Posted on 09/07/2015 4:57:47 PM PDT by markomalley
The Supreme Court cannot rewrite statutes. They can void them if they opine that their statutory laws are in violation of the Constitution of the United States.
That is what they did.
They voided the entire Kentucky Marriage law since the entire law was predicated on a definition of the institution that was declared null and void by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
As I have stated before, the issuance of a marriage license must comply with the State's definition of marriage. Since Kennedy voided the State's definition of marriage, there is no basis for anyone to issue a "marriage" license. There is no such institution of "marriage" in Kentucky right now.
The Law of Unintended Consequences. Or in Justice Kennedy's case, maybe it was intended.
I've been wondering if libertarian leaning Kennedy didn't invalidate marriage laws in these states knowing that it would lead to the end of state sponsored marriage altogether. Libertarians are none too fond of the government being involved in marriage, and many believe it should be a contractual arrangement between the involved parties, if even that. Just no government involvement.
And all along the homosexualist movement wanted a eternally continuing finger in the eye of those who affirm natural marriage.
They might end up with no marriage at all. Not at all what they'd hoped for.
Like you say, there's no Constitutional requirement that marriage exist. It's not in federal law and isn't required in state law.
This might end up pissing off a lot of divorce lawyers.
Yeah, but look at the potential boon for Contract Lawyers. :-)
Cruzing with Ted!
And all along the homosexualist movement wanted a eternally continuing finger in the eye of those who affirm natural marriage.
I think it's actually deeper than this.
The goal of Satan is to destroy Christianity completely and this requires destruction of the family. The left has been Satan's willing accomplice in this for at least a century.
Look at the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany, the FIRST thing they did after achieving power was to devise ways to take children away from their parents.
Then there is the "Sexual Revolution" and central to this is the desire for sex without children. When this was achieved in the 1960s a few other things happened to break down families: the marriage rate dropped, people who did marry were marrying later, married couples were having fewer children, out-of-wedlock births increased and divorce skyrocketed.
Which brings us to the homosexuals and their desire for "marriage equality." Why do they suddenly want "marriage equality"? They have spent the past fifty years openly mocking the institution of marriage. Setting aside the issue of inability to reproduce, homosexuality is totally at odds with the institution of marriage: marriage is supposed to be PERMANENT, homosexuality is grounded in hedonistic pleasure and nothing more.
Same-sex "marriage" isn't any more about "marriage equality" than "family planning" is about having children.
They might end up with no marriage at all. Not at all what they'd hoped for.
On the contrary, it is EXACTLY what they've long hoped for. They desire to destroy marriage and the family for EVERYONE.
Well said, wagglebee.
No. Unfortunately GW is responsible for Judge Bunning.
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