This afternoon, in front of a crowd of more than 5,000 people on the South Lawn of the White House, President Joe Biden signed H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, into law. The new law protects same-sex and interracial marriages after the Supreme Court’s 2022
I am not sure why people who are not involved in a given relationship between two consenting adults need to have anything to say about the who, what , why and where. Usually they call people who go around snooping in other people's houses "peeping toms' or perhaps now we need to include "peeping karens" in this day and age. I guess some people are so afraid of themselves that they feel the need to regulate others so they don't have to face their own fears.
It is indeed not about who one loves, but the loyalty that comes with true love. I am a "straight" person,who stayed loyal to my wife of 29 years, throughout her decline, until the day she died. Why should any other person, loving another, not have that right?
One of my ex-students is marrying is marrying her love on the 17th. I have other ex-students who are also have same sex marriages. I hope this keeps them safe. Sexuality fall on a broad spectrum and should not be the under the purview of a bunch of right wing justices who are following their religion and not the law. And what a hypocrite Thomas is....we can examine same sex marriage, but not interracial marriage. He is and has long been as embarrassment to the Court.
Livermore resident and, until my term ended last night, council member. So proud of LLNL. And, basking in reflected glory: my husband worked on NIF target design for 40 years--until he retired a few years ago. This is hard stuff, with generations of scientists designing and fabricating targets and the laser facility. It is grand to see this step. Also, to see the number of women at every level (including Sec'y of Energy and Lab Director) leading the way.
I’m m happy for all the good this bill will do/: help people love with more peace, less stress, more dignity, less hell
And not to take anything away from that, I cannot get over how poorly women are faring with their reproductive rights. Where is the outcry to protect contraception? The right to bodily autonomy ? The right to not have to live by someone else’s religion ?
If this much progress can be done, thankfully, for same-sex couples why can’t be done for women?
Karine Jean-Pierre said ”… marriage is a proposition…about…who you love, but also about if you're going to be loyal to that person…”. That echoes the marriage vows “…for better and for worse; for richer and for poorer; in sickness and in health…” A big part of this law is the right of your same-sex or different-race spouse to be able to get health information about, and make health decisions for, you when you’re unable to vocalize your wishes. It’s not a perfect law, but it does protect that right so that it no longer just exists at the whim of justices that seem intent in making sure that their rulings reflect their religion and the laissez-faire business laws (or lack of them) of the late 19th and early 20th century.
The success in fusion research is great news, shows impressive progress, and probably has a good chance of supplying cheap energy about 50 years from now. We should at least double the funding for fusion research. In the mean time, we need to use solar, wind, geothermal, and maybe fission if necessary. We have already the technology to preserve a livable planet for large mammals. All we need is a WWII-size investment of effort and money. Worldwide, eventually, but it must start here. We have the money, the expertise, and the workers. Unfortunately only 2% of Democrats and 0% of Republicans think it’s a high priority.
This is a tremendous achievement. Marriage is about who you want to make a life with. Who you love. Who you may have a family with. It is no one else’s business. The votes on this show who is against the freedom of love and beliefs we all deserve. This country was not founded as a religious but a secular one. It must remain as such.
Progress! Now the passage of VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION is a priority. The failure of the Senate to pass HR1 and HR4 has made voting rights a target for the conservation SCOTUS. Gerrymandering, partisan redistricting and voter suppression must be checked.
Democrats have been above board on their ability to control inflation. No promises, only to do what needs to be done within their power to bring down prices. If Republicans have a super, duper, triple top secret never before made available for public consumption plan that can only be accessed by drilling through 3 miles of arctic ice on the first full moon of the month where the first blue moon of the millennium appears...then, yes, we’ll wait. Anything less, we’ll have to pass.
As far as the right to marry who you are truly willing to devote yourselves to one another in love and in sickness and health has nothing to to what anyone else thinks or believes. Bless you and your ability to love and commit.
I have a question: heartbeat laws say fetuses are human beings with all the rights. Do those rights go away at birth? Dad in the TX case says his daughters don’t/can’t have the right of privacy. Can these folks have it both ways?
Reading the dissents in US v. Windsor (requiring the federal government to recognize marriages that are valid where performed- the first step invalidating DOMA) and Obergefell v. Hodges makes this legislation vitally important.
