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Showing Original Post only (View all)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.phpTrestin 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.
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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Jan 2014
OP
Fasting can be kind of boring. Hope he has some porn. And know what would go good with that?
dimbear
Jan 2014
#4
That seems extreme. Why doesn't he just get together with a few thousand of his closest friends
struggle4progress
Jan 2014
#12
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
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