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Sen. Jeff Sessions says Alabama must 'ultimately follow the law' on same-sex ruling
AL.com ^ | 07/01/2015 | Mike Cason

Posted on 07/01/2015 8:45:25 AM PDT by GIdget2004

Sen. Jeff Sessions said today that Alabama will "ultimately have to follow the law" on the Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, even though he strongly disagrees with it.

Sessions was asked about the resistance by some judicial officials in Alabama to granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples after the court's 5-4 ruling that state bans on gay marriage violate the Constitution.

Sessions did not say specifically how officials in Alabama should proceed.

"Ultimately they'll have to follow the law," the senator said. "The question of what that means and exactly what that requires them to do, I guess they'll have to decide for themselves and seek their own legal counsel."

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; US: Alabama; US: Texas
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1 posted on 07/01/2015 8:45:25 AM PDT by GIdget2004
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To: GIdget2004

Should we follow laws that go against the US Constitution and even the word of GOD? No.


2 posted on 07/01/2015 8:47:09 AM PDT by ryan71 (Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
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To: GIdget2004

So exactly what is it Sessions, Dead Horse or Live Boy?


3 posted on 07/01/2015 8:48:32 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: GIdget2004

wow, Sessions just sank 50% in my estimation


4 posted on 07/01/2015 8:50:43 AM PDT by Viennacon (I)
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To: GIdget2004

How are those who “followed the law” as interpreted in the Dred Scott decision remembered by history?


5 posted on 07/01/2015 8:52:14 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Vote GOP: A Slower Handbasket)
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To: Viennacon

laws are made by elected representatives, not courts


6 posted on 07/01/2015 8:52:29 AM PDT by GeronL
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To: GIdget2004

IOW - appease the Yankee invader!


7 posted on 07/01/2015 8:52:57 AM PDT by DaveyB (Live free or die!)
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To: GIdget2004

Disgusting.


8 posted on 07/01/2015 8:57:47 AM PDT by Politicalkiddo ("In the day of my trouble I will call upon You, for You will answer me" -Psalms 86:7)
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To: GIdget2004

No. He should say it for what it is. The decision is invalid since 2 justices should have recused themselves since they blatantly showed partiality prior to the case. If this was going to be a ‘landmark’, scotus should have treated it like one. The other seven justices should have demanded recusal of Kagan and Ginsberg.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 9:00:31 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: GIdget2004

Sessions is right.


10 posted on 07/01/2015 9:02:34 AM PDT by BlackAdderess ("Give me a but a firm spot on which to stand, and I shall move the earth". --Archimedes)
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To: TMA62

Sessions is a realist. We have lost this battle. There are not enough people really against this mess. Save our fire for the immigration issue. That is what will make or break the future of the country.


11 posted on 07/01/2015 9:05:16 AM PDT by Himyar (Sessions: the only real man in D.C.)
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Sessions is a realist. We have lost this battle.


There was no battle. The Generals did not want to fight “gay marriage” and preemptively surrendered.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 9:06:45 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Himyar

We have lost EVERY battle.


13 posted on 07/01/2015 9:09:26 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless)
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To: GIdget2004

If Alabama were to get out of the business of defining and regulating marriage, and return private relationships to the sphere of what is private and personal, then the issue of the Outrageous decision by the Supreme Court would instantly be moot.

But once states have the power to define and regulate something they would almost rather die than give up that power. Now that power may destroy far more liberty than it grants.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 9:09:55 AM PDT by theBuckwheat
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To: GIdget2004
Get out of the marriage business. Anyone who wants to marry in the eyes of the government can make out a federal form.

The Christians can still get united together in HOLY MATRIMONY in the churches.

Problem solved.

Can't blame the normal people for this. We didn't screw up marriage - the homosexuals did. Blame them.

15 posted on 07/01/2015 9:10:40 AM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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To: GIdget2004

And another GOP Cave Monkey does what the GOP does best: CAVES. And this, from a so-called Conservative??? Pfffffft. He’s worthless, just like the rest of them.


16 posted on 07/01/2015 9:11:03 AM PDT by dware (Yeah, so? What are we going to do about it?)
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To: ryan71
Should we follow laws that go against the US Constitution and even the word of GOD? No

Let roberts, kennedy, the "wise latina lesbo" and the others go down there and enforce their edict!

17 posted on 07/01/2015 9:14:04 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (0bama may not be THE antiCHRIST, but he's definitely ANTI - CHRIST!)
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To: GIdget2004
Alabama will "ultimately have to follow the law"

What "law" would that be? From what legislative process?

18 posted on 07/01/2015 9:19:54 AM PDT by meadsjn
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To: GIdget2004

What does “Follow the law” mean. Are we all gay now?


19 posted on 07/01/2015 9:20:25 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Of those born of women there is not risen one greater than John The Baptist.)
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To: GIdget2004

Did the congress pass a law?


20 posted on 07/01/2015 9:21:40 AM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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