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Ted Cruz and Those "5" Attorneys Making Decisions

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015 5:41 AM

I watched as Ted Cruz appeared on Colbert's Late Show. Here's what I saw and heard:

Cruz went on a tirade about how the Supreme Court is ruining this country with their decision on the Same-Sex marriage. How they are unlawful and illegally issued a law that is unconstitutional.

What?

He said, and I quote: How can 5 attorneys have the right to tell 320 million Americans what to do? They are not elected, but appointed, and shouldn't have that much power or authority over the states. Here's his quote:

“The 10th Amendment states that if the Constitution doesn’t mention it (sic: marriage), it’s a question for the states … I don’t think we should entrust governing our society to five unelected lawyers in Washington,”

Funny thing, I found out that Ted Cruz was once a law clerk working for the (wait for it) Supreme Court. Is he delusional? He's gotta know that the Supreme Court has 9 judges, and not 5 lawyers. They are selected by the president and voted upon by Congress, elected officials, who then confirm their appointment. So they are "elected" into office by the American people via Congress, who are their representatives. But he had to know that, he once worked there. Plus, he should know because it's in the Constitution. Which he claims to adhere to.

He wants the Same-sex Marriage ruling to be overturned based on his wild assumptions (he's purposefully misleading the public and pandering to his base) and wrong-headed notion that the states have the final authority and not the Supreme Court. Well, if we follow that logic then SCOTUS has no legal authority in the Hobby Lobby case. Then that ruling should be rescinded. Nes pa'?

What a maroon!

SGG

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 4:41 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Skip the first 3 minutes to get Cruz on marriage.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 4:53 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have. All those who first applauded Colbert's comment about marriage not being in the Constitution should feel like jackasses when Cruz correctly pointed out that ,in such cases, the STATES should decide.

Nice fade out of the applause Cruz received, at the end of his remarks. Can't have too many folks think he won that point, now can we ?

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 6:50 PM

WHOZIT

Cruz is very smart, Colbert and his writers are dimwits. Colbert couldn't ad-lib a burp at Burger King, his writers are over paid hacks who are more interested in staying A-List.

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Thursday, September 24, 2015 7:59 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have.

Cruz knows, but did not mention, that the Fourteenth Amendment requires States to recognize opposite-sex marriages validly performed out of State. Since opposite-sex couples may now exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States, there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.

What does that mean, exactly? Well, it just so happens that the Supreme Court has invalidated state marriage laws before now. For example:

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U. S. 1, 12, invalidated bans on interracial unions, and Turner v. Safley, 482 U. S. 78, 95, held that prisoners could not be denied the right to marry.

In Loving v. Virginia (such a cool name!) the Court invoked both the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause and in Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U. S. 374, where the Court invalidated a law barring fathers delinquent on child-support payments from marrying. This Court has invoked equal protection principles to invalidate laws imposing sex-based inequality on marriage, see, e.g., Kirchberg v. Feenstra, 450 U.S. 455, 460–461.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf

37 states or 74% of states had Legal Same-Sex Marriage prior to the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court Ruling. That was enough consensus for the Supreme Court despite the fact that a Constitutional amendment needs 75% of the States (38 of 50 States). The Supreme Court has made many, many, many decisions in the last 216 years without an amendment even though that kind of legal activism makes Ted Cruz angry, but Ted is always angry about something.
http://gaymarriage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004857

Ted Cruz has never answered truthfully, always dodging the question, about how many state legislatures must approve before the Supreme Court can decide a controversial case. I'm guessing his true answer is not 50%, 75% or even 100% of the states. His true answer is Texas plus Ted Cruz.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 2:22 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

Okay, he's a genius. Ted Cruz is a Constitutional God..........all hail!

Then who are these 5 attorneys that he's speaking about? You know, the ones he says made the decision that 320 million Americans should not listen to.

Cruz is distorting the 10th Amendment to address the right's penchant for state powers over that of the Federal government. There are certain national laws that the states have no control over, and there are state laws that are specifically the state's jurisdiction. So does the FBI take orders from state & local police? You want to change that? Let's do so all the way down the line.

