Supreme Court decision

[LaterBloomer]

Not even finished reading the article, soliloquy, and one thing comes to mind.

"Hate-crime-like policies using the terms “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” create unequal protections in law, whereby protected groups receive more legal protection than other groups."

"...more legal protection than other groups." is already the law of the land. In my state, and I suspect it's a US federal law, too, but I'm too lazy to check, if you kill a police officer, a judge, a prison guard, etc. you face an enhanced charge. (I won't argue whether they should be protected groups, or not. I'm just sayin'.) Also, post 9/11, there are laws against terrorists. Killing someone is killing someone, regardless of the reason or purpose, but if the government determines you're a terrorist, there's enhanced punishment. (Okay, that last sentence was lazy. I didn't fact-check it, BUT the snipers we tried some years ago here in Virginia were tried under a terrorist charge. As far as I know, they weren't trying to over-throw the government or anything, they were just killing people. [Scared us quite a bit, but I don't know that it amounted to terrorizing us. Six of one, half a dozen of another.])

Justice is a system. No system is perfect.

Another thing. (Catch me folks if my logic is messy.) If folks have a right to parents, the next logical step would be to outlaw divorce in marriages where there are minor children. These children have a right to a home with two parents who are there for them 24/7. Oh, and while we're at it, maybe we should make sure that mom's not making more than dad 'cause it's "natural" for dad to be the provider. As a woman who loves her mother beyond life, I can tell you that at times I was embarrassed by her, etc. I'm sure that there are families with perfect parents, but as a child, someone who worked in the court system, and someone who worked in child welfare, I gotta say that I don't think THEY'RE natural! (Happy belated Mother's Day, Mom!)