There has been a large amount
of media today surrounding the Supreme Court’s ruling on same sex marriages. I
actually do not really understand why anyone would oppose gay marriage but I am
sure that they exist. I read an article that discussed Senator Ted Cruz’s
proposal for the Justices of the Supreme Court to have to face an election
process, which caused me to look for the reason or event that may have sparked
that idea. Eventually, I came across the article listed below that discusses Justice
Clarence Thomas and his comments. He compared gay marriage to slavery and
stated, “Slaves did not lose their dignity (any more than they lost their
humanity) because the government allowed them to be enslaved.” This was in
response to some who thought the government took the dignity from gays by not
allowing them to marry. He also stated, “Those held in internment camps did not
lose their dignity because the government confined them.”
Dignity is defined as the
state of being worthy of honor or respect. It is reasonable to think that if
you take someone’s freedom from them and make them a slave, you are also taking
their dignity. Currently, there is a lifetime term for Supreme Court Justices.
I believe that this is related to why Senator Cruz is proposing elections.
Justice Thomas has either lost his mind, or maybe he never should have been
appointed as a Justice but in our current system we are stuck with him for the
rest of his life.
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/justice-clarence-thomass-anti-gay-marriage-argument-is-that-slavery-wasnt-so-bad/ar-AAcbh0P
I agree that the justice's words are misled, however I still believe that justices have the right to speak their mind and that their lifetime posts prevent corruption of the post, the right always prevails as it does regardless of their personal beliefs as it did today, however without this the checks and balances system in this country I do not think would work nearly as well.
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