Alito on Same Sex Marriage

"You can’t say that marriage is the union between one man and one woman." https://newrepublic.com/article/160199/samuel-alito-federalist-society-religion

"Thinking is hard. That's why most people jump straight to judgement." C. Jung.

Alito claims "You can’t say that marriage is the union between one man and one woman."

Well, that's false on its face: people say or write it all the time. He's drawing attention to blow back: pressure from an opposing point of view. On blowback,

1. Nobody said there'd be no blow back whatever your position. Nobody said it's the world's role agree with you indirectly or directly. And nobody said the blow back couldn't be pointed and directed.

2. In the face of blow back a good number of people cope by becoming the righteous judger or victim to emotionally apply pressure. They are much the same: If you multiply one through by -1 you get the other. Both suggest an inability to mount a better argument.

3. Alito in this comment doesn't argue for non-same-sex marriage or even counter argue a same sex marriage point. Instead he turns attention to the possible reaction by detractors which might might possibly stun a group into silence. That's two "possibly" degrees of freedom away. Kind of foggy endgame, no?

4. I claim private life has become too mixed with public. I'm more in favor don't ask don't tell in the public sphere when John Doe A interacts with some other John Doe B.. To push protected status or take offense of somebody else's identity seems like such an unforced error a domain which the opposing party never had a claim anyway. On person initiating status either as victim or judger the need for external soothing is ... is not a good look.

5. Violation of protected status is a factual and historical issue esp. grievous by powerful organizations on less powerful ones or persons. The Federal government therefore has an imperative duty to countervail against these orgs and hold them accountable.