No more USA; instead the ISA, or Individual States of America. No more Federal taxes, each state can collect their own taxes.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/constitutional-myt
h-7-the-10th-amendment-protects-states-rights/241671/

Let's take that further......NY's 20 million people will keep their tax money for NY infrastructure; plus we can charge visitors double when they cross the bridge into NY. Actually, NY for New Yorkers......permit no one that wasn't born and raised here to move in and take jobs away from natural born New Yorkers. If they do want to live and work here they have to pay double the tax natural born NYers pay.
Why not? We have the individual rights of a free state. Also no more corporations can be given the same rights as human beings. Repeal the Hobby Lobby Law, fuck SCOTUS......they have no jurisdiction here. The Constitution says so, according to the brilliant Ted Cruz. The states and the people have all the power.

As a matter of fact.......FUCK Congress, they don't have the power of the people, who elected them to Congress (an oxymoron). And, since the Constitution can't tell us what to do, neither can Congress since we the people have all the power, plus the Constitution is un-Constitutional (somebody stop me). According to the brilliant and genius Ted Cruz. Boy did he ever save the country from those evil 5 SOB attorneys. Who are they again?

Well, there's Scalia, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, John G. Roberts, Anthony M. Kennedy, Clarence Thomas, Stephen G. Breyer, Samuel A. Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan.
Say.....,wait a minute. I must have made a mistake, cause I count nine, 9 Justices.
That's 9 judges, not 5 "attorneys." I must have counted wrong, because Ted Cruz is a genius. The SCOTUS is a joke, because they got it all wrong. Including Hobby Lobby. Just for that, we should not pay them any mind, besides, what do they know.
Cruz is a brilliant, genius Congressman and they are only a bunch of lunatic "attorneys."

Ted Cruz for president. Hell, I'll even vote for him. He's such a hero. Were it not for him, we would be in serious trouble, what with Same Sex marriage and Corporations being treated like human beings. What's this world coming to?

SGG

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have. All those who first applauded Colbert's comment about marriage not being in the Constitution should feel like jackasses when Cruz correctly pointed out that ,in such cases, the STATES should decide.

Nice fade out of the applause Cruz received, at the end of his remarks. Can't have too many folks think he won that point, now can we ?

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Friday, September 25, 2015 2:31 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

Yeah, it's obvious he's a genius and far above us peons. Why he's so smart he cut down SCOTUS to 5 attorneys instead of 9 Justices. Brilliant!

Good thing that he worked for them before he became the Genius Congressman he is today. This way he's familiar with their "Libtard" tactics, including the sneakyist of the bunch Justice Scalia. You gotta watch him. Oh and that Roberts fellow, the worst of them all.

SGG

Quote:
Originally posted by whozit:
Cruz is very smart, Colbert and his writers are dimwits. Colbert couldn't ad-lib a burp at Berger King, his writers are over paid hacks who are more interested in staying A-List.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 2:54 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

What our resident geniuses fail to recognize is that Cruz, and others like him, are a bunch of hypocrites. They rail against SCOTUS, POTUS and the Constitution so much that they forget how they got there; by the very document they insist is being used for nefarious reasons.

They are a part of the 3 branches of government, all described, in detail (somewhat) in the Constitution. SCOTUS is an integral part of the checks and balances that govern our American way of life. It's what makes us uniquely American and in a class all our own. Cruz is out to destroy the very core of our way of life. He, and others like him, interpret the document to suit their agendas and unseat the true power of our democracy.....the people.

They are voted in by the people as representatives, who, in turn, vote to confirm the justices that are selected by the POTUS, who also was voted on by the people.
So, ergo, the SCOTUS is democratically voted on by the people because their representatives agreed upon and voted for SCOTUS. That's how democracy works.

My guess is that our brilliant participants are scratching their heads right about now. Democracy........what a concept! Or would you prefer Republic!?

My question to our brilliant contributors is this: Who do you think has more in the brain department: Ted Cruz or Justice Roberts? Think please, before you answer.

SGG

Quote:
Originally posted by second:
Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have.
Cruz knows, but did not mention, that the Fourteenth Amendment requires States to recognize opposite-sex marriages validly performed out of State. Since opposite-sex couples may now exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States, there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.

What does that mean, exactly? Well, it just so happens that the Supreme Court has invalidated state marriage laws before now. For example:

Loving v. Virginia, 388 U. S. 1, 12, invalidated bans on interracial unions, and Turner v. Safley, 482 U. S. 78, 95, held that prisoners could not be denied the right to marry.

