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Are U.S. Supreme Court Justices Constitutional Lawyers or Sociologists and Pollsters? DOMA Is an Issue of Equal Protection, Not Political or Societal Fashion!

Why is the U.S. Supreme Court considering societal norms and what is considered acceptable today when talking about whether the Defense of Marriage Act is constitutional or not?

The fact that U.S. Supreme Court Justices are openly pondering the issues of political fashion and societal norms in their decision making in the Defense of Marriage Act case bewilders me. Are Supreme Court Justices sociologists or pollsters? No, they are supposed to be constitutional lawyers. If they're not primarily concerned with constitutional law, then why are they on the Supreme Court?

To me, same-sex marriage is protected by the equal protection clause of the constitution, period. You can't protect heterosexual Americans' rights at the expense of other Americans who are gay or lesbian.

Some day, I hope that hate speech is not just the "n" word. I hope hate speech grows to include hate speech against gays, against women, and against others currently experiencing hate speech and oppression as though such speech and condescension were normal and acceptable though the "n" word is not. As a society, we haven't reached that point yet.

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Today generals can still overturn rape convictions in military courts, keep the rapists in our military, and drum out the women who complained of rape. 

I heard on National Public Radio that the military is currently all excited about recruiting women into the military. Women are more likely to graduate from high school, more likely to graduate from college, and are less likely to have criminal records than men.

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At this point in time, I think a woman would be taking a huge risk joining the military. The military doesn't deserve to have women troops as yet because they're not treated at all well once they get there. Females granted equal rights aren't prey for predators, and if they are, the female prey need to stay away.

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