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Deuxcents

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54. In the marriage vows, there's a line that says something like..what god has joined together, let no one separate
Mon Aug 11, 2025, 10:41 AM
Aug 2025

From the Christian Bible Mark and Matthew but who and where does it say the government can be the exemption or that anyone who doesn’t like the union can have it taken away?

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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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