In Loving v. Virginia (such a cool name!) the Court invoked both the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause and in Zablocki v. Redhail, 434 U. S. 374, where the Court invalidated a law barring fathers delinquent on child-support payments from marrying. This Court has invoked equal protection principles to invalidate laws imposing sex-based inequality on marriage, see, e.g., Kirchberg v. Feenstra, 450 U.S. 455, 460–461.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf

37 states or 74% of states had Legal Same-Sex Marriage prior to the June 26, 2015 Supreme Court Ruling. That was enough consensus for the Supreme Court despite the fact that a Constitutional amendment needs 75% of the States (38 of 50 States). The Supreme Court has made many, many, many decisions in the last 216 years without an amendment even though that kind of legal activism makes Ted Cruz angry, but Ted is always angry about something.
http://gaymarriage.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=004857

Ted Cruz has never answered truthfully, always dodging the question, about how many state legislatures must approve before the Supreme Court can decide a controversial case. I'm guessing his true answer is not 50%, 75% or even 100% of the states. His true answer is Texas plus Ted Cruz.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 9:27 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:

My question to our brilliant contributors is this: Who do you think has more in the brain department: Ted Cruz or Justice Roberts? Think please, before you answer.

You probably meant Justice Kennedy who delivered the opinion of the Court, because Chief Justice Roberts filled a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA and THOMAS, JJ., joined.

Let's talk about Cruz's brain department. Did you know that Princeton still brags about Ted Cruz's debating skills?

The Ted Cruz Living Memorial Novice Championship is a Princeton-only intramural tournament for Debate Panel novices. http://archive.is/JM2fq

Princeton lists Ted four times on page https://debate.princeton.edu/results/hall-of-fame/
Team of the Year
Speaker of the Year
National Championship Top Speaker
North American Debating Championship Top Speaker

One person in a college level debate, The Speaker, serves as both the judge and arbiter of the rules during the round. It is plainly evident to me that when Ted Cruz is on TV he can only persuade a certain kind of “Speaker”. His skills won't change minds of anyone but another Republican.

Ted does not make balanced decisions or arguments. Poor Ted. His skills have not grown once he left college. It does not matter what Ted talks about, no matter how complicated in the real world, it always fits into the 4 minute Leader of Opposition Rebuttal. He is still a twenty something on the college debate team.

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Friday, September 25, 2015 1:53 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by G:

Creepy how he looks up over the audience at times, that preacher looking to God look.

Besides the technical constitution stuff... I simply find his picking this issue to get jiggy with hard to understand, except that it's on familiar ground for HIM. The subject has been decided on by his followers and detractors, so why waste time preaching to the converted?

The problem with Ted Cruz is that in a college level debate he took whichever side was assigned to him and said whatever he needed to say to win the points. The debate judge never stopped the debate for a few minutes to google a crucial Cruz fact in order to verify if Ted was being truthful. Since his college days, Ted has gotten into a very bad habit of not ever worrying about his facts being checked. That is actually clever of him, but it is also unwholesome.

This morning Ted Cruz was misleading as always when he reacted to the news that John Boehner will be resigning from Congress next month, saying:

Quote:
If it is correct that the speaker, before he resigns, has cut a deal with Nancy Pelosi to fund the Obama administration for the rest of its tenure, to fund Obamacare, to fund executive amnesty, to fund Planned Parenthood, to fund implementation of this Iran deal — and then, presumably, to land in a cushy K Street job after joining with the Democrats to implement all of President Obama's priorities, that is not the behavior one would expect of a Republican speaker of the House. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34355043

Unsurprisingly, Ted Cruz wasn't full of Truth:

Quote:
Following Boehner’s announcement, House Republicans said there was agreement to pass a clean spending bill to keep the government open. Several members of the Freedom Caucus, the conservative group which led the revolt against Boehner’s leadership, said they will now support the spending bill without demands that it include language to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2015/09/25/boehner-res
igns/

Despite Ted Cruz's insinuations, Boehner did not make a deal with the evil Nancy Pelosi. Is Ted Cruz taking back his falsehoods? No. He has already won and is moving on to another slander, then the next one, and then the one after that.

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Saturday, September 26, 2015 2:12 AM

ELVISCHRIST

Hey, AuRaptor's still around and still just as fucking dumb as a box of dildoes.

Cruz is a goddamned idiot. I'll be president before he will, and nobody with more than 2 functioning brain cells would ever support him or vote for him. And Raptor's the proof.

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Saturday, September 26, 2015 3:49 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:

Cruz is a goddamned idiot.

He is not so dumb. Ted Cruz is smart enough to know that American political culture rewards hypocrisy and irresponsibility rather than serious efforts to solve America’s problems. And he knows that the filibuster can make the country ungovernable if 41 senators choose — and Cruz has so chosen.

