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keepCAblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:37 PM Original message |
DOMA Lawsuit Wins First Victory |
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Patsy Stone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. Very good |
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billyoc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, good! IANAL, but this might even be able to be cited in other suits. |
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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Yep. You're right. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. I think the same way on this. Barring repeal of the law or a sweeping judicial ruling, |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
4. DOMA is so unconstitutional and against my civil liberties.. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:05 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Absolutely. |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
11. DOMA was intended as both a political litimus test, and a tool of socio-economic oppression.. |
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pinto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:30 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The crux is, it's a crappy law. Yet it doesn't violate the 1st Amendment - |
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guruoo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 09:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Technically speaking, it may be a violation of the establishment clause for government to sanction |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 11:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If marriage is a religious practice |
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AntiFascist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 01:00 AM Response to Reply #8 |
14. Couldn't it be argued that... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 05:04 AM Response to Reply #8 |
15. Yes, it does violoate the first amendment... |
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dickthegrouch (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:26 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Establishment doesn't mean "create" |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:32 AM Response to Reply #8 |
18. It does violate the First Amendment, as the purported justifications of it... |
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Gregorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
6. DOMA and Proposition 8. Do we have civil liberties or not? |
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ShadowLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-17-09 08:01 PM Response to Original message |
9. The first step to courts striking down DOMA is cutting it away piece by piece |
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RetiredTrotskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
13. A Small Victory.... |
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GodlessBiker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-18-09 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
16. This is a significant crack in DOMA. Great news. |
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