August 28, 2015: Del Rio News-Herald * OPINION * Letter to the Editor * Futuristic court cases
Letter
to the Editor,
Futuristic
Court Cases
New Washington,
Mars (IPA)––Thousands of New Washington martians from the northeast quadrant of
sector 711 protested outside the Intergalactic Supreme Court today as justices
began deliberations on a number of hotly contested issues including
inter-species marriage, multi-religious freedom and intergalactic commerce.
The
justices are hoping to cover all the core issues that the average martian on
the planet is currently facing; issues such as understanding marriage in
regards to the martian race and the earthling race, practicing a multitude of
various religions simultaneously and the intergalactic trade agreements of
martians utilizing earthling money.
Spokesmartian
for the Intergalactic Supreme Court told the Intergalactic Press Agency outside
the Intergalactic Supreme Court spacecraft. “I have faith that our Justices
will be able to guide the controversial martian-earthling relationships in
these decisions, to help them better understand how all of us can better interact
regarding inter-species marriages, the freedom to practice a multitude of
various and at times conflicting religious beliefs and foreign trade intergalactic-commerce
interactions with martian and earthling money.”
One
issue receiving lots of attention is that of intergalactic marriage. The
question of whether martians could legally marry earthlings was first thrust
into the spotlight when well known earthling space hockey player Wave Greatsky
fell in love with martian actress of spaceship stage and teleport screen Planet
Jones, causing a storm of controversy.
Another
highly controversial issue is whether martians can practice a variety of
religions including earthling religions or whether they should practice the one
and only traditional martian religion which has existed for a gazillion years.
Another
contentious issue is the worthiness or worthlessness of the earthling monetary
system.
Other
issues the justices might also be considering are whether it’s permissible to
form crop circles outside one’s own space property and what kind of consensual
agreement is required for earthling probing to be lawfully allowed by martians.
Justice
Marciano was overheard to mutter, “Oh, what I would give to go back to those uncomplicated
Supreme Court decisions of 2015!”
Marian
Casillas, Ed.D.