Cruz bestrides our current political landscape like the reincarnation of Joe McCarthy. If Ted lives to be no older than Joe, he will be dead in 4 years and I'll be at the funeral.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy#Final_years

With McCarthy, it's Commies. With Cruz, it's Muslims. Hear Cruz call for death of the Ayatollah:

Joe McCarthy warning about the Commie-crat Party

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 8:28 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Ted Cruz's father, Rafael, passed his McCarthyism to his son.

Rafael Cruz: Evolution Is A Communist Lie!

“There is nothing scientific about evolution,” Cruz said. “Evolution is one of the strongest tools of Marxism because if they can convince you that you came from a monkey, it’s much easier to convince you that God does not exist.”

“You know communism or socialism, whatever you want to call it, what is happening in this country is not different than what happened in Cuba; the procedure might be different, they may be a little slower, but it’s the same thing. It is about government control of your lives. You got to realize how Marxist, how socialism works. We need to understand the issues. When you hear all these things about homosexual marriage, this has nothing to do with homosexual rights. Did you know that? The whole objective is the destruction of the traditional family, it has nothing to do with homosexuals, they could care less about homosexuals, they want to destroy the family.”

“You need to understand, it’s just like evolution. You know most Americans have their head in the sand about evolution. I’ve met so many Christians that tell me ‘evolution is a scientific fact.’ Baloney! I am a scientist, there is nothing scientific about evolution. But you know something, Karl Marx said it, ‘I can use the teachings of Darwin to promote communism.’ Why? Because communism, or call it socialism if you think communism is too hard a word, necessitates for government to be your god and for government to be your god they need to destroy the concept of God. That’s why communism and evolution go hand and hand. Evolution is one of the strongest tools of Marxism because if they can convince you that you came from a monkey, it’s much easier to convince you that God does not exist.”

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Sunday, September 27, 2015 8:28 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Ted Cruz learned everything about same-sex marriage from his father:

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Monday, September 28, 2015 5:28 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

I meant that strictly in the pejorative sense. Ted Cruz is a wannabe butt weasel who thinks that he actually has a snowball's chance. He was quietly brown-nosing Trump to try and ride his coattails to the White House. Little does he know that the Real Americans out there totally reject his notion of America's make up. He underestimates the power of the people.

Also I was making a comment as to his "5" attorneys remark; obviously the Chief Justice would have his lunch if they ever debated (without breaking a sweat). I know which way Roberts voted.

SGG

Quote:
Originally posted by second:
Quote:
Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:

My question to our brilliant contributors is this: Who do you think has more in the brain department: Ted Cruz or Justice Roberts? Think please, before you answer.
You probably meant Justice Kennedy who delivered the opinion of the Court, because Chief Justice Roberts filled a dissenting opinion, in which SCALIA and THOMAS, JJ., joined.

Let's talk about Cruz's brain department. Did you know that Princeton still brags about Ted Cruz's debating skills?

The Ted Cruz Living Memorial Novice Championship is a Princeton-only intramural tournament for Debate Panel novices. http://archive.is/JM2fq

Princeton lists Ted four times on page https://debate.princeton.edu/results/hall-of-fame/
Team of the Year
Speaker of the Year
National Championship Top Speaker
North American Debating Championship Top Speaker

One person in a college level debate, The Speaker, serves as both the judge and arbiter of the rules during the round. It is plainly evident to me that when Ted Cruz is on TV he can only persuade a certain kind of “Speaker”. His skills won't change minds of anyone but another Republican.

Ted does not make balanced decisions or arguments. Poor Ted. His skills have not grown once he left college. It does not matter what Ted talks about, no matter how complicated in the real world, it always fits into the 4 minute Leader of Opposition Rebuttal. He is still a twenty something on the college debate team.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 9:06 AM

ELVISCHRIST

Quote:
Originally posted by AURaptor:
Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have.

Riiiiiiiiiight.

He *knows* - he just chooses not to share that info.

Cruz is a fucking moron, but so are you, which is why you can't stop sucking his cock.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2015 1:17 PM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

Quote:
Originally posted by ElvisChrist:

Riiiiiiiiiight.

He *knows* - he just chooses not to share that info.

Cruz is a fucking moron, but so are you, which is why you can't stop sucking his cock.

