[QUOTE]The Texas Supreme Court said Friday that while same-sex marriage is legal, the "reach and ramifications" of the rights of gay couples have yet to be determined.
In a unanimous decision, the nine-member court reversed a lower court's ruling favoring the city of Houston's decision to extend health and life insurance benefits to the spouses of city employees in same-sex marriages. The court ordered the case sent back to the trial court in Houston.[/QUOTE]
[url]https://www.dallasnews.com/news/lgbt/2017/06/30/texas-supreme-court-rules-gay-couples-notguaranteedspousal-benefits[/url]
Looks like the fight isn't over yet. I can easily see similar rulings around the country until it gets taken to the supreme court.
That's so fucked up man. What the hell is people's problem in this country?
Booooo.
When Texas gonna stop bein' a shithole.
How the fuck is it okay to deny [I]fucking health insurance[/I] to someone because of their sexuality? Just because they're city employees doesn't mean you should have any jurisdiction there, and this is effectively violating the separation of church and state (because how in the fuck else are you going to justify it?)
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"reach and ramifications" of gay couples' rights?
Reach: Same as heterosexual couples.
Ramifications: Homosexual couples aren't treated as goddamn second-class citizens.
jesus fucking christ this kind of shit gets to me.
fucking sickening
Embarrassing for this state and everyone that lives in it.
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52419374]That's so fucked up man. What the hell is people's problem in this country?[/QUOTE]
Gotta spite people who either make you lose a penny or who you're confused by.
Love being reminded of the fact that I'm a second-class citizen in my own state.
[QUOTE=Pascall;52419381]Booooo.
When Texas gonna stop bein' a shithole.[/QUOTE]
A day before Oklahoma.
And yet the assless cowboy chaps are a gay stereotype...
My theory is Texas is deep in the fukken closet and in denial.
[editline]1st July 2017[/editline]
Jokes aside it's probably a negative feedback loop. Texas had a strong anti-gay bias, so politicians played to it to ensure votes, which in turn inflated the anti-gay bias etc...
Whenever people start rooting "state rights" for things like this, they might as well be saying "I think people should be able to oppress, minorities if they want." I hate how people like this have so much influence and power.
Fuck I really hate living in Texas.
But Trump held a rainbow flag that one time, I don't understand...
What the fuck texas, you were doing just fine. Can I just move out of this shithole already?
pretty sure this actually goes against the supreme court ruling, so, fuck Texas and I hope it burns.
[editline]1st July 2017[/editline]
[QUOTE=LegndNikko;52419751]Whenever people start rooting "state rights" for things like this, they might as well be saying "I think people should be able to oppress, minorities if they want." I hate how people like this have so much influence and power.[/QUOTE]
"just move to a different state!" they smirk like the idea of money doesn't exist and everyone is just going to magically get the means to uproot their lives, leave their jobs, and flee elsewhere, and start all over again.
Wow ok you gays had a whole month to yourselves and now you feel entitled to all-year-round normalcy? Can't you just be gay for a month out of the year? [sp]/s[/sp]
God fucking damn it, Texas. You make me ashamed to live here.
This case is likely to be destroyed on appeal, because the bullshit claim about "reach and scope" is
[B][I]Fucking Exactly[/I][/B]
what [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Windsor"]Windsor v. U.S.[/URL] is about.
Edit: For the record, I was so annoyed by this bullshit ruling that I massively fucked up my formatting for a second there. This is just the dumbest thing.
[quote]In a unanimous decision, the nine-member court reversed a lower court's ruling favoring the city of Houston's decision to extend health and life insurance benefits to the spouses of city employees in same-sex marriages.[/quote]
Imagine being such a disgusting, subhuman pile of trash that you think this is fine.
It's good to know that the nine mummified remains presiding over the supreme court of texas are willing to determine the value of a citizen and their access to privileges based on the amount of anal sex and clit rubbing involved in their sex life.
Glad to know the residents of texas have at least five more years of this shit before the supreme court is replaced by people who aren't quite so obsessed with the sexual preferences of upstanding, law-abiding citizens.
Why does the government give a shit about marriage anyway I mean holy shit
Why does a religious institution grant legal benefits
[QUOTE=The Rifleman;52419374]That's so fucked up man. What the hell is people's problem in this country?[/QUOTE]
Religion
Poor education practices
Political pandering
Personal beliefs
Tradition
Pick a category. Your question was pretty loaded.
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;52421447]Why does the government give a shit about marriage anyway I mean holy shit
Why does a religious institution grant legal benefits[/QUOTE]
100% not trying to throw any shade here, but sgman91 would have a reasoning as to why
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;52421447]Why does the government give a shit about marriage anyway I mean holy shit
Why does a religious institution grant legal benefits[/QUOTE]
property rights. legal marriage is not a religious institution its a system for distributing property and therefore claims and rights to property between two individuals in what is presumed to be an equal way
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;52421447]Why does the government give a shit about marriage anyway I mean holy shit
Why does a religious institution grant legal benefits[/QUOTE]
Marriage isn't necessarily a religious institution
this is fucking disgusting, i gneuinely don't understand it
I guess the Supreme court's gonna have to spank Texas again.
[QUOTE=archangel125;52421792]I guess the Supreme court's gonna have to spank Texas again.[/QUOTE]
Harder, Daddy.
[QUOTE=reedbo;52422152]Harder, Daddy.[/QUOTE]
Maybe they ARE masochists.
[QUOTE=archangel125;52422158]Maybe they ARE masochists.[/QUOTE]
I mean they love to use that whip right? :thinking:
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