Tony Perkins' reaction to Pennsylvania marriage equality ruling is comedy gold

[babylonsister]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/05/20/1300771/-Tony-Perkin-s-reaction-to-Pennsylvania-marriage-equality-ruling-is-comedy-gold?detail=facebook#

Tue May 20, 2014 at 03:23 PM PDT
Tony Perkins' reaction to Pennsylvania marriage equality ruling is comedy gold

by Steveningen


Bitter pinched bigot Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council reacted to today's marriage equality ruling in Pennsylvania via press release and it was schadenfreudelicious.

"Judge Jones ruling has no basis in Supreme Court precedent, and lacks any foundation in the text of the Constitution, or in the history or traditions of our country. Instead, he substituted his own personal dogmatic ideology as he proclaimed that any recognition of natural marriage should be thrown 'into the ash heap of history.'

"What is inevitable is that male-female unions will continue to be uniquely important to society. The only question is whether Government will acknowledge that fact or attempt to deny the truth about marriage.

"Oddly, Judge Jones made reference to reading the 'tea leaves' of the Supreme Court's Windsor decision. Shouldn't we expect judges to read the Constitution and the law - not 'tea leaves?'

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How far up his tuchus does Perkin's have his head to assert that today's decision "lacks any foundation in the text of the Constitution?" The Supreme Court didn't come to its decision to strike down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act by analyzing the King James Bible. That Perkins maintains Jones ignored constitutional law in favor of "reading tea leaves" is a laughable stretch that even a child could see through.

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As wrong as Perkins gets all of this though, nothing holds a candle to his statement that this Bush appointed judge based his ruling entirely on "his own personal dogmatic ideology." The absurdity of this man who has made it his life's work to fight to deny people their equality based solely on his own dogmatic ideology is enough to give a person whiplash.

The only things being thrown "into the ash heap of history" are people like Perkins and their weak arguments based on personal animus against gay people. The days of making a paycheck by viciously opposing our right to marry the person we love are swiftly coming to a close.

Congratulations Pennsylvania. And to all those who must wait a bit longer, take heart. Your day is most certainly coming.

[JoePhilly]

1. Some one should tell Tony that the courts are using Scalia's own descent from an

earlier case as part of their rulings.

[yellowcanine]

4. dissent, not "descent" Ouch. Though I agree that Scalia's dissent is a descent into bigotry.

[JoePhilly]

5. I'll get over it. The spellcheck on my phone isn't as good as the one hear ...

... at my computer.

See what I did there?

[sheshe2]

2. KnR

[GeorgeGist]

3. I thought he was pretty good ...

in Psycho.