Posted on 10/01/2009 5:41:27 PM PDT by tobyhill
A Dallas judge ruled Thursday that Texas' ban on gay marriage is unconstitutional as she cleared the way for two gay men to divorce, the Dallas Morning News reported.
State District Judge Tena Callahan said the state’s bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
While the Texas attorney general had stepped in the case to say that since a gay marriage isn’t recognized in Texas then a Texas court can’t dissolve one through divorce, Tena denied the intervention.
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They just don’t get it and probably never will.
The dumb b*tch needs to be impeached or recalled and tossed out of Texas.
This is the thing that always got me about this supposed Civil right to marry. It is called D-i-v-o-r-c-e. Civil marrigage is basically a contract. Why not just go to a lawyer and have one drawn up. NOOOOO this was and is about tearing at the fabric of the traditional family.
Where in the Constitution??? Can someone tell me where?
I would propose the unhappy couple move to Mass. or California...
Take a long romantic train ride, see if they can rekindle the spark that led them to civil union bliss...
And if it doesn’t work out for them, well, the move will handle two things...
Get them the hell out of Texas, and two, give them the opportunity to go to a state(s) to take care of their “legal” problems...
Ping!
another illiterate judge. Equal protection? They have equal protection - each person can marry one single person of the opposite sex, assuming that person consents. That’s equal for everyone. Done - nothing more equal than that.
This activist should take their illegal rulings and move to a marxist leaning state and leave Texas alone.
Her website shows her schmoozing with Chris Bell, Democratic candidate for
Texas governor. That explains the lack of moral conscience.
It turns out she’s up for re-election in 2010 and is already seeking funds for her campaign. Here’s her website; spread the word to support her opponent.
They used the backdoor to over turn the ban by attempting to get a divorce.
And while this will be overturned, at some point there will be a case that goes to the SCOTUS and gay marriage will win n an EPC claim.
They have the votes, Stevens, Bryer, Ginsburg, Sotomayor and Kennedy.
I thought I voted for a constitutional amendment to define marraige. I guess that was unconstitutional? What a joke!
Is this TEXAS we’re talking about????
The people have spoken! Judges can’t overturn what the people have approved!
Good find! Spread the word, Texas Freepers.
You know what to do Dallas. Send this judge packing.
If that were a valid argument, interracial marriage bans would not have been struck down by the SCOTUS.
So how do you remove a judge who does not respect your state constitution?
Some states will allow a recall of judges, I don’t know if Texas does.
>State District Judge Tena Callahan said the state’s bans on same-sex marriage violates the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law.
That only is possible if you accept a gender-neutral definition of marriage, which most of us don’t... as evidenced by even CALIFORNIA’S prop. 9 passage.
>So how do you remove a judge who does not respect your state constitution?
Some people will propose “recall” or “impeachment”... I favor a more direct and attention-getting method: public hanging.
If Texas was to do that with judges REFUSING to obey the state’s Constitution, well... soon these judges would be reading and examining that document in earnest.
The dumb b*tch needs to be impeached or recalled and tossed out of Texas.
This is Dallas county and if you look at the voting patterns you’ll see they support Democrats in general. That said the ruling will be appeal by AG Greg Abbot and at some point will be overturned as it makes it way up the chain of appellate courts assuming.
Why is this concept so very difficult for lefties to grasp and/or admit?
Equal protection does NOT mean redefining well-known and universally understood terms.
The very term "gay marriage" makes just as much sense as "caucasian black", or "heterosexual lesbian".
Would it be a violation of "equal protection" if I was denied registration as a racial minority when I'm a white man? No! Why not? Because I'm NOT a minority.
Why can't two people of the same sex marry? BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THE WORD MEANS!
Marriage is, by DEFINITION, an institution involving a MAN and a WOMAN, with the main purpose of bearing children and raising a family.
That's what marriage IS. This movement is nothing more nor less than a direct, frontal assault on the very institution of marriage itself. It is a ploy to destroy the family by rendering the term meaningless.
Once upon a time, one may may stumble on a no-sh!t moment.
Gay marriage is a violation of the establishment clause.
Marriage is an establishment of religion. The state ruling on it is an infringement on that establishment.
That makes it a civil rights violation for anyone partaking in the religious practice of marriage.
LOL, Tena Callahan is a meaningless little turd. She’ll be overturned.
There is no recall for judges in TX. The only officials that can be recalled in TX are mayors and city council members undeer a home-rule charter. People in TX like the stability.
ewww, you said they used the back door...
Then impeach the retard.
We elect judges in Texas. She’s probably toast.
That’s what I say...it’s equal now! Any man, gay or not, can marry a woman. Any woman, gay or not, can marry a man. How is that not equal?
yeah, that one was easy.
She’s running for re-election in 2010 so, to all my fellow Freeper Dallas County residents: Let’s vote this b!tch out!
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