Cruz introduces Anti-Gay marriage bill

[Politico]

I don't understand why the rightyloons feel the need to discriminate against heterosexuals. Gay people should not get special treatment because they choose to poke butts. They should have to deal with the same shit as the rest of us.

If they should have to deal with the same shit as the rest of us , whose butt should they be poking?

I don't give a shit whose ass they pound on. That's not the issue. Giving them a pass on alimony and custody battles just because they poke butt is discrimination.

 

[Chaussette]

Why does Ted Cruz even bother with trying to outlaw gay marriage? Is he a closeted gay or a homophobe? Is this what they mean by "Land of the Free"?

 

[Derideo_Te]

Cruz's bill comes after Rep. Randy Weber (R-Texas) introduced a bill in January called the "State Marriage Defense Act Of 2014," which would require federal agencies to look into a person's "legal residence" when determining marital status and how federal law would be applied.

And republicans wonder why the voters correctly perceive the GOP of being hostile to civil rights and individual liberty.

While Cruz's bill has next to no chance of even coming up in the Democratic-controlled Senate, let alone being signed by President Barack Obama, it is a sign that gay marriage is still an issue among the conservative right.

Not to mention the fact that both proposed republican measures are un-Constitutional per Windsor, and would be invalidated by the courts accordingly.

Of course, most conservatives exhibiting contempt for the Constitution and its case law is nothing new.

It's unconstitutional for the Federal Government to force the 33 States to comply with the 17 States. That is dictating to the majority.
Everybody is getting sick and tired of the Feds taking away the States rights.

Actually it is not the Federal government but the Supreme Court, and more specifically Justice Scalia, that has "trampled on states rights" in this regard when they overturned DOMA.

To be precise Scalia wrote a 26 page dissenting opinion in the Windsor decision where he stated the actual wording that would be used to overturn the antigay marriage bans in the states. In 5 of the states that have recently overturned those laws they have specifically referred to Scalia's dissent as part of the reason for declaring those laws unconstitutional.

The "Law of Unintended Consequences" has effectively resulted in Scalia becoming the "6th vote" against "states rights" in this regard. Kinda ironic when you think about it that the most virulent antigay member of the SCOTUS has become the unwitting "champion" of gay marriage equality.

So no, it is not the Feds to blame in this case since only the Supreme Court gets to decide on what is and isn't Constitutional. The states cannot override the Constitution when it comes to individual rights.