I know but all I've been reading about is what this would mean if Kennedy leaves. It seems some think it protects gay marriage and some don't. I'm not sure what to believe TBQH. I just hate the thought of waiting another couple of years for an outcome.
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(Unanimous) Texas Supreme Court: No inherent right to gay marriage benefits
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I know but all I've been reading about is what this would mean if Kennedy leaves. It seems some think it protects gay marriage and some don't. I'm not sure what to believe TBQH. I just hate the thought of waiting another couple of years for an outcome.
Host Samurai
Member
Crapbaskets. This is fucking ridiculous. I need to stop watching the news and get out of the OT for a few weeks because my blood keeps boiling.
Fancyarcher
Member
Isn't Texas also gerrymanded as well? I can imagine there are issues with voting anyway, since 4 of 5 Texas's biggest cities are said to be liberal.
Autodidact
Banned
Yes. Texas' lines were drawn to create 24 safe Republican districts; 11 safe Democratic districts; and one swing district, TX-23, which has had Democratic and Republican representatives in recent years (currently a Republican who won very narrowly). Higher Latino turnout statewide could help to overcome the gerrymandering.
Version 3.0
Member
Let me see if I have this right:
Supreme Court: Gay people can get married. Deal with it.
Texas: So they can "get" married, but you didn't say they could "be" married.
Unbelievable. The GOP has fought harder against gay marriage than anything else in my lifetime. The one issue that has the least effect on their lives.
Supreme Court: Gay people can get married. Deal with it.
Texas: So they can "get" married, but you didn't say they could "be" married.
Unbelievable. The GOP has fought harder against gay marriage than anything else in my lifetime. The one issue that has the least effect on their lives.
Fancyarcher
Member
Ah that's good to know. At least there's a reason why Texas is the way it is anyway, no chance of it becoming "blue" anytime soon, but there is a chance.
Omegasquash
Member
I can only imagine some stereotypical southern fat cat smiling while he denies benefits to a couple and saying it's "perfectly legal".
In an 80's cartoon villain voice, no less. What a bunch of mean spirited people. I hope they see the err of their ways and change course.
AquaWateria
Member
It sucks that Texas has one of the most liberal cities like Austin yet we still backward minded assholes.
I loves living in Austin but damn these old ass people just won't give up.
I loves living in Austin but damn these old ass people just won't give up.
QuantumBro
Banned
Angela Merkel, leader of the free world, is very proud at Texas's actions.
n00bsauce87
Member
Nah, and risk it affecting the entire country?
UnObtainium17
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PlayALLtheGames
Banned
Hey, look, right-wing pieces of shit are being pieces of shit again! Truly the scum of the Earth.
hodayathink
Member
honestly i feel increasing the latino vote turnout will not make Texas more liberal. It will probably make it more conservative tbh.
Yeah, one thing that people tend not to take into effect is that while most racial minority populations are overwhelmingly Democratic, there's a decent percentage of them that are actually socially conservative, and if Republicans were ever able to figure out their racism issues they could do a much better job of appealing to those people (basically the idea behind GWB's "compassionate conservatism" being the future of the party).
honestly i feel increasing the latino vote turnout will not make Texas more liberal. It will probably make it more conservative tbh.
In some aspects maybe but it will be more blue anyways.
This affects us (the gay community in Texas), not you. We are the ones who will suffer, and it is not our fault. The government of the state does not represent Texans. The GOP has been manipulating the political process here in their favor for decades, gerrymandering and suppressing voter turnout. Please stop flinging so much hate at the people here. We are the ones who have to endure our corrupt overlords, not you, and the lack of solidarity and ignorance of our situation doesn't help at all. If I had a nickel for every time someone on GAF off-topic talked about hoping that everyone I knows die because we're Texan...
Autodidact
Banned
Sure.
PlayALLtheGames
Banned
honestly i feel increasing the latino vote turnout will not make Texas more liberal. It will probably make it more conservative tbh.
Political affiliation vs views on social issues is an important distinction.
Minorities are overwhelmingly socially conservative. They vote blue because the other side are a bunch of racist, xenophobic, immigrant-hating fucks.
IrishNinja
Member
yup, sounds like TX
support the ACLU y'all
support the ACLU y'all
A Link to the Past
Banned
So presumably, so long as we appeal to the current SC, the SC will likely come to a consensus that all government benefits for marriage apply to all people married under the law, yeah? Like, that's a fairly common sense belief, right?
This is not exclusive to Texas.
hodayathink
Member
I mean, I don't really think it happens anytime within the next 4-8 years, and there's a decent chance that it'll actually take the destruction of the modern Republican party and a new conservative party to take it's place, but I don't think it's actually impossible.
We aren't talking red vs blue. We are talking gay marriage. And latinos have historically voted against it. California voted for Obama at the same time they voted against gay marriage - and that was primarily due to Latino voters...and a lot of Mormon money.
SapphiCine
Member
Fuck this state.
Escape Goat
Member
The all Republican Supreme Court? You don't say!
aspiegamer
Member
Wait, what? This is the complete opposite of every old argument against marriage equality. It was "you can give them rights and benefits, but don't you dare fucking call it marriage because that's our word," and now it's "you can call it marriage, but you get nothing"?
...Uh huh. Good work finding a new way to look like idiots, southern homophoes.
...Uh huh. Good work finding a new way to look like idiots, southern homophoes.
Whitephantomzx
Banned
A yes Texas clearly its more important to make sure gays to not get there rights then to actually be useful /s
#notallconservatives
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Not sure judges appointed by Rick perry or the asshole in charge right now would have been different
Maybe not, but at least then they wouldn't be vulnerable to influencing like this. A large campaign to threaten their reelection unless they judge certain cases is pretty fucked up,
SpaceCadetKeon
Banned
Put Texas's state government in the trash.
Put Abbot specifically at the bottom so the trash juice leaks onto him.
We are. Just look at Houston and Austin. Houston's last mayor was an openly gay woman and Austin is basically a California city but in Texas.
Spoiled Milk
Banned
No. This is wrong. The court found that Obergefell did not address publicly funded benefits afforded by marriage, so both parties are permitted to make their case. It is still possible that it is unconstitutional to deny someone a marriage benefit on the grounds of it being a same-sex marriage, and it may be possible because of Obergefell.