Posted on 03/13/2015 9:14:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The founder and president of a coalition of black pastors has called upon U.S. Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from the same-sex marriage case that is currently before the high court.
In a recent press release, Rev. William Owens of the Coalition of African-American Pastors (CAAP) cited Ginsburg’s and Kagan’s “stated bias” as reason to recuse themselves in order to preserve the integrity of the court. Owens and his organization have launched a petition to bring attention to the alleged “lack of impartiality” on the part of the two justices.
In February, Ginsburg, 81, said in an interview with Bloomberg Business that Americans are ready to accept a Supreme Court decision that legalizes same-sex marriage because of significant changes in attitudes toward gay individuals. Ginsburg also became the first Supreme Court justice to officiate at a same-sex wedding in Washington. Kagan has since officiated at a same-sex wedding as well.
“A Justice of the Supreme Court is called on to avoid the appearance of bias—especially on a highly controversial and sensitive issue that is currently before the Court,” said Owens. “And yet, both Justice Ginsburg and Justice Kagan have taken a public stance in favor of same-sex marriage, even going so far as to officiate at a same-sex wedding.”(continued)
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Agree 100% for cows will fly before the recuse themselves.
I’m glad they sent the letter. A whole bunch of other folks ought to just to get on record and also to overwhelm them.
Doubtful they will, but I think we ought to swamp them to recuse themselves.
Send Ruth Ginsburg a few cases of fine wine. That ought to keep her away from the Court for a while.
...that's a man!
LMAO
The federal judge that overruled the will of the people in California and the US Supreme Court sided with him when they would not even hear the case, IS A SODOMITE who lives with his “partner”, probably now his “husband”, “wife” or what ever in the hell you call them. Roberts could care less how many Supreme Court justices have presided over sodomite “marriages”.
http://underneaththeirrobes.blogs.com/main/2005/08/more_grist_for_.html
Ginsburg performed a same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia, where it was permitted by a vote of the elected City Council. She has not performed such a marriage in any place where a ban was set aside by a court. Big difference.
Should such marriages be made legal and constitutional.
DC has taken a position and made them legal, other areas and states have a counter opinion. SCOTUS has the sole authority to make a decision ion who is right.
Ginsburg should recuse herself (but won't).
That's not the question before the Court.
No one contests that same-sex marriage is legal and constitutional in places where the voters or their elected representatives have made it legal. The only question before the Court is whether the Constitution requires states to make it legal even where the voters and their representatives have refused to.
If Ginsburg had performed a gay marriage ceremony in, say, North Carolina, where same-sex marriage was rejected by the voters but imposed by a federal judge, she would have prejudged the question before the Court and I would agree with you that she should recuse herself. But she didn't.
Sort of like trying to get Holder to investigate Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson; isn’t gonna happen
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