I am not sure why people who are not involved in a given relationship between two consenting adults need to have anything to say about the who, what , why and where. Usually they call people who go around snooping in other people's houses "peeping toms' or perhaps now we need to include "peeping karens" in this day and age. I guess some people are so afraid of themselves that they feel the need to regulate others so they don't have to face their own fears.
It is indeed not about who one loves, but the loyalty that comes with true love. I am a "straight" person,who stayed loyal to my wife of 29 years, throughout her decline, until the day she died. Why should any other person, loving another, not have that right?
One of my ex-students is marrying is marrying her love on the 17th. I have other ex-students who are also have same sex marriages. I hope this keeps them safe. Sexuality fall on a broad spectrum and should not be the under the purview of a bunch of right wing justices who are following their religion and not the law. And what a hypocrite Thomas is....we can examine same sex marriage, but not interracial marriage. He is and has long been as embarrassment to the Court.
Livermore resident and, until my term ended last night, council member. So proud of LLNL. And, basking in reflected glory: my husband worked on NIF target design for 40 years--until he retired a few years ago. This is hard stuff, with generations of scientists designing and fabricating targets and the laser facility. It is grand to see this step. Also, to see the number of women at every level (including Sec'y of Energy and Lab Director) leading the way.
While it is great that this legislation has been passed and signed into law, I am still leery of what this right wing Supreme Court will do with it.
I’m m happy for all the good this bill will do/: help people love with more peace, less stress, more dignity, less hell
And not to take anything away from that, I cannot get over how poorly women are faring with their reproductive rights. Where is the outcry to protect contraception? The right to bodily autonomy ? The right to not have to live by someone else’s religion ?
If this much progress can be done, thankfully, for same-sex couples why can’t be done for women?
It matters not
who you love,
where you love
why you love
when you love
or how you love.
It only matters
THAT YOU LOVE.
-John Lennon
Your letters mean so much to me. I cannot thank you enough.
Karine Jean-Pierre said ”… marriage is a proposition…about…who you love, but also about if you're going to be loyal to that person…”. That echoes the marriage vows “…for better and for worse; for richer and for poorer; in sickness and in health…” A big part of this law is the right of your same-sex or different-race spouse to be able to get health information about, and make health decisions for, you when you’re unable to vocalize your wishes. It’s not a perfect law, but it does protect that right so that it no longer just exists at the whim of justices that seem intent in making sure that their rulings reflect their religion and the laissez-faire business laws (or lack of them) of the late 19th and early 20th century.
The success in fusion research is great news, shows impressive progress, and probably has a good chance of supplying cheap energy about 50 years from now. We should at least double the funding for fusion research. In the mean time, we need to use solar, wind, geothermal, and maybe fission if necessary. We have already the technology to preserve a livable planet for large mammals. All we need is a WWII-size investment of effort and money. Worldwide, eventually, but it must start here. We have the money, the expertise, and the workers. Unfortunately only 2% of Democrats and 0% of Republicans think it’s a high priority.
This is a tremendous achievement. Marriage is about who you want to make a life with. Who you love. Who you may have a family with. It is no one else’s business. The votes on this show who is against the freedom of love and beliefs we all deserve. This country was not founded as a religious but a secular one. It must remain as such.
Progress! Now the passage of VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION is a priority. The failure of the Senate to pass HR1 and HR4 has made voting rights a target for the conservation SCOTUS. Gerrymandering, partisan redistricting and voter suppression must be checked.
I am thrilled by this huge moment. touched by so many comments by folks whose lives matter. Go Biden! You are a fine man!
Democrats have been above board on their ability to control inflation. No promises, only to do what needs to be done within their power to bring down prices. If Republicans have a super, duper, triple top secret never before made available for public consumption plan that can only be accessed by drilling through 3 miles of arctic ice on the first full moon of the month where the first blue moon of the millennium appears...then, yes, we’ll wait. Anything less, we’ll have to pass.
As far as the right to marry who you are truly willing to devote yourselves to one another in love and in sickness and health has nothing to to what anyone else thinks or believes. Bless you and your ability to love and commit.
I have a question: heartbeat laws say fetuses are human beings with all the rights. Do those rights go away at birth? Dad in the TX case says his daughters don’t/can’t have the right of privacy. Can these folks have it both ways?
Reading the dissents in US v. Windsor (requiring the federal government to recognize marriages that are valid where performed- the first step invalidating DOMA) and Obergefell v. Hodges makes this legislation vitally important.