The president will more than likely appoint more Pro gay supreme judges which seems way more likely. I think a lot of people don't realize that it's an issue dealt with state by state, and not federally as of yet.
SCOTUS' majority opinion would actually be in favor of gay marriage right now (with Kennedy - conservative but decides in favor of the gay community); Chief Justice Roberts would decide in favor of gay marriage too, as long as it doesn't seem like an "activist court"-ish decision.
Ugh,... here goes me expecting him to push it even harder now that he won his second term and got nothing to lose
Really disappointed and feel rather betrayed.
Just because he won't be "pushing" doesn't mean progress won't be made. Think of the supreme court justices he can appoint, the fact that he WOULDN'T veto an overturning of DOMA, etc. etc.
Uh yeah i do no need to be condescending if that wasn't your tone than i apologize for assuming. The difference with those issues and ours is the law in some states wont be quick to help if someone gay gets attacked or killed.
A single SCOTUS appointment isn't going to help us; Justice Ginsburg is who plans on retiring and she would already decide in favor of gay marriage; now if Scalia steps down, we're in business.
Regardless, you have a very, very big question/issue posted to the justices: can the SCOTUS overrule a state's constitution (as several states have constitutional bans)? This is an issue that the Supreme Court hasn't seen (at least in the modern era); that's the problem with counting on the judicial system to take care of this.
Shh. He wants Romney in office and less pay for women and for women to have to pay more for healthcare. Also for the definition of rape to be redefined.