Romney running as the most anti-American president ever

[Ravi]

Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't ever remember a candidate running on limiting the rights of Americans.

"Governor Romney supports a federal marriage amendment to the Constitution that defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman," Buchanan told BuzzFeed. "Governor Romney also believes, consistent with the 10th Amendment, that it should be left to states to decide whether to grant same-sex couples certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights and the ability to adopt children. I referred to the Tenth Amendment only when speaking about these kinds of benefits – not marriage."

Adviser Reaffirms Romney Support For Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment | TPM LiveWire

 

[Stephanie]

running as the most anti-American president ever

Wrong, Obama has been doing that for the last Four years

 

[jtpr312]

Yeah, Americans have been brainwashed for so long that they think a return to the original intents and purposes of the Constitution is anti-American. I keep saying, we force people to take classes, pass an exam and get a license to paint someone's toe nails or cut their hair, but we let alomst any moron that shows up cast a vote for the leader of the free world and then we wonder why we have leaders that have led this nation to the very brink or destruction.

 

[editec]

Anti-Americanism is in the eye of the beholder.

We all know that's true.

 

[beretta304]

Anti-Americanism is in the eye of the beholder.

We all know that's true.

“None so blind as those that will not see.”


Matthew Henry (1662-1714)
English Presbyterian minister and writer

 

[Freewill]

Whose right to marriage is being threatened?????

Marriage isn't a right.

 

[jillian]

Whose right to marriage is being threatened?????

Marriage isn't a right.

really? on what planet?

read....

learn...

Loving v. Virginia | The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

 

[Bigfoot]

This thread & title

 

[Freewill]

Whose right to marriage is being threatened?????

Marriage isn't a right.

really? on what planet?

read....

learn...

Loving v. Virginia | The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

That decision was a decision that supported marriage between a man and a woman. It didn't make it a right what it decided was if it was discrimination to enforce laws on skin color alone. I sure would be mad if I were a black person with the left always equating being black to being gay.

If marriage were a right then it would be legal for first cousins to marry.

 

[jillian]

Whose right to marriage is being threatened?????

Marriage isn't a right.

really? on what planet?

read....

learn...

Loving v. Virginia | The Oyez Project at IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law

That decision was a decision that supported marriage between a man and a woman. It didn't make it a right what it decided was if it was discrimination to enforce laws on skin color alone. I sure would be mad if I were a black person with the left always equating being black to being gay.

If marriage were a right then it would have been legal for first cousins to marry.

learn how to read a damn case...it doesn't work that way

again... read...learn...

Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival. Skinner v. Oklahoma, 316 U.S. 535, 541 (1942). See also Maynard v. Hill, 125 U.S. 190 (1888). To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the State.

Loving v. Virginia

it being a right doesn't mean it can't ever be abridged...it means the state must have an overriding interest in abridging the right.

in terms of first cousins, there are health and genetic issues. in terms of minors there are consent issues. (if that was going to be your next comment).

there is no interest in discriminating against bi-racial couples or homosexual couples.

now you know.

 

[Meathead]

Yet another example of hyperbole in the name of resuscitating a failed presidency.

 

[Kiki Cannoli]

I have been mistaken for a very long time as it seems I have misunderstood the constitution. I thought it ensured our rights and limited powers of government. Guess I had it backwards.

 

[Seawytch]

Whose right to marriage is being threatened?????

Marriage isn't a right.

According to the SCOTUS it is.

Loving v Virginia - Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival. To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State.

Zablocki v Wisconsin - Since our past decisions make clear that the right to marry is of fundamental importance, and since the classification at issue here significantly interferes with the exercise of that right, we believe that "critical examination" of the state interests advanced in support of the classification is required.

Turner v Safley - The right to marry is mentioned over a dozen times

Yes, it is a right.

 

[OODA_Loop]

Florida Constitution says it is man / woman.

 

[PredFan]

The lefties here are always telling us to look at Romney's record in Mass.

Well, let's see what he did about gay marriage in Massechusetts.

Oh yeah, nothing.

Fear mongering morons.

 

[Seawytch]

Florida Constitution says it is man / woman.

And it will be struck down by the SCOTUS. The US Constitution takes precedence.

 

[PredFan]

Yet another example of hyperbole in the name of resuscitating a failed presidency.

Exactamundo!

 

[OODA_Loop]

Florida Constitution says it is man / woman.

And it will be struck down by the SCOTUS. The US Constitution takes precedence.

Doubt it.

 

[Seawytch]

Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't ever remember a candidate running on limiting the rights of Americans.

"Governor Romney supports a federal marriage amendment to the Constitution that defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman," Buchanan told BuzzFeed. "Governor Romney also believes, consistent with the 10th Amendment, that it should be left to states to decide whether to grant same-sex couples certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights and the ability to adopt children. I referred to the Tenth Amendment only when speaking about these kinds of benefits – not marriage."

Adviser Reaffirms Romney Support For Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment | TPM LiveWire

Bush ran on the same thing. Thread title is a little harsh. It makes them bigoted assholes, but not anti-American. Sadly, bigotry is very American...

 

[OODA_Loop]

Of course, I could be wrong, but I don't ever remember a candidate running on limiting the rights of Americans.

"Governor Romney supports a federal marriage amendment to the Constitution that defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman," Buchanan told BuzzFeed. "Governor Romney also believes, consistent with the 10th Amendment, that it should be left to states to decide whether to grant same-sex couples certain benefits, such as hospital visitation rights and the ability to adopt children. I referred to the Tenth Amendment only when speaking about these kinds of benefits – not marriage."

Adviser Reaffirms Romney Support For Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment | TPM LiveWire

Bush ran on the same thing.

And won twice. Not an issue.