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In reply to the discussion: Why NC's passage of Amendment One ultimately does not matter. [View all]Pab Sungenis
(9,612 posts)Stop telling us to shut up and sit down. This is not "strategy," this is justice.
There is no difference, as far as gay rights are concerned, between the two nominees Obama made to the Supreme Court in his first term and those John McCain would have. I'd like there to be some real assurance that this will not be the case next time.
If Kagan were a Republican nominee and spoke about opposition to abortion or Affirmative Action in the same tone she spoke about the right to marry, do you think she would have been allowed to stay as nominee. Hint: it already happened.
LGBT rights needs to be our litmus test for nominees, just like abortion is for Republicans. If you are opposed to LGBT rights you don't deserve to be on the Court. Hell, if you don't support LGBT rights then you don't deserve to be a Democrat.