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To: HomerBohn
Found an article that says the opposite of what freedomoutpost says ...

The Alabama Supreme Court this morning dismissed petitions by the Alabama Policy Institute, the Alabama Citizens Action Program and Elmore County's probate judge that had sought a landmark ruling declaring the state's prohibition on gay marriage still stands in defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Today's ruling means same-sex marriage is still intact in Alabama and the petitions challenging it are tossed.

Alabama Supreme Court dismisses petitions opposing gay marriage | AL.com | March 4, 2016
10 posted on 03/09/2016 5:28:10 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt

Don’t understand the conflicting info.

Can only hope.


13 posted on 03/09/2016 5:38:00 AM PST by HomerBohn (Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
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To: Cboldt
The court order on March 4th upholds their previous order and dismisses all motions and petitions challenging that order. The previous order mandates to Alabama government officials NOT to issue homosexual marriage certificate. This ruling upholds that order.

The US Supreme Court was found by the Alabama Supreme Court to have acted unlawfully.

From the AL court ruling, 4th March:

Justices Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito, that the majority opinion in Obergefell has no basis in the law, history, or tradition of this country. Obergefell is an unconstitutional exercise of judicial authority that usurps the legislative prerogative of the states to regulate their own domestic policy. Additionally, Obergefell seriously jeopardizes the religious liberty guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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The amendment process requires the ratification of three-quarters of the states, not a mere 5 out of 9 Justices on the Supreme Court.
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Although the Court could suggest that the Constitution would benefit from a particular amendment, the Court does not possess the authority to insert the amendment into the Constitution by the vehicle of a Court opinion and then to demand compliance with it.

23 posted on 03/09/2016 8:36:08 AM PST by CodeToad (Islam should be banned and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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