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Dan,

"You forget some of us were around at the time. The Obergefell decision came out. That was the day YOU went loco."

Gay marriage didn't offend me. I thought legal recognition of gay relationships could encourage commitment, stability and lasting relationships. I was more inclined toward civil unions. That's water under the bridge.

Same sex marriage became legal in VA on Oct 6, 2014, after the US Supreme Court declined to review a lower court's decision.

Gavin Grimm's lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board was filed June 11, 2015. The ACLU represented Grimm, a 16 year old student who was born female and identified as male, seeking access to the boys restrooms.

Fifteen days later, on June 26, the Supreme Court issued the Obergefell decision recognizing a constitutional right to same sex marriage nationwide.

Supporting legal recognition of gay relationships didn't mean I supported replacing sex based rules for restrooms and changing rooms with rules based on gender identity.

Those developments brought that distinction quickly into focus for me. The legal disputes extended beyond marriage, and I became concerned about how the current Supreme Court might approach other questions involving sex and gender, and just how far other rulings might go.

I worried that future rulings could actually require schools and other institutions to allow people born male access to women's restrooms and changing rooms based on gender identity instead of sex. I was concerned the same Court that decided Obergefell might uphold those requirements as well.

Then, by the 2016 election, Scalia's seat was already vacant. Kennedy's was another potential vacancy. Both were Reagan appointees. If Hillary had the opportunity to fill both seats and her nominees were confirmed, she could replace two Republican appointees with justices of her choice and move the Court 2 more seats further to the left.

That was THE reason I voted for Trump. No other...Dan. Those appointments could shape the Supreme Court and its decisions for decades.

I feared a further shift to the left could have devastating consequences for society.

Another category ...

President Trump Job Approval - Inflation
www.realclearpolling.com

...

RCP Average 7/17 - 8/31
Approve: 28.1
Disapprove: 68.7
Spread: -40.6

...


Jes Staley
American banker and former CEO of Barclays
www.google.com

Leon Black
American investor

Leslie Herbert Wexner is an American billionaire businessman and political activist. He is the co-founder and chair emeritus of Bath & Body Works, Inc. He has been the principal in Abercrombie & Fitch, Victoria's Secret and La Senza, amongst several other retail corporations

Magician David Copperfield's ties to Jeffrey Epstein surfaced in unsealed Department of Justice documents

Lapo Elkann is an Italian entrepreneur, designer, and socialite best known as the flamboyant heir to the Fiat automotive dynasty and grandson of legendary industrialist Gianni Agnelli.

Thomas Pritzker resigned as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels in February 2026 after released Department of Justice documents revealed his long-standing relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Glenn Dubin and his wife, Dr. Eva Andersson-Dubin, maintained a decades-long social and financial relationship with Jeffrey Epstein that became a focal point in unsealed court documents and Department of Justice files

Celebrity hairstylist Frdric Fekkai was accused of sexual abuse and linked to Jeffrey Epstein's operational network in 2026 congressional testimony and Department of Justice (DOJ) file releases.

Eduardo Teodorani-Fabbri, an Italian businessman and former executive connected to the Agnelli family and Maserati, is named over 1,000 times in the publicly released Jeffrey Epstein document batches

Jean-Luc Brunel: Epstein associate found dead in Paris prison cell
www.bbc.com

Ramsey Elkholy sent the financier hundreds of emails over almost a decade, discussing the women's bodies and their attitudes to sex, and suggested he and Epstein could meet more women by investing in fashion and modelling businesses in Brazil.
www.bbc.com

Plus all the other Trump friends, "who might get hurt", according to MTG.


"FUNNY"


The latest polling reveals that AIPAC pod-person Mike Rogers (R-MI) is trailing Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI) by between four to seven points. Barack Obama has yet to campaign for the Democratic Party US Senate candidate in the Wolverine State which was denied FEMA funding for tornado damage, is economically suffering from Dummkopf Trumpf's idiotic trade war with neighboring Canada, and "Trumpf Diarrhea Syndrome" has plagued its residents, killing at least two patients.


"FUNNY"

Maggie Haberman Hits Back at Trump's Personal Insults By Tearing Apart WH Claim About Her 9/11 Report
www.mediaite.com

... Haberman said she and the Times were "transparent" about their reporting on Trump skipping a 9/11 ceremony in New York in part due to his desire to give a speech. Speeches are barred at the annual event.

She said:

Look, we stand by the reporting and the Times put out a statement explaining that this is based on multiple sources. We went to the White House. We were quite transparent with them about what we were reporting, including the part about that part of the reason why he was not going to New York was because he did want to speak, and the White House did not say anything, pushing back on what we were reporting. And then 24 hours later, the president started attacking the piece. You know, so readers can make their own assessment about a denial that comes a day later.



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