New Posts For Thread: Federal court rules centerpiece of gay marriage law unconstitutionalhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutionalwww.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/31/fede...[/quote]Um, bridal gown sales are taxed. Ditto for tuxedo rentals. Likewise for hall rentals (when they deign to rent to us). Flowers are also taxed. Catering is taxed as well. Similarly, hotel room stays for guests and family/friends/honeymoons arehttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521362551#521362551[/quote]Um, bridal gown sales are taxed. Ditto for tuxedo rentals. Likewise for hall rentals (when they deign to rent to us). Flowers are also taxed. Catering is taxed as well. Similarly, hotel room stays for guests and family/friends/honeymoons areThu, 28 Jun 2012 20:36:59 -0500Maybe not, TENAC. The 14th amendment avenue has already been before the court... and failed. They would be reversing themselves to uphold the 9th circus.[/quote]Well, it's not like the 14th Amendment has a Due Process clause that makes the Bill ofhttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521362545#521362545Maybe not, TENAC. The 14th amendment avenue has already been before the court... and failed. They would be reversing themselves to uphold the 9th circus.[/quote]Well, it's not like the 14th Amendment has a Due Process clause that makes the Bill ofThu, 28 Jun 2012 20:36:29 -0500Maybe not, TENAC. The 14th amendment avenue has already been before the court... and failed. They would be reversing themselves to uphold the 9th circus.In the case of Richard John Baker v. Gerald R. Nelson[1] the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled thahttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521362209#521362209Maybe not, TENAC. The 14th amendment avenue has already been before the court... and failed. They would be reversing themselves to uphold the 9th circus.In the case of Richard John Baker v. Gerald R. Nelson[1] the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled thaThu, 28 Jun 2012 20:14:10 -0500Yep...they might actually do the right thing, after all.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521361981#521361981Yep...they might actually do the right thing, after all.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:59:21 -0500I think that Wingoism is becoming navel-gazing. At the insistence of a dear, wounded soldier the other day, I visited his webpage where he and associated Wingos from the South were saying that the Confederacy was a "great place, because the 'Negros'http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521361505#521361505I think that Wingoism is becoming navel-gazing. At the insistence of a dear, wounded soldier the other day, I visited his webpage where he and associated Wingos from the South were saying that the Confederacy was a "great place, because the 'Negros'Thu, 28 Jun 2012 19:33:56 -0500WTF is this country coming to? We free the slaves and even given them the right to vote and use our water fountains. We let women have the right to vote and even own their own property. We decide that states can't tax citizens to support a religiohttp://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521361255#521361255WTF is this country coming to? We free the slaves and even given them the right to vote and use our water fountains. We let women have the right to vote and even own their own property. We decide that states can't tax citizens to support a religioThu, 28 Jun 2012 19:20:02 -0500***No ... They're "Revisionists" ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521358211#521358211***No ... They're "Revisionists" ...Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:13:22 -0500Are you kidding? The past two rulings show this court has 3 reliable constitutional constructionist votes.Liberals should fast track any and all left leaning appellate court decisions to the Supremes.http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521357899#521357899Are you kidding? The past two rulings show this court has 3 reliable constitutional constructionist votes.Liberals should fast track any and all left leaning appellate court decisions to the Supremes.Thu, 28 Jun 2012 17:05:37 -0500Only if Congress finds a Way to "Tax" It ...http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521356841#521356841Only if Congress finds a Way to "Tax" It ...Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:40:59 -0500Well, heck, the Court struck down "miscegenation" statutes, that the Wingos of that day said "are based in the Bible."http://community.beliefnet.com/go/thread/view/44011/29152949/Federal_court_rules_centerpiece_of_gay_marriage_law_unconstitutional?post_id=521356195#521356195Well, heck, the Court struck down "miscegenation" statutes, that the Wingos of that day said "are based in the Bible."Thu, 28 Jun 2012 16:27:42 -0500