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My Problem with Gorsuch’s Ruling
I posted this in Epstein’s post, but the thread is dead. So far, the assertion is that Gorsuch used the definition of “sex” in a manner that wasn’t appropriate. It occurred to me (and thank you, @saintaugustine — I wouldn’t have gotten here without you) is that he changed how “discriminate” is used.
[The reason why Gorsuch’s premises] are off is because it assumes that there is, in the nature of one’s sex, absolutely nothing that differentiates it from its opposite.
Gorsuch’s opinion is absolutely based on a wrongful (biologically) premise that there is no distinction between male and female.
He takes the CRA, that says you can’t discriminate, and effectively states that discrimination means telling the difference between two things.
Now that is a legitimate definition of the word “discriminate” but it should be quite clear that that was never the intended use of the word in the original law.
There is a reality that he is forcing the population to accept that is a bald faced lie: that there is absolutely no difference between a man and a woman.
It is not true. A man is different than a woman. A homosexual marriage is completely different from a heterosexual marriage. Gay couplings (sex) are fundamentally different from heterosexual couplings.
Nowhere in the law do we refuse to acknowledge that men and women are different. But Gorsuch’s ruling forces us to act as if they are not differentiated in the least.
That’s my case in a nutshell.
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Add in: looks good in an evening gown and you’ve got a pageant on your hands.
By any chance, are you thinking that their professions are no more than a halfway-house to discerning the real basis of the difference in judgment–the morality and/or legality of their views?
If so, that is a rejection of the premise that their professions are the “only relevant difference.” And, as previously noted, Stina et al who want to reject the parallel premise of the Gorsuch argument are free to do so.
For that matter, why may they not say that sex is no more than a halfway-house to discerning the real basis of the difference in treatment of Jim and Jill–and not even a part of the judgment at all?
(Of course, the only way for the argument to establish the “only relevant difference” premise is for the argument to be more precise. I realize you’re not consciously and intentionally asking for more precision, but I can’t see what else your objections could possibly amount to–in terms of the logic.)
I hope you don’t think I like the argument about Al and Bob. I hate it. It’s a terrible argument.
That was, indeed, the entire point.