It really was not; let people demanding a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage do so.
Joel Send a noteboard - 11/08/2013 04:18:48 PM
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It made states allowing same sex marriage less scary for the majority who at that time opposed it and stopped more radical actions. It is very similar to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Most people forget that DADT is not what banned gays from the military and instead was designed to protect them from being forced to commit perjury and was meant as way for them to serve without fear of criminal prosecution.
It made states allowing same sex marriage less scary for the majority who at that time opposed it and stopped more radical actions. It is very similar to Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. Most people forget that DADT is not what banned gays from the military and instead was designed to protect them from being forced to commit perjury and was meant as way for them to serve without fear of criminal prosecution.
Just so they can crash and burn, and get the formal repudiation they deserve. Clintons whole "I signed the DOMA to prevent a constitutional amendment, not because I opposed gay marriage" evasion was just that, and nothing more; pretty transparent, too.
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Goodbye, DOMA
- 26/06/2013 05:48:54 PM
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Prop 8 gone, as well. Well done, SCOTUS.
- 26/06/2013 06:48:42 PM
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Yup.
- 26/06/2013 07:15:55 PM
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This decision is great, but it really leaves me puzzled
- 26/06/2013 09:57:45 PM
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How is overturning basic human decency not consistent?
- 27/06/2013 01:39:23 AM
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huh?
- 27/06/2013 02:32:41 AM
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You are missing reading both cases
- 28/06/2013 01:10:55 PM
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I am also puzzled the SCOTUS did the right thing here but reversed a half century of racial progress
- 11/08/2013 04:38:53 PM
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Your subject line almost made me pass out in horror
- 26/06/2013 07:18:55 PM
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Well.. it came close..
- 27/06/2013 12:36:44 AM
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is more relevant 
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I think this will be the tipping point for the whole country
- 27/06/2013 01:17:24 PM
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Being partisan for a second, it's amusing to watch the same Democrats.....
- 27/06/2013 03:08:27 PM
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That does say a lot about how fast things changed.
- 27/06/2013 10:33:31 PM
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DOMA was needed at the time
- 28/06/2013 01:15:01 PM
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..."Needed" is kind of a strong word
- 01/07/2013 08:08:10 PM
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I don't think we would be where are today without it
- 02/07/2013 01:48:35 AM
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Interesting take. It kind of makes sense, in a way...
- 02/07/2013 09:15:15 PM
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It really was not; let people demanding a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage do so.
- 11/08/2013 04:18:48 PM
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