Ted Cruz is not stupid. He was making the same argument as Chief Justice Roberts, but Cruz, being both a smart and quick debater, condensed it down to a level that dullards could understand. Hear Chief Justice Roberts' words from the Supreme Court decision www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/14pdf/14-556_3204.pdf

“Petitioners make strong arguments rooted in social policy and considerations of fairness. They contend that same-sex couples should be allowed to affirm their love and commitment through marriage, just like opposite-sex couples. That position has undeniable appeal; over the past six years, voters and legislators in eleven States and the District of Columbia have revised their laws to allow marriage between two people of the same sex.

But this Court is not a legislature. Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be. The people who ratified the Constitution authorized courts to exercise “neither force nor will but merely judgment.”

Although the policy arguments for extending marriage to same-sex couples may be compelling, the legal arguments for requiring such an extension are not. The fundamental right to marry does not include a right blah-blah-blah.”

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Thursday, October 1, 2015 2:07 AM

SHINYGOODGUY

Here's another POV:

http://www.suanews.com/constitution/gay-marriage-what-does-our-constit
ution-say.html

Colbert was right, marriage is never mentioned in the Constitution. So basically it is a moral issue, with a side order of religion thrown in for good measure. There are people out there that want to live FREE, what difference does it make if they are straight or gay? Exhibit A: Bruce Jenner.

"No union is more profound than marriage, for it embodies the highest ideals of love, fidelity, devotion, sacrifice and family," Kennedy wrote. "In forming a marital union, two people become something greater than they once were."

Chief Justice Roberts states that the Constitution has nothing to do with it.

"If you are among the many Americans—of whatever sexual orientation—who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today's decision. Celebrate the achievement of a desired goal," he wrote. "Celebrate the opportunity for a new expression of commitment to a partner. Celebrate the availability of new benefits. But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it."

I beg to differ with the Chief Justice, it has everything to do with it. We the People decide, that's how it is written; to

"secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity." In broad terms the securing of liberty is a function of the whole Constitution, for the Constitution makes possible the establishment of a government of laws, and liberty without law is meaningless." (Source: The Heritage Guide to the Constitution)

My question is: Who made this up about marriage being between one man and one woman? Religion, yes. Well then, religion is given specific mention in the Grand document, but were it not for the religious persecution of King George, this would be a moot point. It was addressed for a specific reason. But I have yet another argument, what of the Bible? Aren't moral conservatives transfixed by the Word of God.

Genesis 16:1-4

"Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar. And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. And Sarai ... gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife. And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived."

It was once considered a part of the culture to have more than one wife. Times have indeed changed, and now we have gay couples wishing to marry in the eyes of society and laws of the land. Still though the Chief Justice says that the Constitution has nothing to do with it. I am not versed in the legal entrails of the Constitution, but I do know that this country was born out of a need to be free, free from tyranny. Imagine if good ol' King George did not terrorize the countryside with his strict rules on worshiping. Right now we would be knee deep in religious persecution and public shaming of those who believe. Imagine if the Constitution had banned altogether Freedom of Religion. Nobody in this country can worship as they please or go to church; or worse, they make everyone go to one church, one relgion.

No, the right to marry, or not, belongs to everyone. That's embedded deep in the heart of the Constitution (with apologies to June Hershey).

SGG

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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Cruz knows more about the US Constitution than the rest of this board combined, Colbert, and every audience Colbert has ever had in his studio. Or ever will have. All those who first applauded Colbert's comment about marriage not being in the Constitution should feel like jackasses when Cruz correctly pointed out that ,in such cases, the STATES should decide.

Nice fade out of the applause Cruz received, at the end of his remarks. Can't have too many folks think he won that point, now can we ?

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Monday, October 5, 2015 6:53 AM

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The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at https://www.mediafire.com/two

From today's Houston Chronicle:

Shunned by his colleagues, the tea party champion and presidential candidate launched into an hour long stem-winder accusing Republican leaders of “an unprecedented procedural trick,” acting “in the dark of night,” and siding with wealthy donors who “actively despise" the GOP base as “hicks and rubes.”

He also called out Republican Whip John Cornyn — a first in the progressively frosty relationship between the two Texas senators — noting that he was among those who had “voted loudly no” against his gambit risking a government shutdown.

“A voice vote is still a vote,” Cruz noted pointedly. “Even though it’s not a recorded vote.”

If any record was needed to prove Cruz’s growing isolation in the Senate, the exchange Monday evening provided ample evidence. It echoed an earlier floor fight this summer when the first-term senator caused an uproar by calling Republican Leader Mitch McConnell a liar.
www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Cruz-burning-bridges-in-Senate-
remains-6549724.php

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