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Fri Jan 3, 2014, 06:22 PM Jan 2014

Utahn is starving himself to death in protest of gay marriage. [View all]

http://www.bilerico.com/2014/01/desperate_utahn_vows_to_starve_self_until_gays_can.php




Trestin Meacham, a 35-year-old unhinged whackjob former Constitution Party candidate for the Utah State Senate, says he is fasting to stop same-sex marriage in Utah.

Meacham, who claims to have begun his fast on the day that U.S. District Judge Robert Shelby ruled Utah's marriage discrimination amendment unconstitutional, says he's lost 25 pounds so far.

His goal is to draw attention to the discredited legal theory of "nullification." This bogus theory holds that states -- not the federal government -- hold supreme authority and have the right to invalidate any federal law they like.

Of course, the Supreme Court has repeatedly dismissed the notion that states have the power to unilaterally overrule federal law, and the country fought a nasty 19th-century skirmish called the Civil War that should have put nullification to bed permanently. However, many southern states cited the concept in the 1950s in their racist effort to prevent public school integration before the Supremes smacked it down again in their 1958 Cooper v. Aaron decision.


Let's get some bets going on how long he lasts.

I give him another week.
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Hope he has a will. n/t LiberalElite Jan 2014 #1
Karma will kick my ass... one_voice Jan 2014 #2
A real man would have his mouth wired JoePhilly Jan 2014 #3
Fasting can be kind of boring. Hope he has some porn. And know what would go good with that? dimbear Jan 2014 #4
Mmmm. Porn Flakes! NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #5
Cool. Wait Wut Jan 2014 #6
He's due for a crash any time. Just wait for it... n/t nomorenomore08 Jan 2014 #16
"This bogus theory..." jberryhill Jan 2014 #7
If he was serious dipsydoodle Jan 2014 #8
Constitution Party == Dominionist Theocrats. longship Jan 2014 #9
Exactly right, and the Cruz family are their leaders CanonRay Jan 2014 #31
Wow, someone is really starving for attention. Dr. Strange Jan 2014 #10
+1 cinnabonbon Jan 2014 #32
Well - his public facebook page about his fast Ms. Toad Jan 2014 #11
That seems extreme. Why doesn't he just get together with a few thousand of his closest friends struggle4progress Jan 2014 #12
I hear Hale Bop is coming around again. Maybe they can hitch a ride? Squinch Jan 2014 #34
I'm very embarrassed to report that he's probably a distant cousin of mine on his and my dads' sides kestrel91316 Jan 2014 #13
Aren't ya glad he is "distant"? dixiegrrrrl Jan 2014 #17
Um, okay. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2014 #14
Let us know how that works out for ya, kid. nt Zorra Jan 2014 #15
Isn't that nice of him? Aristus Jan 2014 #18
I think he should hold his breath too. nt Mnemosyne Jan 2014 #19
Aw, that's a shame. Iggo Jan 2014 #20
well...bye smackd Jan 2014 #21
2 days max is my estimate BlueToTheBone Jan 2014 #22
whatever. so sick of energy wasted on hate. spanone Jan 2014 #23
My boyfriend and I volunteeer to fly there and make out in front of him if it strengthens his will Hassin Bin Sober Jan 2014 #24
Great way to lose weight. DemocraticWing Jan 2014 #25
What a stupid way to die. But I am sure he will have indie9197 Jan 2014 #26
What a stupid way to live. Iggo Jan 2014 #35
Psst... idiot minivan2 Jan 2014 #27
Someone should set up a barbecue grill upwind of him. backscatter712 Jan 2014 #28
Another choice might have been to come out of the closet... polichick Jan 2014 #29
I wonder what his attitude is onethatcares Jan 2014 #30
So he goes on a diet and makes it into a political statement, B Calm Jan 2014 #33
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