[FairfieldLife] Re: Prop 8 Hate Loses
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Right wing organizations and whackadoodle Mormons who > baptized dead Jews but can't wrap their heads around gay > marriage, got Prop 8 passed in California but today Judge > Walker ruled against Prop 8 by upholding The Equal > Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It provides > that "no state shall deny to any person within its > jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." In other > words you can't have a ballot initiative that lets > California or any state deny a citizen his or her rights. > Hooray! Today is a victory for same sex marriage. > > So here's a thought, instead of more Prop 8 ballot > initiatives that will likely see vigorous challenges in > the courts, why not just get rid of the 14th Amendment > altogether? No kidding, this is exactly what several > prominent Senators have said they want to do. They want > to get rid of the 14th Amendment! But wait! It's not > because of of "The Gay," it's because of "the anchor > babies," children born in the USA whose parents are here > illegally. Hey, it's a twofer. The 14th Amendment, > adopted to insure citizenship for AAs, also says anyone > born in the USA is a citizen. Interestingly, both of > these stories are in the news at the same time but I > haven't seen anyone in the media make this connection. > IMO it isn't a coincidence. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause The ultimate irony, from the "Political Achievements" page of the RNC Web site: "Republicans Passed the 14th Amendment "The 14th Amendment guarantees due process and equal protection of the laws to all citizens. It enshrines in the Constitution provisions of the GOP's 1866 Civil Rights Act. The original purpose of the 14th Amendment was to defend African-Americans from their Democrat [sic] oppressors in the post-Civil War South. "The principal author of the 14th Amendment was U.S. Rep. John Bingham (R-OH). In Congress, all votes in favor of the 14th Amendment were from Republicans, and all votes against it were from Democrats. "In 1868, the Republican Governor of New Jersey vetoed an attempt by the Democrat-controlled legislature to rescind the state's ratification of the 14th Amendment." http://www.gop.com/index.php/learn/accomplishment/ h/t: Daily Kos (via Benen's blog)
[FairfieldLife] Re: Prop 8 Hate Loses
Jon Stewart explains Anchor babies: http://tonightsforecastdark.blogspot.com/2010/08/daily-show-anchor-babies.html --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Right wing organizations and whackadoodle Mormons who baptized dead Jews but > can't wrap their heads around gay marriage, got Prop 8 passed in California > but today Judge Walker ruled against Prop 8 by upholding The Equal Protection > Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It provides that "no state shall deny to > any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." In > other words you can't have a ballot initiative that lets California or any > state deny a citizen his or her rights. Hooray! Today is a victory for same > sex marriage. > > So here's a thought, instead of more Prop 8 ballot initiatives that will > likely see vigorous challenges in the courts, why not just get rid of the > 14th Amendment altogether? No kidding, this is exactly what several prominent > Senators have said they want to do. They want to get rid of the 14th > Amendment! But wait! It's not because of of "The Gay," it's because of "the > anchor babies," children born in the USA whose parents are here illegally. > Hey, it's a twofer. The 14th Amendment, adopted to insure citizenship for > AAs, also says anyone born in the USA is a citizen. Interestingly, both of > these stories are in the news at the same time but I haven't seen anyone in > the media make this connection. IMO it isn't a coincidence. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Prop 8 Hate Loses
Slouching Towards Gomorrah: Modern Liberalism and American Decline- Bork's thesis in the book is that American and more generally Western culture is in a state of decline and that the cause of this decline is modern liberalism and the rise of the New Left. Bork contends that the "rough beast of decadence now sends us slouching towards our new home, not Bethlehem but Gomorrah." --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "raunchydog" wrote: > > Right wing organizations and whackadoodle Mormons who baptized dead Jews but > can't wrap their heads around gay marriage, got Prop 8 passed in California > but today Judge Walker ruled against Prop 8 by upholding The Equal Protection > Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. It provides that "no state shall deny to > any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." In > other words you can't have a ballot initiative that lets California or any > state deny a citizen his or her rights. Hooray! Today is a victory for same > sex marriage. > > So here's a thought, instead of more Prop 8 ballot initiatives that will > likely see vigorous challenges in the courts, why not just get rid of the > 14th Amendment altogether? No kidding, this is exactly what several prominent > Senators have said they want to do. They want to get rid of the 14th > Amendment! But wait! It's not because of of "The Gay," it's because of "the > anchor babies," children born in the USA whose parents are here illegally. > Hey, it's a twofer. The 14th Amendment, adopted to insure citizenship for > AAs, also says anyone born in the USA is a citizen. Interestingly, both of > these stories are in the news at the same time but I haven't seen anyone in > the media make this connection. IMO it isn't a coincidence. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Protection_Clause >
