here much!


rocktivity

[rhett o rick]

49. k&r thanks for posting.

[babylonsister]

51. Perfect; love most of what you post and share on FB. Thanks for all you do. nt

[orpupilofnature57]

52. The Supreme Good ol Boy club needs to be repealed .

[Cha]

53. Hallelujah! Mahalo for such a beautiful

graphic, EarlG!

[red dog 1]

55. K&R...Thanks EarlG

"Section 1 formerly defines United States citizenship and protects individual civil and political rights from being abridged or denied by any state
In effect, it overruled the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision that black people were not citizens and could not become citizens, nor enjoy the benefits of citizenship.
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 had granted citizenship to all persons born in the United States if they were not subject to a foreign power.
The framers of the Fourteenth Amendment wanted this principle enshrined into the Constitution to protect the new Civil Rights Act from being declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court and to prevent a future Congress from altering it by a mere majority vote.....
.......This section has been the most frequently litigated part of the amendment,
and this amendment has been the most frequently litigated part of the Constitution."

From:
"Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution" (Wikipedia)


(I was unable to find a working link to this Wikipedia entry)

[Pterodactyl]

56. Just so we remember, here is a list of all the bigots that passed that hateful law.

Senate:

Abraham (R-MI)
Ashcroft (R-MO)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bennett (R-UT)
Biden (D-DE)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Bond (R-MO)
Bradley (D-NJ)
Breaux (D-LA)
Brown (R-CO)
Bryan (D-NV)
Bumpers (D-AR)
Burns (R-MT)
Byrd (D-WV)
Campbell (R-CO)
Chafee (R-RI)
Coats (R-IN)
Cochran (R-MS)
Cohen (R-ME)
Conrad (D-ND)
Coverdell (R-GA)
Craig (R-ID)
D'Amato (R-NY)
Daschle (D-SD)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dodd (D-CT)
Domenici (R-NM)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Exon (D-NE)


Faircloth (R-NC)
Ford (D-KY)
Frahm (R-KS)
Frist (R-TN)
Glenn (D-OH)
Gorton (R-WA)
Graham (D-FL)
Gramm (R-TX)
Grams (R-MN)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Harkin (D-IA)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hatfield (R-OR)
Heflin (D-AL)
Helms (R-NC)
Hollings (D-SC)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Jeffords (R-VT)
Johnston (D-LA)
Kassebaum (R-KS)
Kempthorne (R-ID)
Kohl (D-WI)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)


Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Mack (R-FL)
McCain (R-AZ)
McConnell (R-KY)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Murray (D-WA)
Nickles (R-OK)
Nunn (D-GA)
Pressler (R-SD)
Reid (D-NV)
Rockefeller (D-WV)
Roth (R-DE)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Shelby (R-AL)
Simpson (R-WY)
Smith (R-NH)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thompson (R-TN)
Thurmond (R-SC)
Warner (R-VA)
Wellstone (D-MN)

House:
Allard
Andrews
Archer
Armey
Bachus
Baesler
Baker (CA)
Baker (LA)
Baldacci
Ballenger
Barcia
Barr
Barrett (NE)
Barrett (WI)
Bartlett
Barton
Bass
Bateman
Bentsen
Bereuter
Bevill
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop
Bliley
Blumenauer
Blute
Boehlert
Boehner
Bonilla
Bonior
Bono
Borski
Boucher
Browder
Brown (FL)
Brownback
Bryant (TN)
Bryant (TX)
Bunn
Bunning
Burr
Burton
Buyer
Callahan
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Canady
Cardin
Castle
Chabot
Chambliss
Chapman
Chenoweth
Christensen
Chrysler
Clayton
Clement
Clinger
Clyburn
Coble
Coburn
Coleman
Collins (GA)
Collins (IL)
Combest
Condit
Cooley
Costello
Cox
Cramer
Crane
Crapo
Cremeans
Cubin
Cummings
Cunningham
Danner
Davis
de la Garza
Deal
DeLauro
DeLay
Deutsch
Diaz-Balart
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Dooley
Doolittle
Dornan
Doyle
Dreier
Duncan
Durbin
Edwards
Ehlers
Ehrlich
English
Evans
Everett
Ewing
Fawell
Fazio
Fields (TX)
Filner
Flake
Foley
Forbes
Fowler
Fox
Franks (CT)
Franks (NJ)
Frelinghuysen
Frisa
Frost
Funderburk
Furse
Gallegly
Ganske
Gekas
Gephardt
Geren
Gilchrest
Gillmor
Gilman
Gonzalez
Goodlatte
Goodling
Gordon
Goss
Graham
Green (TX)
Greene (UT)
Gutknecht
Hall (TX)
Hamilton
Hancock
Hansen
Hastert
Hastings (WA)
Hayes
Hayworth
Hefley
Hefner
Heineman
Herger
Hilleary
Hilliard
Hobson
Hoekstra
Hoke
Holden
Horn
Hostettler
Houghton
Hoyer
Hunter
Hutchinson
Hyde
Inglis
Istook
Jacobs
Jefferson
Johnson (CT)
Johnson (SD)
Johnson, E. B.
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kasich
Kelly
Kennelly
Kildee
Kim
King
Kingston
Kleczka
Klink
Klug
Knollenberg
Kolbe
LaHood
Largent
Latham
LaTourette
Laughlin
Lazio
Leach
Levin
Lewis (CA)
Lewis (KY)
Lightfoot
Linder
Lipinski
Livingston
LoBiondo
Lowey
Lucas
Luther
Manton
Manzullo
Martini
Mascara
McCarthy
McCollum
McCrery
McHale
McHugh
McInnis
McIntosh
McKeon
McNulty
Menendez
Metcalf
Meyers
Mica
Miller (FL)
Minge
Moakley
Molinari
Mollohan
Montgomery
Moorhead
Morella
Murtha
Myers
Myrick
Neal
Nethercutt
Neumann
Ney
Norwood
Nussle
Oberstar
Obey
Ortiz
Orton
Oxley
Packard
Parker
Pastor
Paxon
Payne (VA)
Peterson (FL)
Peterson (MN)
Petri
Pickett
Pombo
Pomeroy
Porter
Portman
Poshard
Pryce
Quillen
Quinn
Radanovich
Rahall
Ramstad
Reed
Regula
Richardson
Riggs
Roemer
Rogers
Rohrabacher
Ros-Lehtinen
Rose
Roth
Roukema
Royce
Rush
Salmon
Sanford
Sawyer
Saxton
Scarborough
Schaefer
Schiff
Schumer
Seastrand
Sensenbrenner
Shadegg
Shaw
Shays
Shuster
Sisisky
Skeen
Skelton
Smith (MI)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Smith (WA)
Solomon
Souder
Spence
Spratt
Stearns
Stenholm
Stockman
Stump
Stupak
Talent
Tanner
Tate
Tauzin
Taylor (MS)
Taylor (NC)
Tejeda
Thomas
Thornberry
Thurman
Tiahrt
Torkildsen
Torricelli
Traficant
Upton
Vento
Visclosky
Volkmer
Vucanovich
Walker
Walsh
Wamp
Ward
Watts (OK)
Weldon (FL)
Weldon (PA)
Weller
White
Whitfield
Wicker
Wilson
Wise
Wolf
Wynn
Yates
Young (AK)
Zeliff
Zimmer

President:
Clinton

[Yukari Yakumo]

57. And how many of them are still in office? {nt}

[Pterodactyl]

58. I have not done the math on that, but here are some.

Biden
Reid
Boehner