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MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#182426: Apr 11th 2017 at 3:48:33 PM

Deus Vult!

Ghilz Perpetually Confused from Yeeted at Relativistic Velocities Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Perpetually Confused
#182427: Apr 11th 2017 at 3:48:53 PM

[up][up] Depending on the edition that's a valid strategy - smite won't affect the non-evil so they risk nothing! :-P

edited 11th Apr '17 3:49:00 PM by Ghilz

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#182428: Apr 11th 2017 at 3:49:55 PM

@Aceof Spades: These are not security officers-they are full blown police officers answerable first to a church. If that does not fill you with a thrill of horror, I do not know what will.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#182429: Apr 11th 2017 at 3:50:47 PM

[up][up][up][up][up] Pretty sure that'd violate the Constitution: If this church gets a Private Police force, then every Religious Building would have the right to have one. Giving one church the explicit right to it but not others would definitely violate the 1st Amendment. Also, if the Police Force answers to the Church first and not American Civil Law, then that'd be absolutely terrible.

Hopefully, the new Governor outright veto's this bill, even if it's over-ridden.

edited 11th Apr '17 3:52:19 PM by DingoWalley1

TacticalFox88 from USA Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Dating the Doctor
#182430: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:03:18 PM

What the actual fuck is even happening anymore?

New Survey coming this weekend!
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#182431: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:12:41 PM

Republicans.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
rmctagg09 The Wanderer from Brooklyn, NY (Before Recorded History) Relationship Status: I won't say I'm in love
The Wanderer
#182432: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:18:43 PM

Breaking: North Carolina Files Bill to Make Gay Marriage Illegal Again

Once again, I hate these people with every fiber of my being.

Hugging a Vanillite will give you frostbite.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#182433: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:19:45 PM

This is just grandstanding, the Governor will veto it.

Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.
speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#182434: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:20:28 PM

Someone should remind Sessions that the amount of deportations actually went up during Obama's era. But he wouldn't do that because it conflicts with his and Trump's narrative that the Obama era was a crime-ridden, lawless free-for-all.

Also, his choice of language is disturbing.

EDIT: [up]x2 All right, North Carolina, have fun losing even MORE money if that somehow passes.

edited 11th Apr '17 4:21:52 PM by speedyboris

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#182435: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:20:53 PM

@rmctagg09: And look what happens literally the day after Neil Gorsuch was confirmed. FFS.

edited 11th Apr '17 4:21:36 PM by ViperMagnum357

BearyScary Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: You spin me right round, baby
#182436: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:23:17 PM

Also, his choice of language is disturbing.

I agree.

Also, can I just say, fuck the people trying to make gay marriage illegal in North Carolina?

edited 11th Apr '17 4:26:56 PM by BearyScary

Do not obey in advance.
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#182437: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:25:15 PM

No, you cannot. The names of the three guys who are pushing the bill are in the article though. You can say all you want about them.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#182438: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:27:12 PM
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1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
3of4 Just a harmless giant from a foreign land. from Five Seconds in the Future. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: GAR for Archer
Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#182439: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:31:55 PM

If Gorsuch is true to his word, him on the bench is not going to help much.

On Roe v. Wade he said he'll stick to precedent. It stands to see if he's honest about that.

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RedSavant Since: Jan, 2001
#182440: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:36:16 PM

You can't trust a Republican's word. I think that's been made clear enough by McConnell and McCain.

It's been fun.
IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#182441: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:42:24 PM

Seeking 2020 clout, California looks to jump the primary queue. There's a proposal to make the California primaries the third ones in the US, just after Iowa and New Hampshire.

I don't like it, it's anti-climatic.

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
Parable Since: Aug, 2009
#182442: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:47:27 PM

I'll take safe and sane over climatic, but I'm also bias.

#GoldStateBestState

edited 11th Apr '17 4:48:14 PM by Parable

Zendervai Since: Oct, 2009
#182443: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:50:07 PM

One thing to consider about the gay marriage ruling from 2015 is that even if it gets to the Supreme Court, Gorsuch is replacing someone who was on the minority side of the decision. And since it was a Supreme Court decision, it's really unlikely it'll make it all the way up there anyway.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#182444: Apr 11th 2017 at 4:55:43 PM

[up]The point clearly seems to get this in the pipeline so it will eventually get to the SCOTUS-while the current makeup will uphold Obergefell Hodges, they are just going to keep trying in the hope that they can get another frothing zealot on the bench. This is not going to stop until we get a constitutional amendment.

DingoWalley1 Asgore Adopts Noelle Since: Feb, 2014 Relationship Status: Can't buy me love
Asgore Adopts Noelle
#182445: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:00:44 PM

[up] Trying to get the Supreme Court to reverse precedent is a long shot: Despite the varying make ups of the court, the US Supreme Court tends to not go back on it's rulings. The only time I can think of, where the Supreme Court reversed one of it's rulings, was Brown v. Board, and even then that took 60+ Years to reverse.

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#182446: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:05:13 PM

[up]This was a 5-4 ruling where even the ones that held majority had serious reservations-assuming they stick as is, they literally only need to replace one more justice. And the meat of the ruling invites a veritable cornucopia of procedural challenges-because of the the language in the decision, these bigots have an itinerary half a mile long they can work through in order to keep throwing this at the wall until something sticks.

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#182447: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:06:26 PM

[up]Care to elaborate?

1 2 We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be. -KV
MadSkillz Destroyer of Worlds Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: I only want you gone
Destroyer of Worlds
#182448: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:06:35 PM

I'm with Parable and it'll force candidates to go more left

ViperMagnum357 Since: Mar, 2012
#182449: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:16:45 PM

[up][up]while the ruling was handed down under the 14th amendment, the due process clause had already been stretched to the breaking point and left the decision on a precarious branch; by falling back on the 'deeply rooted tradition', previous court decisions leave it wide open to interpretation. In short, there is nothing to stop the SCOTUS being forced to review each and every 'deeply held tradition', and giving these fanatics carte blanche to come up with obscure traditions to force review ad infinitum until they get a favorable court or a constitutional amendment comes into play.

And there is a reason this was filed in NC-they can force through these bills as many times as necessary, and the local courts are much more likely to kick it upstairs.

edited 11th Apr '17 5:18:30 PM by ViperMagnum357

IFwanderer use political terms to describe, not insult from Earth Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Wishfully thinking
use political terms to describe, not insult
#182450: Apr 11th 2017 at 5:19:49 PM

Well, fucking assholes.

Edit: Oh, apparently the Dem in Kansas is doing well right now.

edited 11th Apr '17 5:23:55 PM by IFwanderer

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