Clarence Thomas: Supreme Court's Decision Suggests Justices' Minds Are Made Up On Gay Marriage

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The U.S. Supreme Court's move on Monday to allow gay marriage to proceed in Alabama is the strongest signal yet that the justices are likely to rule in June that no state can restrict marriage to only heterosexual couples.

Of the nine justices, only two - conservatives Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia - dissented from the court's refusal to block gay weddings from starting in Alabama. Gay marriage is now legal in 37 states.

Thomas acknowledged in a dissenting opinion that the court's move to allow gay marriages to go ahead "may well be seen as a signal of the court's intended resolution" as it considers cases from four other states on whether same-sex marriage bans are permitted under the U.S. Constitution. Although only two justices publicly dissented, the court order did not reveal whether any other justices voted to grant the stay.

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As Thomas noted in his dissent, the court's normal practice would have been to put the Alabama case on hold until it had decided the cases involving the same-sex marriage bans in Ohio, Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/09/supreme-court-gay-marriage-clarence-thomas_n_6646404.html


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I find it sad that Judge Thomas, a man whose own marriage would not have been allowed a mere 50 years ago had it not been for anti-miscegenation laws being ruled unconstitutional, is so vehemently against allowing men and women the freedom to love who they love.

[underpants]

1. He doesn't know for sure because Scalia hasn't told him

[LonePirate]

2. Devil's Advocate here: What if Thomas was simply following SC precedent?

He may support marriage equality in the June ruling but due to the pending case before the court, his dissent may have been one of a technical process nature rather than a philosophical interpretation of the Constitution.

I have not read his full dissent so maybe I am off-base here. He's still a Conservative puppet either way and there is no way he can dissent in June without being a massive hypocrite. Of course that has never stopped his party in the past.

[Dawson Leery]

3. Mark Thompson knows how to describe Clarence perfectly.