Monthly Archives: April 2015

Ryan T. Anderson: We’re Gonna Win

Anderson writes for the Heritage Foundation: Oral arguments at the Supreme Court today were fascinating. Over two and a half hours of discussion about whether the Constitution requires all 50 states to treat same-sex relationships as marriages highlighted one essential truth: There are good policy arguments on both sides of the marriage debate and the Constitution doesn’t take sides in …

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Haters Ranted Nonstop Outside SCOTUS

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NYT: Supreme Court Seems Deeply Divided

The New York Times weighs in: The justices appeared to clash over not only what is the right answer in the case but also over how to reach it. The questioning illuminated their conflicting views on history, tradition, biology, constitutional interpretation, the democratic process and the role of the courts in prodding social change. Justice Kennedy said he was concerned …

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NOM: We’re Encouraged About Kennedy

“I am extremely encouraged by the questioning, especially from Justice Kennedy, because it focused on what marriage is. It shows that the justices realize that marriage has existed for millennia and they have no constitutional basis to redefine it. The entire spectacle of the same-sex marriage litigation has undermined confidence in the judicial system as activist federal judges around the …

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Buzzfeed Predicts Win For The Good Guys

Chris Geidner writes at Buzzfeed: At Tuesday’s marriage arguments over same-sex couples’ marriage rights, the majority of the court appeared to be comfortable with Justice Anthony Kennedy’s understanding of human dignity as including gay people’s equal treatment under the law. While Kennedy, who is considered the key swing vote in the case, did not make any unambiguous statement about the …

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AUDIO: Court Hears Recognition Question

The oral arguments for the second question considered today have been posted. Listen as the justices weigh whether states must recognize same-sex marriages from other states.

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Early Reports As Hearings Conclude

Johnson reports for the Washington Blade.

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Scalia Backs Robert Oscar Lopez

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AUDIO: Court Hears Obergefell Arguments

The 90-minute oral arguments for the first question considered today have been posted. Listen as the justices weigh whether the 14th Amendment guarantees marriage rights to all American citizens.

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Gay Men’s Chorus Sings Outside SCOTUS

Choir sings outside of SCOTUS during same-sex marriage case oral arguments. @vindicator pic.twitter.com/Tl3xeeuloQ — Jordyn Grzelewski (@JGrzelewski) April 28, 2015

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Uh Oh

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Protester Ejected From SCOTUS Hearing

Via the Guardian: A protester has been removed from the supreme court after a “big outburst”, reports SCOTUSblog’s Eric Citron and the Huffington Post’s Ryan Reilly. From Citron: “A protestor has just been removed from the Courtroom – it came immediately after the petitioner’s argument. Hard to hear what he’s saying, and he’s been removed.” Citron’s colleague Tejinder Singh says …

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Janet Porter At SCOTUS: Gay Marriage Will Totally Send Christians To Jail

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Outside The Supreme Court

Photos by Father Tony.

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PBS Examines Kentucky’s Case

“On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will hear cases from four states that currently have gay marriage bans: Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky. The NewsHour talked to two different Kentucky families whose personal stories launched the court case.”

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SCOTUSblog Is Live-Blogging

SCOTUSblog will be live-blogging shortly.

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Crazy Christine Weick Is At SCOTUS

Christine “Monster Energy Drink is by Satan” Weick has taken time off from disrupting Muslim events to protest outside the Supreme Court, where she just told C-SPAN that “God will remove his protecting hand from America” if they rule for same-sex marriage.

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IRELAND: Ben & Jerry’s Say Yes Equality

(Tipped by JMG reader Erik)

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Clinton Campaign Goes Rainbow

Hillary Clinton’s social media accounts just swapped out the campaign’s logo for the above rainbow version.

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ACLU: Love Is In The Air

The ACLU and many other LGBT allies are live-tweeting from outside the Supreme Court where a cavalcade of crackpots is fighting for camera time with repulsive banners, including on that reads “You are worthy of death.” (That’s infamous street preacher Ruben Isreal’s group.) Other nutters are screaming abuse over portable loudspeakers while annoyed civil rights activists roll their eyes. If …

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