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markodochartaigh

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Mon Aug 11, 2025, 08:40 AM
Aug 2025

Lawrence v. Texas
Sex between consenting males.

"That's will never happen." "It was almost never enforced."

You can say what you want, and I will say from experience that it is different when you live in that situation.

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Yes, Kim Davis... MrsCheaplaugh Aug 2025 #1
I REC your post infinitely. callous taoboy Aug 2025 #3
Thank you MrsCheaplaugh Aug 2025 #87
It won't happen. marble falls Aug 2025 #2
Sorry but I disagree- Karma13612 Aug 2025 #6
Never obey in advance orangecrush Aug 2025 #11
Don't obey or assume MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #12
True orangecrush Aug 2025 #23
you are right. we the people can NO longer the #USSC to be logical nor fair. I am fearful right now. riversedge Aug 2025 #38
So very well put! hamsterjill Aug 2025 #39
Ha Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #26
Title nine is next. They are just cutting their teeth on the transgender sports issue. Walleye Aug 2025 #56
They might certify the 1A question FBaggins Aug 2025 #17
Welp, considering they can just Hornedfrog2000 Aug 2025 #27
That's what they said about presidential immunity MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #47
I say it should be tied with Loving V Virginia mercuryblues Aug 2025 #86
I think Thomas will happily deny marriage equality MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #90
I hate to disagree but liberals held the majority then. intheflow Aug 2025 #21
It will. All part of the plan. Eliot Rosewater Aug 2025 #52
I totally disagree. Everyone thought the same thing about Roe v. Wade which had been the law of the land for Texin Aug 2025 #37
I wish I believed that Bettie Aug 2025 #44
Seems to me that she is simply in the wrong job rurallib Aug 2025 #4
I thought the same thing! Silver Gaia Aug 2025 #5
I understand her having standing to complain about MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #14
On the other hand, markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #43
I'm not agreeing with her case on either point MadameButterfly Aug 2025 #46
The job didn't require the certain things when she started FBaggins Aug 2025 #18
Medicare has changed thousands of policies in the years it's been available... Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #31
Just to clarify... Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #32
Exactly. markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #45
Using the same argument, as an atheist, working as a postal clerk, I could refuse Trueblue Texan Aug 2025 #28
When will snowybirdie Aug 2025 #7
Oddly enough TommyT139 Aug 2025 #55
Why can't people like Kim Davis go away? LisaM Aug 2025 #8
Go away? They're back in power. dem4decades Aug 2025 #60
All its decisions are being overturned, SCOTUS is never right bucolic_frolic Aug 2025 #9
Um, Roberts cast the deciding vote in the OBergfell Decision. Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #19
Um, no. Roberts dissented. intheflow Aug 2025 #25
Sorry. I had mixed it up with the ACA decision where Roberts was the deciding vote Wiz Imp Aug 2025 #48
My goodness. ShazzieB Nov 12 #93
"Um, Roberts cast the deciding vote in the OBergfell Decision." BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #29
This happened last month. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #10
Thanks. I was pretty sure that was the case but hadn't had the time to check. onenote Aug 2025 #64
It does say it in the OP excerpt BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #70
Just for the record: Jesus never said one single word about homosexuality. MLWR Aug 2025 #13
Growing up gay a half century ago in Texas markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #34
I'm not gay, but I left about the time you left and after my Mom and Dad died there was no one left for me to visit. CTyankee Aug 2025 #66
When property values started rising in California and on the East Coast markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #72
I was repulsed by the politics, pure and simple. CTyankee Aug 2025 #74
It was a no brainer decision. Someone just had to get the right case in front of them underpants Aug 2025 #15
Y'alll hear banjo music? twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #16
If it LOOKS like Christian Nationalism, if it SOUNDS like Christian Nationalism, 70sEraVet Aug 2025 #20
When Minnesota debated Marriage Equality in both Houses in 2013... ProudMNDemocrat Aug 2025 #22
In its more authoritarian forms, nwduke Aug 2025 #24
Religion.... MarcoZandrini Aug 2025 #30
Religion is a set of markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #35
That's precisely how I feel about greed. Torchlight Aug 2025 #67
re: "religion punishes questioning and rewards gullibility" -- sounds like MAGA is a religion. thesquanderer Aug 2025 #57
After Obergefell v. Hodges is overturned AverageOldGuy Aug 2025 #33
Next up: markodochartaigh Aug 2025 #36
Let's just undo all previous Supreme Court decisions. sinkingfeeling Aug 2025 #40
Recalling Niemller's poem, First They Came for IzzaNuDay Aug 2025 #41
They will eventually go after and demolish evemac Aug 2025 #42
OMG milestogo Aug 2025 #49
The USSC can do it. valleyrogue Aug 2025 #50
I'm old enough to remember when people here said that would never happen. Scrivener7 Aug 2025 #51
This SCOTUS sabbat hunter Aug 2025 #53
In the marriage vows, there's a line that says something like..what god has joined together, let no one separate Deuxcents Aug 2025 #54
They WILL NEVER give up! Grins Aug 2025 #58
The 6 christo-fascist pigs on the SC will surely f6ck this one up as well wolfie001 Aug 2025 #59
Ugh. Leave gay people alone! electric_blue68 Aug 2025 #61
"" AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #62
Don't believe in gay marriage? Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Aug 2025 #63
I doubt SCOTUS wants to revisit this Shrek Aug 2025 #65
If they take, there needs to be nationwide demonstrations in the street. OrlandoDem2 Aug 2025 #78
I hope this is true LearnedHand Aug 2025 #81
Shouldn't be hard. It was a poorly-written decision in the first place. malthaussen Aug 2025 #68
It was actually codified into law in 2022 BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #73
So it will be a two-step process.... malthaussen Aug 2025 #79
The law was apparently written to address the 1st Amendment claims (religious objection) BumRushDaShow Aug 2025 #82
Maybe not. They love to claim that Christo-Fascist straight whites are discriminated against... malthaussen Aug 2025 #88
The separation... GiqueCee Aug 2025 #69
Wonder who's paying Davis' attorney fees. ificandream Aug 2025 #71
Kim is such a bastion of purity when it comes to marriage. Not. OMGWTF Aug 2025 #75
We know that Thomas is a vote to get rid of Obergefell. OrlandoDem2 Aug 2025 #76
Hey Kim, you disgusting stupid weirdo, go to hell. Dave Bowman Aug 2025 #77
But what about... TheJillMill Aug 2025 #80
corrupt SCROTUS doesn't care about precedent mdbl Aug 2025 #83
I would not be surprised if the Trump DOJ joins the suit Diraven Aug 2025 #84
Lady, the only thing that is "egregiously wrong" is your presence. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #85
I hate every last "principled" voter from 2016 and 2024. EllieBC Aug 2025 #89
Hillary tried to warn us LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #91
Uff, guess I'll be having a chat... róisín_dubh Aug 2025 #92
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