The Radicalized Right's Response to Gay Marriage

No, this is not from an Onion article (it's from Think Progress):

In response to a federal court ruling that Oklahoma’s same-sex marriage ban is unconstitutional discrimination, a state lawmaker says he wants to skirt the equal protection argument by banning all marriages in the state.

“[My constituents are] willing to have that discussion about whether marriage needs to be regulated by the state at all,” Rep. Mike Turner (R) told News 9. He said the idea has the backing of other conservative lawmakers, and could be achieved through a shell bill he filed in the state legislature, intended to adapt to any court rulings on same-sex marriage.

The Think Progress article goes on to note that this tactic is similar to one used in the Jim Crow south to resist the U.S. Supreme Court’s order in Brown v. Board of Education that required states to desegregate schools:

As part of a "massive resistance" campaign urged by Virginia Sen. Harry F. Byrd, the Virginia legislature ordered the closure of schools subject to a desegregation order. When that tactic was invalidated by courts, one county went so far as to shut down its public school system entirely from 1959 until 1964.

After reading this article, the first thing I thought was how much it must suck to be a member of the Radicalized Right in America these days, what with legalized marijuana, legalized gay marriage, a Black Man elected president twice (both times in an Electoral College landslide), a health care reform law that actually requires coverage for birth control, etc.  I almost feel sorry for these folks.

I'm kidding, of course.  I don't feel the least bit sorry for these America-hating bastards.  In fact, it brings a smile to my face that members of the Radicalized Right are suffering over this stuff right now.  Hopefully some of them will do us all a favor and leave the country.