In other news, Republicans declare that the earth is flat

[Scooter]

...because, hey, Genesis says so:

North Carolina Republicans File Bill Declaring All Same-Sex Marriages 'Null and Void'

22 months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry, North Carolina Republican lawmakers have filed a bill nullifying all marriages between people of the same-sex. The bill, which is unconstitutional, falsely invokes the 10th Amendment and claims the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over marriage. It also falsely claims the Supreme Court has no jurisdiction over the Christian Bible.

The "Uphold Historical Marriage Act," known as HB780, says, "the ruling of the United States Supreme Court not only exceeds the authority of the Court relative to the State of North Carolina and a vote of the People of the State on an issue pertaining solely to the State of North Carolina and the People of North Carolina but also exceeds the authority of the Court relative to the decree of Almighty God."

It then quotes Genesis 2:24, "a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh."

HB780 "declares that the Obergefell v. Hodges decision of the United States Supreme Court of 2015 is null and void in the State of North Carolina." It also declares that marriages "whether created by common law, contracted, or performed outside of North Carolina, between individuals of the same gender are not valid in North Carolina."

[rubato]

I am astonished that so few Republicans grasp that we are only successful as a country because we have a secular government. And of course it shows that they are really no different than Muslim fanatics.


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[Gob]

http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/20 ... hristians/

A recent survey by the Pew Research Center shows that many Americans care about their leaders’ faith. For instance, half of all American adults say it’s important for a president to share their religious beliefs. And more people now say there is “too little” religious discussion by their political leaders (40%) than say there is “too much” (27%).

Historically, about a quarter of the presidents – including some of the nation’s most famous leaders, such as George Washington, James Madison and Franklin Roosevelt – were members of the Episcopal Church, the American successor to the Church of England. Unitarians and Baptists (including Bill Clinton and Harry Truman) are the groups with the third-largest share of presidents, each with four.

[BoSoxGal]

" . . . exceeds the authority of the Court relative to the decree of Almighty God."

Just love the sound of that! Bwahahaha!


Except nope, it scares the shit out of me that so many people who believe that way are in the position to legislate. We are a seriously redneck nation . . .

[Lord Jim]

And of course it shows that they are really no different than Muslim fanatics.

Yeah, well, except of course for the whole, you know, chopping off heads thing...

I remember back after 9/11, seeing some lefty activists trying to equate Jerry Falwell with Osama Bin Laden...


Osama Bin Laden: Murdered 3000 plus innocent people...

Jerry Falwell: Tried to get people not to go to Disneyland...

I don't have a big problem seeing the difference...

[rubato]

History has taken away the ability of western religious fanatics to murder heretics, jews, homosexuals*, and others with the rise of liberal secular government. Hitler exploited the bloodthirst of christians created and nurtured by the church very effectively. And quite recently. What we need is to assist the liberal intellectuals of the Muslim world to curb their fanatics as we have done our.



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*US christian fanatics have whipped up violent hatred of homosexuals in africa recently.

[Long Run]

Back to the headline of the thread, it is hardly news that a few R's pander to their base by proposing frivolous legislation that has no chance of passage and/or becoming effective law. It is possible that D's also pander to their base with similar blather. It may not be as majestic as the Lincoln Memorial but it's just as permanent a fixture of the political landscape.

[Lord Jim]

Here's a little more information on this:

On 11 April 2017, four North Carolina House Republicans filed a bill that would ban same-sex marriage in the state, despite a 2015 Supreme Court ruling that declared such laws to be unconstitutional.

http://www.snopes.com/2017/04/12/north- ... riage-act/

In the 2017–2018 session (based on the results of the 2016 elections), the Republican Party holds a 74–46 majority over the Democratic Party

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Car ... sentatives

So that's four out of seventy-four...

So, because four attention seeking ying yangs propose something that is self-evidently un-Constitutional, it is logical to conclude that this is the position of "the Republicans"....

[Scooter]

I didn't say "the Republicans". You're perilously close to playing a loCAtek move.

Nor do we have any indication yet how much support this will have among the passel of yahoos inhabiting the NC legislature. Given past history, that this nonsense could find majority support would not surprise me.

[Lord Jim]

I didn't say "the Republicans"

No, you're right; you did not...

I should not have included the word "the"...that was my bad...

You just said "Republicans"...

A world of difference between those two, ("the Republicans" versus "Republicans") and its entirely my fault for not appreciating the distinction...

[Scooter]

It hasn't come up for a vote yet. Will the two become ten? Or twenty? Or thirty? Because I'm pretty sure that at least that many are playing to a constituency that is unresigned to same-sex marriage, and even knowing it to be unenforceable it will make them look good to the folks in Grover's Corners if they vote for it.