Gay ‘marriage’ decision used to argue for suicide in Tennessee
A cancer victim who sued the state of Tennessee for the "right" to have doctors kill him says the U.S. Supreme Court's decision constitutionalizing homosexual "marriage" expands individual rights so as to legalize assisted suicide . Former Democratic gubernatorial candidate John Jay Hooker , who is terminally ill, wants to be put to death. A Tennessee judge said no. Hooker's lawyer argued that since Obergefell v Hodges was decided, that's unconstitutional. Hooker, 84, went to court in Nashville to win the "right" to die by assisted suicide. Three doctors said they were willing to prescribe a deadly dosage of painkillers for him, but they wanted to be sure they wouldn't be put in jail for killing him. Hooker's attorney, Hal Hardin, sought to prove that since the U.S. Supreme Court constitutionally expanded the definition of a fundamental right to include gay "marriage," the right to privacy is constitutional