Justice Ginsburg Eviscerates The Case Against Marriage Equality In Just Five Sentences

[Hepburn]

&quot Same-sex couples) wouldn’t be asking for this relief if the law of marriage was what it was a millennium ago. I mean, it wasn’t possible. Same-sex unions would not have opted into the pattern of marriage, which was a relationship, a dominant and a subordinate relationship. Yes, it was marriage between a man and a woman, but the man decided where the couple would be domiciled; it was her obligation to follow him.

There was a change in the institution of marriage to make it egalitarian when it wasn’t egalitarian. And same-sex unions wouldn’t — wouldn’t fit into what marriage was once."

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2015/04/29/3652468/justice-ginsburg-eviscerates-case-marriage-equality-just-five-sentences/

Thank you, Justice Ginsburg!

[Agschmid]

1. Big ass kick!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

2. Bring on equality and bring on the ugliest americans alive, i.e. evangelical christians who will

want a war over this

[shenmue]

3. Go Justice!

[Hepburn]

4. Love me some Justice Ginsburg!!!! n/t

[SoapBox]

5. K & R!

[Lee-Lee]

6. So perfect

I hope she ends up writing the majority opinion...

[salib]

7. Exactly

[valerief]

8. Bingo! So stick that in your damn Bible and smoke it!

[AnnieBW]

9. The definition of marriage has changed since Biblical Times

I mean, my husband didn't buy me for two goats and a cow, nor was I divorced and sent back to my family in disgrace when I did not bear children. Meanwhile, my MIL has married twice since my FIL died in 1990 - and she was well past her child-bearing age when she did. Are these marriages less valid because they didn't produce children?

[leftyladyfrommo]

10. She's my favorite.

Outspoken and smart.

Well, actually I really like all the women on the court. I wish we had a couple more.

[tclambert]

11. Oh, I get it now. In a gay marriage, Republicans can't figure out which partner owns the other one.

When it was one man-one woman (or one man-multiple women), obviously the man owns his wife (or wives).