Jimmy Carter disappoints on the issue of Texas and gay marriage

[Jamastiene]

39. No one is denying that is how things are.

We are arguing that is not how it SHOULD be.

The higher courts are overturning state law after state law against gay marriage and essentially legalizing it in states that had voted against it. That means that old rule can be overridden once it has been declared unconstitutional by a higher court. Even my pitiful tiny rural NC county has issued its first gay marriage license to two women. They were first to go for it. They are legally married now. They got married not long after they got their license. There was even an article in the paper about them.

The fact still remains that Jimmy Carter said he believed some people in the states should have the right to vote someone else's rights away. That is essentially saying he thinks it is ok for the majority in any state to discriminate against gay people. Nothing changes the fact that he said that, no matter what source. The quote is what it is.