Comments on: Supreme Court to Consider Military Recruting Ban

By: JackLewis.net

JackLewis.net — Tue, 03 May 2005 15:41:22 +0000

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By: Neo

Neo — Tue, 03 May 2005 05:32:33 +0000

I predict that the Supremes will throw out the 1st Amendment argument completely and instead cite the 14th Amendment, as this is simply a term of a (pseudo) commercial activity, much the way the whole slew of educational Title programs are enforced.

Golden Rule: he who has the gold makes the rules.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Mon, 02 May 2005 22:41:53 +0000

The real issue here is whether it is constitutional for the Federal government to discrimintate against gays who want to protect and fight for their country. That's a bigger issue than the ability of the armed forces to recruit the people it wants and needs, so that it can protect the rights of malcontents to gripe about how American society doesn't do everything their way? Um, I don't think so.

By: montana wildhack

montana wildhack — Mon, 02 May 2005 18:01:39 +0000

Ann Althouse also predicts this will be overturned 9-0. (sorry, too lazy to look for link!)

By: GP

GP — Mon, 02 May 2005 17:33:12 +0000

This case is a classic example of the wonderful inefficiency of our government system. The real issue here is whether it is constitutional for the Federal government to discrimintate against gays who want to protect and fight for their country. The matter at hand in this case is more of a side show that errupted as a result of overboiling tempers of the right and left.

I don't mean to say that the inefficiency is bad. Our system has worked so well for so long, and there is certainly an argument that this inefficiency has a positive effect of cooling tempers at the fringes while the majority of the country gets comfortable with social progress.

Like with many past social movements in America, gays will achieve equal footing in US society one day. Barely a week goes by that gays aren't awarded equalized rights in some jurisdiction of our country or our allies. At some point if the US doesn't equalize rights, their ability to be a member of the global economy and society will deminish. It is really all a matter of timing as to when gays get these rights here. Sometimes our country is painfully frustrating though in its slow path to progess on social issues.