tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post8303106776850120757..comments2023-07-01T00:39:39.762-07:00Comments on Father Geoff Farrow: The Supreme Court’s Decisions and the New Mason-Dixon LineFather Geoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03904564207135202567noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2850096231666604.post-86767004797359051302013-06-27T19:13:02.952-07:002013-06-27T19:13:02.952-07:00Fr. Geoff, good to hear from you again. Definitely...Fr. Geoff, good to hear from you again. Definitely been a while. <br /><br />The dissents to the majority opinion in United States v. Windsor I thought quite illuminating. I'm all for judicial conservatism (i.e., the principle that the courts should effect the smallest decision possible). But when the dissents' language could read, in a slightly different context, to support segregation or racial purity laws, maybe it's time to reconsider? <br /><br />The idea that the federal government, in a classic "tyranny of the majority," can reach into a sovereign state and disapprove the democratic will of its citizens in an area exclusive to the state is odious to our federal system of governance. And thanks to Kennedy, that is undone and much of the groundwork laid for challenging anti-equality laws on the grounds of equal protection.Talhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10370831725911688642noreply@blogger.com