The dissenters had differing opinions for rejecting the majority decision that same-sex couples have a right to marry anywhere in the United States. The most cited reason is a Constitutional objection, . . . that it is the right of the people and, presumedly, their elected representatives to make this decision; it is not the job of the Supreme Court:
F'rinstance, "Justice Scalia wrote his dissent 'to call attention to this Court’s threat to American democracy.'
'Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a
majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court. The opinion in these cases is the furthest extension in fact—and the furthest extension one can even imagine—of the Court’s claimed power to create 'liberties' that the Constitution and its Amendments neglect to mention. This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776: the freedom to govern themselves,' "
He views the majority opinion as "legislating from the bench"; if universal gay marriage is what the citizenry want, it is a Congressional,
i.e. legislative, duty to make it a Law, . . . not the Supreme Court's place to issue an edict.
Justice Roberts added: "If you are among the many Americans—of whatever sexual orientation—who favor expanding same-sex marriage, by all means celebrate today’s decision. . . . But do not celebrate the Constitution. It had nothing to do with it.”
Justice Alito expressed his opinion: "Today’s decision usurps the constitutional right of the people to decide whether to keep or alter the traditional understanding of marriage.”
Justice Thomas wrote: "Aside from undermining the political processes that protect our liberty, the majority’s decision threatens the religious liberty our Nation has long sought to protect.”
Ref: CBS DC
DonDiego doesn't have a strong opinion on homosexuality generally. He does find male-homosexuality somewhat off-putting; but he finds female homosexuality less off-putting, . . . in fact, quite interesting, . . . and even entertaining, . . . but DonDiego digresses.
And DonDiego hasn't been married in a church, . . . unless the
Chapel in the Clouds atop the Stratosphere Tower counts as a church. So the religious angle doesn't bother him.
The main problem DonDiego perceived was the simple legal issue of addressing the reciprocity laws among all the States recognizing marriage in all the other States. People are free to move among the States and conventional marriages are recognized by all the other States, but homosexual marriages are not. Something had to give.
Just as the Court's dissenters, DonDiego would've preferred a legislative solution. But consideration of the issue would've put Congressmen on the spot, . . . and thus might've been a long time coming. DonDiego isn't worried about long times either, but lots of folks are. So, the Supreme Court decision would seem to simply dispel the reciprocity issue; every State will now recognize every other State's marriages, as they always have.
MAYBE ! ! !
Yippee - ki - yi - yay !
