I hate it here…
DES MOINES, Iowa (KWWL) - A resolution was introduced in the Iowa Senate Wednesday that asks the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a ruling that guarantees the right to same-sex
they just wanna ‘ask’? and not do the actual dirty work (and unpopular–a majority of that state supports same-sex marriage) of writing and passing a state law that conflicts with obergefell, and then defending that law as it is challenged up the judicial ladder?
Introduced but will be denied.
This is not how SCOTUS decisions are handled. State legislatures passing resolutions (Oklahoma did this, too, right?) shouldn’t be relevant to the Court at all. Of course, Thomas may well pen a response outlining exactly what fascists would need to do to get a winning case before the Court, as a treat.
Anyway, while this is painfully stupid, and certainly a test balloon, this carries zero weight whatsoever. We are in bizzaroland, though, so who knows.
There isn’t really a mechanism for the court to take up a case without an actual case. Of course, it’s only a matter of time before Liberty or some other conservative outlet gins up a manufactured victim of gay marriage to bring before the court since this court has established that standing can be purely fictional (as long as it’s for conservative causes) and precedent doesn’t matter.
That’s not how you petition the Supreme Court.
Yet another Republican “patriot” who flunked civics 101.
And here we go…
Log cabin Republicans about to get their whole damn head eaten, but not in a fun way.
My home state. Most my family has moved out, what a shit hole.
Nothing better to do then this?
Trying to decide who gets to have a government approved contract for the thing people are going to do anyways?
What a bunch of do nothing waste of time assholes.
Yes but if they weren’t spending all their time oppressing minority groups they’d have to solve actual problems and that’s hard.
Cruelty is easy. It’s a fast and cheap way to pretend that they’re solving problems.
It’s all very “We’re miserable, so you have to be too.”
I was recently watching the episode of The Handmaid’s Tale where a woman can’t travel with her wife and child because their marriage isn’t recognized anymore and sadly thinking “this is really going to happen soon”
When have you had to be married to travel together? Never, and there’s nothing to indicate that would ever be a thing introduced. Stop hand wringing.
Everything in the Handmaid’s tale was inspired by real life somewhere. Saudi Arabia for women’s restricted travel.
I would put nothing past y’all quaida.
“Inspired by” is such a great term as it means you can completely fabricate as much as you want, not grounded in reality, not based on anything that ever actually happened, and still have some people believe that it’s based on real life events.
“Inspired by” means absolutely nothing.
That’s some Grade A denial right there.
“Inspired by” literally just means that an idea was helped to be created by something. It doesn’t mean that what is created mirrors what inspired it, or that what is created is even bound in reality.
This is what they want more tolerance of, their bigotry. They’re the ones dividing people and saying certain people shouldn’t be treated with dignity. We need freedom from religion.
Bigotry is the only thing they seem to want tolerance of.
Gotta distract from the grift. Whip up the MAGAt morons and make them blame gay people for their problems and they won’t even notice you yoinking their social security, their pensions, health.
Wish someone would introduce a ban for being a bigoted PoS republikkkan…
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…Dunno, sounds like a you problem to me.
How about we just stop honoring Republicans’ right to marriage? They’re all abusers anyway so it’d probably save some people’s lives.
Adultery is certainly abuse, if nonconsensislly risking the partner’s health and life due to STI.
From the text of the resolution:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, That the General Assembly of the State of Iowa rejects the decision of Obergefell v. Hodges ; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the General Assembly of the State of Iowa calls upon the Supreme Court of the United States to reverse the Obergefell decision, and restore the natural definition of marriage, a union of one man and one woman…Does the Supreme Court even have the power to reverse a previous decision without a new case revisiting the issue?
And doesn’t it violate the separation of powers in multiple respects for a state legislature to tell the Supreme Court how to interpret the federal constitution?
They won’t respect the “sanctity of marriage” by treating an immigrant spouse as a citizen… or respect marriage at all when they cheat on their wives while they’re pregnant. They want to bring back state-sanctioned bigotry, that’s it.
What Republicans have come to realize (and Democrats refuse to accept) is that you can just DO THINGS at the executive level. And if the bureaucrats follow along, then you’ve functionally established new policy.
The Iowa legislature can pass a rule saying “No more issuing marriage contracts to gay couples” and the state courts can say “Okay, we’ll stop doing that and we’ll also stop recognizing existing contracts”, and all the low level county officials can just ignore the legal status of gay married families and then private businesses can follow suit. And then that’s it. No SCOTUS decision is going to pay out on insurance benefits claims to a legally de-certified no-longer-spouse.
On the flip side, the Iowa legislature can author this act and the people of Iowa can rise up in protest and say “Fuck you, we won’t do what you tell us.” Private businesses can continue to honor marriage contracts. Low level bureaucrats can continue to treat gay couples as married. Mid-level bureaucrats can defend and promote them. High level bureaucrats who continue to force these abhorrent laws on people can be removed from office.
The problem is that… the fish rots from the head. More likely than not, we’re seeing this push because Iowa’s basket of deplorable plutocrats want to expand the number of minorities they can piss and shit all over. Just like how DOGE gutted the “Woke” federal bureaucracy, I suspect we’re going to see Iowa state leadership tearing the spine out of any state or local government agency that refuses to accept gay rights are expired.
Do you have the courage to stand up to your boss? Do you have the support of your friends and coworkers to call a strike in a business that singles out the LGBTQ folks who work there? Will you march on your city council and demand they take your side or get out of the way? Will you march on your state house? Will you stare down a bunch of bigots in badges when you do it?
This is a big ask and its not easy to find enough folks willing to stand up for what is right.
Sure, but if Iowa can just reject a Supreme Court ruling without consequence then so can any state for any reason on any subject. Then the court has no power anymore.
DES MOINES, Iowa
They just couldn’t take what the queers were doing to the soil.
Now for black, Hispanic, Asian and women’s right.
The new fuck the Hispanic, Black, Asian, and women’s rights Bill.
“this bill will strip citizens of all their rights. It’s called the Freedom of Rights Bill.”
Freedom From Rights bill.
