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Originally posted by bilmore
I didn't post it on the theory that "lookie, we can point to this and he can't fuck us!", but in order to maybe suggest that reasonably-made suggestions that allay concerns might well be taken, given his expressions of intent.
And, yeah, if he then fights those reasonably-made suggestions, well, maybe he's lyin'.
They're concerned, I think, with the state-to-state domino effect that can only be set in motion by courts. Like Ty said, they want to co-opt courts out of their normal role as it concerns marriage, because they don't trust the lefty judges for shit. Start thinking of language that does that, and, if you can easily come up with alternative language that accomplishes what they say they want, then, again, maybe they're lyin'.
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Courts will interpret the text, not Allard's explanation. Its legitimacy turns on what Congress and the states adopt, not what he thought he was writing.
There's no domino effect, by federal law.
And it's funny to hear this pitched as an attack on courts, since what's happening here in SF is the result of elected officials' actions, and conservatives are going to court to stop it.
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