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AUSTIN, TX --
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton calls the Supreme Court decision giving same-sex couples the right to marry a "lawless ruling" and says state workers can cite their religious objections in denying marriage licenses. cont. on the web site
Paxton: State workers can deny licenses to same-sex couples | abc13.com
Now we get to see if a SCOTUS decision to expand one group's rights actually trumps an enumerated right that has been protected since the 1st amendment was created. This is when things get interesting.
I expect better from Texas.
Good to see that Texas is standing up to a SCOTUS gone rogue.
Texan here and I support gay marriage. And so do my friends that are Judges.
No one's rights have been violated
Cool...
The authority of the states and the authority of the people of each state to set policy within their state on those matters in which the U.S. Constitution are silent, per the 10th Amendment, has absolutely been violated.
"Libertarian - Right"
You need to change that moniker to something else. While you might be right wing you are no libertarian.
Good to see that Texas is standing up to a SCOTUS gone rogue.
Man you guys really haste the 9th amendment don't ya?
If the federal government didn't issue tax benefits and next-of-kin benefits along with other federal benefits to married couples then you'd be correct. It's easier to just legalize all marriages across the nation than remove all the federal cookies that married people get.The authority of the states and the authority of the people of each state to set policy within their state on those matters in which the U.S. Constitution are silent, per the 10th Amendment, has absolutely been violated.
For correctly stating that the Supreme Court has overstepped the limits of the Constitution and created a new right from wholecloth, then incorporated it against the states? Again?
That has nothing to do with political "lean." That's just evidence of the poster in question not being stupid.
No less than 14 times SCOTUS has determined marriage to be a right. And now 15 times.
For whatever value x, the assertion is wrong on its face x number of times.
The Constitution does not say marriage is a right. If you say otherwise, you're lying. If you want to prove you're not lying, cite the text within the U.S. Constitution that says "marriage is a right."
The SC has decided
A legal truism that was never meant to be a catch-all for the Supreme Court bypassing the amendment process? It's fine as written. The way it has been abused is beyond reason.
The authority of the states and the authority of the people of each state to set policy within their state on those matters in which the U.S. Constitution are silent, per the 10th Amendment, has absolutely been violated.
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