If marriage is a civil right, how can our President leave it to the individual states?

[Zorra]

25. A minority, especially one like our LGBT minority

that has experienced centuries of institutionalized bigotry towards it, should not be subject to the whims of a majority culture that has already been persecuting LGBT persons for centuries. We're sitting ducks for the bigots that infest most states.

President Obama has unquestionably, hands down, been the most LGBT friendly President in history by a country mile. And this was only one term. Given this trajectory, it seems probable that we may finally be recognized as first class citizens with legally protected equal rights by the end of his second term.

Two of the fascist justices on the SCOTUS are in their mid-70's. Scalia is 76, and Kennedy is 75. With any luck, one or both will be forced to leave the bench due to "personal reasons" during Obama's 2nd term. (If I were a praying woman, I'd be on me knees nightly asking for these "personal reasons" to occur). If just one of them goes, we get a SCOTUS majority, 5-4. If both of them go, we hit the jackpot, a 6 liberals to 3 conservatives bench. Justice Ginsburg is 79. I suspect she may retire soon, paving the way for Obama to appoint her replacement. Justice Breyer is 73, and may wish to retire by the end of Obama's second term.

Theoretically, we could have a 6-3 bench at the end of Obama's 2nd term. As a bonus, 5 of these liberal justices could be under 60 yrs old when Obama's 2nd term ends if he wisely appoints younger talent. And Justice Sotomayor would be 61. This would give us a SCOTUS majority for many years, barring tragedy.

The point is, the importance of obtaining a liberal majority in the SCOTUS sometime during Obama's 2nd term, with regard to our situation, cannot be overstated.

With a SCOTUS majority and a Democratic President, the odds of our winning the rights lottery during Obama's 2nd term are extremely good. Another Dem President and a SCOTUS majority in 2016 puts a lock on our rights forever.

So, these scenarios are one way we can overcome the states rights problem we now face. But we must re-elect Obama, despite the misgivings some of us have had, and then hope that nature acts in our interests, in a kind, but effective, way, with regard to fascist SCOTUS justices leaving the bench.

So the moral of this tale is, if Obama is not re-elected, then...we all have a very serious problem to deal with. If he is re-elected, every citizen of the US could be impervious to state legislated legalized bigotry forever.