Posted on 09/04/2014 11:25:38 PM PDT by Olog-hai
A stinging rejection of same-sex marriage bans in Wisconsin and Indiana, issued by a unanimous and unequivocal U.S. appeals court, has brought hope to those fighting the laws that the Supreme Court will feel pressure to rule soon in their favor.
The ruling from the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago came Thursday, the same day 32 states asked the Supreme Court to settle the issue once and for all.
Fifteen states that allow gay marriage, led by Massachusetts, filed a brief asking the justices to take up three cases from Virginia, Utah and Oklahoma and overturn bans. And 17 other states, led by Colorado, that have banned the practice asked the court to hear cases from Utah and Oklahoma to clear up a “morass” of lawsuits, but didn’t urge the court to rule one way or another. …
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Blackrobes sayeth Christian marriage does not benefit society. It is an anachronism. Christian marriage harms and offends faggots. So sayeth blackrobes.
Blackrobes fearlessly assault the 9th & 10th Amendments, and will continue to do so until the states are returned to the senate.
Never mind the First Amendment’s free exercise clause.
Abuse of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to benefit those who would tear down society and discriminate against those practicing their religion peaceably is an attack on society by the red-and-pinko “blackrobes” themselves. “Hate speech/crime” laws are a larger assault on same by legislators.
The granting of a marriage license is no different than the granting of a driver license. Both are 10th Amendment States’ rights. .........Each State establishes prerequisites that must be met by applicants before they will be granted a license. .......The Federal court system and SCOTUS should not be involved in this issue at all!
But the states do not have the right to trample the First Amendment either way, just as the federal government has no right to trample the Tenth.
Numerous states properly amended their constitutions to define marriage as between man and woman. I'd guess these states comprise well over 200 million Americans.
For unelected, untouchable blackrobes to so easily slough off the will of so many Americans as nothing more than prejudiced assaults on defenseless homos is an incredibly serious matter.
In essence, the cumulative effect of these court decisions constitute repeal of free republican state government.
It means NOTHING is beyond the reach of our masters in Rome-on-the-Potomac.
But hey, just we'll just keep voting and expect change.
Too readily forgotten. That guarantee means (at least IMV) that the federal government has the obligation of keeping socialist governments out of the states, including social-democratic and other totalitarian forms.
When the leaders (including the judges) fail to recognize their responsibility to God, then they provoke God to answer their defiance.
Very good points in your comments on this thread, J.
I read an excerpt of that atrocious decision yesterday.
Absolute extremism....I cannot recall a more blatant disrespect for federalism, true Christian practice, or the 14th amendment rights of citizens who want to maintain the traditional ethic of the last 5,000 years.
These “judges”, if I were in charge, would be impeached and removed from the bench.
Under no circumstances should the question of gay marriage be rushed to the SCOTUS. Instead, we should resist all efforts to have a gay marriage case heard before the High Court as we know that the present court would approve gay marriage nationwide.
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