{"id":10173,"date":"2013-03-27T03:08:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T10:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=10173"},"modified":"2013-03-27T03:08:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T10:08:54","slug":"open-thread3272013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/27\/open-thread3272013\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread–3\/27\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

I continue to improve gradually, and figure to be back by the weekend.  I\u2019m running late, because I overslept (a good thing).<\/font><\/p>\n

Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s took me 3:17 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here<\/a>.  How did you do?<\/font><\/p>\n

Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

From NY Times<\/a>: <\/font>As the Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the momentous question of whether gay and lesbian couples have a constitutional right to marry, six justices questioned whether the case, arising from a California ban on same-sex marriages, was properly before the court and indicated that they might vote to dismiss it.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just wonder if the case was properly granted,\u201d said Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, who probably holds the decisive vote, in a comment that showed a court torn over whether this was the right time and right case for a decision on a fast-moving social issue. <\/p>\n

If SCOTUS dismiss the case on standing, I cannot disagree, because, at the time the California AG opted not to challenge the decision from the 9th Court of Appeals, that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional, I argued that she alone had the standing to challenge it. I think it most possible that they will do just that, making gay marriage legal in California, for now, without addressing the matter in other states. I would prefer SCOTUS to decide the case properly on its Constitutional merits that the right to marry should not be denied to LGBT couples anywhere, but I suspect they will duck out the back door.<\/font><\/p>\n

From MSNBC<\/a>: Why Republicans are NOT fiscally conservative.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news<\/a>, world news<\/a>, and news about the economy<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Once again, the Republican Party have switched their ‘Jobs, Jobs, Jobs’ bait to the War on Women.  They have no money to pay teachers, but lots keep women barefoot and pregnant.<\/font><\/p>\n

From Think Progress<\/a>: <\/font>As the Supreme Court weighs the merits of allowing gay and lesbian Americans the freedom to marry, right-wing anti-equality advocates are cranking the fearmongering up to 11, claiming that a world of marriage equality is one that would functionally ban Christians from practicing their religion.<\/p>\n

Two Fox News contributors, independently and in other outlets, made dire predictions along these lines. Todd Starnes, speaking on American Family<\/a> Radio, argued that \u201cpersecution [of Christians] like we have never seen it\u201d had \u201calready started\u201d as a consequence of the marriage equality movement<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Where their argument fails is the implication that their right to practice religion includes the right to deny the rights of others. I’ll say this again: My rights end at the tip of your nose<\/strong>. That said, there is absolutely nothing offensive about the practice of Christianity. I wish I could say the same for Republican Supply-side pseudo-Christianity, but I can’t.<\/font><\/p>\n

Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/font><\/p>\n

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I continue to improve gradually, and figure to be back by the weekend.  I\u2019m running late, because I overslept (a good thing). Jig Zone Puzzle: Today\u2019s took me 3:17 (average 4:44).  To do it, click here.  How did you do? Short Takes: From NY Times: As the Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed the momentous question […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread","category-personal","category-politics","category-35-id","category-3-id","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}