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Watch Live: CPAC 2018, Day 2, Featuring Far Right Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist Frank Gaffney

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No Malarkey!2/23/2018 12:25:29 pm PST

re: #96 HappyWarrior

Correct. Originalism is a sham.

Correct, its the legal principles established by the Constitution which should be applied, not how we imagine an 18th or 19th century white man would apply them to situations they couldn’t even conceive. For example, same-sex marriage in the 19th century is a nonsensical concept because of the inherent inequality in the male-female relationship built into marriage at that time. Only now that 20th century reforms have made marriage a legal relationship between two equals can we even consider whether same-sex couples are entitled to equal protection of marriage laws.