Iowa <3 Gay Marriage

[Keystone Phil]

no surprise.  As I've stated before, there is a reason why the New Testament uses the Genesis story of Lot in Sodom as a picture of the deliverance of believers during the endtimes.

If gays can get married and enjoy civil rights while simultaneously advancing the Rapture and the return of Christ for people who believe that to be the outcome, then it becomes a win-win situation in the eyes of both, no?

no, because in the end, the sexual immoral will be condemned.

But, hey, I was simply remarking why I am not surprised.

Of course. Because your faith is your crutch, and you mistakenly believe everyone is as crippled as you.

Don't you have a class to teach right now, Doctor?

[Keystone Phil]

no surprise.  As I've stated before, there is a reason why the New Testament uses the Genesis story of Lot in Sodom as a picture of the deliverance of believers during the endtimes.

If gays can get married and enjoy civil rights while simultaneously advancing the Rapture and the return of Christ for people who believe that to be the outcome, then it becomes a win-win situation in the eyes of both, no?

no, because in the end, the sexual immoral will be condemned.

But, hey, I was simply remarking why I am not surprised.

Of course. Because your faith is your crutch, and you mistakenly believe everyone is as crippled as you.

Don't you have a class to teach right now, Doctor?

I'm going to school you momentarily.

Feisty, eh?

[Keystone Phil]

Stupidity excites me.

Well, with that "girlfriend" gone, you must have a lot of time for self pleasure.

[Keystone Phil]

Stupidity excites me.

Well, with that "girlfriend" gone, you must have a lot of time for self pleasure.

You're pornography enough for me.

Professor,

I don't think that is grammatically correct.

[Keystone Phil]

rather than ruining this one?

Ok, we'll leave that up to jm and brittain. 

I wasn't going to post anything in response to Einzige anyway. 

[Keystone Phil]

All states where this type of ruling was issued had unelected Supreme Courts. Coincidence? I think not.

If I remember correctly, the California Supreme Court is elected.

They are subject to being voted out of office in a retention election, but they are appointed. Pennsylvania has a similar system. It means that the elected officials identify and place nominees for the Supreme Court, but there is recourse to the voters in the long run if some judge draws attention and outrage over the long haul. Personally, I think that's better that judges raising and spending millions of dollars from the attorneys who'll be arguing cases before them and the businesses they'll be ruling on, and advertising to voters on random current issues of the day.

There aren't that many states with elected Supreme Courts. The ones that come to mind are Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Ohio, and Michigan.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices are elected when a seat is vacant, it's only after that that they are subject to retention votes.

Wow. I can't believe I missed where he said that they are appointed. Bono is correct - they are elected when there is a vacancy, not appointed. I hate electing them/voting on retention.