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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLouie Goober
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court's decision finding the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional opens the door to legalized bigamy and polygamy, conservative Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert suggested Friday.
Gohmert made his comments in his typical week-ending remarks on the House floor, belittling the "holy quintet" of justices who wrote the majority opinion by saying they had broken the wise words of the biblical King Solomon that "there was nothing new under the sun."
The justices, Gohmert said, decided improperly that modern marriage between same-sex couples is a new development that requires equal protection under the Fifth Amendment. .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/28/louie-gohmert-doma_n_3517882.html?ncid=txtlnkushpmg00000037
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Louie Goober (Original Post)
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Jun 2013
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MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)1. He's, by far, my favorite Congresscritter
Louie never disappoints.
Cirque du So-What
(26,025 posts)2. Quick! Shut down the Patent Office!
Can't have people inventing anything 'new under the sun,' yunno. In actuality, Gohmert's appeal to Solomon's wisdom is 'new under the sun' where it comes to theocratic overreach in the US House of Representatives. As far as authorities on 'wisdom' go, Louie Gohmert is among the least qualified to toss around the term.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)3. Crab Louie strikes again.
truebluegreen
(9,033 posts)4. I would have thought he'd call them the UNholy quintet...
and citing Solomon, even indirectly, on the issue of marriage? Puhleeeeze.
tanyev
(42,663 posts)5. Hey, Louie, you mean the same King Solomon that had 700 wives and 300 concubines?
Seriously?