The Politics Thread

[marceline]

This is going to be such an ugly race. I fully expect violence.

[DRW50]

The Vatican briefly puts a halt to persecuting nuns who don't hate the right people...

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/04/16/400094415/vatican-ends-scrutiny-of-u-s-nuns

[YRBB]

I just love this little Tweet:

Stephen King ‏@StephenKing 44m44 minutes ago

Cruz, Paul and Rubio, all running for President. Hey, I thought I was supposed to write the horror stories.

[DRW50]

Nice to know that the Washington Post still gets all gooey over the "respectful" kind of hatemongers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/a-fresh-face-emerges-as-a-leader-in-the-movement-against-same-sex-marriage/2015/04/15/d78cf256-dece-11e4-be40-566e2653afe5_story.html?tid=pm_politics_pop_b

[marceline]

Bobby Jindal writes an odious op-ed for the NY Times and Steve King introduces a bill to try and keep courts from ruling on gay marriage.

I haven't seen this much gay panic since Three's Company went off the air.

[GMac]

It's already exhausting. Everyday, these bigots come up with new ways to discriminate and the media report that [!@#$%^&*]. I just want to crawl under a rock until November 2016 at this point.

[DRW50]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2015/04/26/cecily-strongs-harshest-burns-in-her-white-house-correspondents-dinner-speech/

[GMac]

Here in the great state of Florida, Tallahassee is owned by Republicans. It's so sad that they are still unable to pass their agenda, including:

Guns in schools and on college campuses, allowing adoption agencies the right to turn away gay couples, limiting which bathrooms transgenders can use.

If there's good news in all of this, it's that the Senate is getting more moderate due to the lack of a Democratic voice.

It's a pretty good read, not too long:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-senate-conservative-bills-dead-20150423-story.html

[GMac]

SCOTUS is hearing arguments on marriage equality today!! My local news is saying a decision won't be announced until June...

[DRW50]

A great example of why I'm baffled at the media who insist the case is an automatic win for gay marriage supporters.

http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-04-28/roberts-kennedy-question-gay-marriage-as-top-court-clash-starts

Maybe they are setting LGBT people up for a fall, since the media loves to push anti-gay stories and they'd love to get to write stories about "the heartland" and "overreach" and "backlash against pushing too far."

[GMac]

^ ^ ^ You're absolutely right.

How is the media considered "liberal" when it's not uncommon for them to pull a stunt like that. Not to mention how they've treated Hilary.

[ThePrinceOfSunspear]

I'm definitely expecting a split decision....this could be a huge disappointment for gay and lesbians across the nation. But even if they rule in favor there's various ways they could split the baby from what I've read on Politico and other sites.

Judging by the questioning from Roberts and Kennedy I don't think anyone can really claim to know how it's going to go...

[GMac]

Christian "leaders" threaten civil disobedience if Supreme Court legalizes same-sex marriage

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/04/28/will-not-obey-christian-leaders-threaten-civil-disobedience-if-supreme-court/

There's so much wrong with this article, I don't even know where to begin...

[DRW50]

Same old Bill. Shady money woes.

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/clinton-foundation-bill-hillary-chelsea-117505.html?hp=t1_r

[quartermainefan]

The media is always out to catch the Clintons in something. This will be of no consequence to them, just like the previous 500 scandals the media tried to sell. All you have to do is see how the NYT got into bed with that Clinton bashing book author to see they want a story and don't care where they get it. Clinton scandals sell I guess, and the democratic party as zero story or drama. They have to come up with something or they have nothing to cover.