Actor Samuel Jackson slammed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “Uncle Clarence” for jeopardizing the legal right to interracial marriage with the court’s decision Friday to overturn of Roe v. Wade.
The same rationale the conservative court employed to reverse the 1973 decision on abortion rights could now be used to eliminate the right to same-sex marriage, contraception and interracial marriage, which was protected in the 1967 Loving v. Virginia ruling, lawmakers and scholars fear.
Jackson bashed Thomas as “Uncle Clarence” in a Friday night tweet, referring to the excessively servile Black character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s pre-Civil War novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
The Roe decision suggested that the legal underpinnings of the constitutional protection for abortion were weakly based on arguments that have supported other Supreme Court cases guaranteeing various rights, including the right to contraception and same-sex and interracial marriage.
In a solo concurring opinion Friday, Thomas suggested that the court should “correct the error” by withdrawing granted rights now protected under the “substantive due process clause” of the 14th Amendment.
But Thomas specifically named only the rights to same-sex marriage and contraception. He side-stepped the Loving case, which, if overturned as Roe was, could threaten his own interracial marriage to Ginni Thomas.
Jim Obergefell, the plaintiff behind the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on same-sex marriage, said Friday that Thomas omitted Loving v. Virginia on his list of top court decisions to “reconsider” because it “affects him personally.”
That “affects him personally, but he doesn’t care about the LGBTQ+ community,” Obergefell said on MSNBC’s “The Reid Out.”
Though some Thomas supporters criticized Jackson for what they called a “racist” attack on the justice, the actor’s Twitter followers mostly applauded the dig — and the issue.
Jackson is full of bs – Rowe vs Wade has nothing to do with interracial marriage. Shame on you, for being such a bigot and a full blown racist.
I agree with Samuel Jackson. They will not stop at this.
Pay attention to the article “The Roe decision suggested that the legal underpinnings of the constitutional protection for abortion were weakly based on arguments that have supported other Supreme Court cases guaranteeing various rights, including the right to contraception and same-sex and interracial marriage.” It doesn’t make Mr. Jackson a racist because he is suggesting the decision on Roe v. Wade could very well impact other decision in the past that are not specifically stated in the Constitution.
Correct!! He better shut his big racist mouth!!
Mr Jackson is and always has been a racist who sees racism in everything. Roe did not outlaw abortions but put the decision back to the state, so if u have a problem with that in your state go to another. Many ins companies cove the abortion plus travel. At least we no longer have to finance the murders of human fetuses, dogs have more rights than humans anyway!
What CT has black skin and his wife has white skin, and they love each other and are married. So wake up SJ; you are sick and stupid.
Pay attention to the article “The Roe decision suggested that the legal underpinnings of the constitutional protection for abortion were weakly based on arguments that have supported other Supreme Court cases guaranteeing various rights, including the right to contraception and same-sex and interracial marriage.” It doesn’t make Mr. Jackson a racist because he is suggesting the decision on Roe v. Wade could very well impact other decision in the past that are not specifically stated in the Constitution.
Interracial marriage should be at risk, if they have black people like you around .. Jackson we dont need any more like you. I use to like you But i just changed my mind. You are racist. no good.
What’s in your wallet, Samuel? Oh, that’s right. The RACE CARD. It’s the only one you have.
Stop trying to create more division in this country than there is. Biden is loving all this racist nonsense being flung among all the far left thinkers and is feeding off of it. Don’t help him do more harm than he has already done in trying to make this a racist nation. CT is not addressing interracial marriage. This abortion rights matter is being taken way out of proportion. It is not totally abolished…each state has its choice and the people will get a chance to vote. But of course, Biden is finger pointing to Trump for nominating conservative justices, which he truly had the power to do. The people just aren’t buying it.
Where do these people get these idea’s, Justice Thomas is in an interracial marriage why would he want to ban them????
Prior to the Supreme Court ruling on birth control back in 1965, it was banned in two states. Thirty states prohibited advertising about birth control but did not prohibit doctors from prescribing it. It was completely legal in the remaining states. Besides, the ruling only stated that married women must have access to it, but states could determine whether or not unmarried women could acquire birth control. Perhaps I should not be so amazed when people exhibit such a limited knowledge of our history.
Why should interracial marriage be at risk, as long as it is between a man and a woman, as GOD ordained, its not like two men or two women getting married, which the bible condemns
Jackson got what he wanted by saying something stupid – his Name in the Paper. After all, he’s sinking fast…