U.S. Supreme Court wipes out Proposition 8's gay marriage ban

MercuryNews.com ^ | June 26, 2013 | Howard Mintz

[Deo volente]

The U.S. Supreme Court today paved the way for same-sex couples to marry soon in California, effectively leaving intact a lower-court ruling that struck down the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage.

In a ruling that assures further legal battles, the high court found that backers of Proposition 8 did not have the legal right to defend the voter-approved gay marriage ban in place of the governor and attorney general, who have refused to press appeals of a federal judge's 2010 ruling finding the law unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court ruling, which found it had no legal authority to decide the merits of a challenge to Proposition 8, sends the case back to that original decision -- and the only question now is how quickly same-sex couples can marry and whether that ruling will have immediate statewide effect.

The 5-4 ruling was written by Chief Justice John Roberts.

[jsanders2001]

Roberts looks gay so it would surprise me one bit.

[fwdude]

So, the voters are chopped liver.

[OneWingedShark]

So, who DID have standing to bring the case?

My guess: the same people who have standing to challenge Obama's eligibility.

[fatnotlazy]

Nice to know that the vote of we, the people, doesn’t count. Thank you, Supreme Court.

[skeeter]

Roberts was the only thing I had left to thank Bush for. So I thought.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

What can I say! Ain't he/she cute?

[fwdude]

So, who DID have standing to bring the case?

Apparently, not the over 7 million Californians who voted for it.

[cumbo78]

Marriage is a LICENSING issue, which falls to the States under the Reserved Powers of the Constitution. The Defense of Marriage Act attempts to override that. In addition, the Federalization of this issue has helped the Gay Marriage lobby in their push to have marriage recognized as a RIGHT. If that is accomplished, what’s to stop the Federal Gov’t from trying to force religious institutions to perform these same sex marriages? They’re doing the same thing with contraception and Obamacare. Leave it to the states and let the chips fall where they may.

[IbJensen]

Votes by the citizens of America count for absolutely nothing.

The SCOTUS is an ass!

[fwdude]

From what I’ve heard, this case can be taken up by any authority, even a town clerk, who legally has standing in the government. So, technically, we start over again.

[bigdaddy45]

And Scalia too?

[jsanders2001]

Roberts looks gay so it would not surprise me one bit.

[RIghtwardHo]

Your “nutshell” is pretty spot on.

There is a tenant in judicial review that if you can avoid making a decision on Constitutional grounds, and can find other dispositive grounds, that is how you decide the case. That’s what happened here.

The worst part is, now that it is done, the case WILL be back (Full Faith & Credit probably) and I would bet pretty much anything that SCOTUS approves gay marriage nationwide.

[cloudmountain]

The incredible shrinking American culture continues.

Shrinking good, enlarging EVIL. No other word for it.
God made Adam and EVE, NOT Adam and STeve.

[JerseyRepub]

Laws passed by the people, as you put it, don’t make them constitutional...just sayin’...

[Yosemitest]

This is what we get when we FAIL to OBEY God.
For it is written:

“ For whosoever shall commit ANY of these abominations,
even the SOULS that commit them
SHALL BE CUT OFF from among their people. ”

Those who support homosexuals are against our Heavenly Father and His Son Jesus Christ.
These anti Christ people only bring destruction on us ALL.
I have NO sympathy for homosexuals!

Homosexuality is a "Mark" of disobedience.

It was given by our Heavenly Father to test us
to see ... if we will OBEY our Heavenly Father,
and abide by His commandments, statues, and ordinances.

Someone once asked

"Why are they [homosexuals] all so angry?"

The answer is in the definition of "REPROBATE".

rep·ro·bate \ˈre-prə-ˌbāt\ a. [L. reprobatus, reprobo, to disallow; re and probo, to prove.]

1. Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.


Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the Lord hath rejected them. Jer. 6.




2. Abandoned in sin; lost to virtue or grace.

They profess that they know God, but in works deny him, being abominable and disobedient, and to every good work reprobate. Titus 1.

3. Abandoned to error, or in apostasy. 2Tim. 3.

And the reason"why" is given in the Bible.

God has a cure for homosexuals.

But will we OBEY our Heavenly Father?

"Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect
that God is just,
that his justice cannot sleep forever."

[skeeter]

You guys finally ready to get fedgov out of the marriage sanctioning and subsidizing business yet? Or are you hoping a few more elections and you’ll be able to get big government to get rid of the strings attached to all those favors you let it do for you?

I don't think you quite understand what just happened.

[OneWingedShark]

You grasp the truth of the matter.

[ilgipper]

The voters are chopped liver and elected congress members are chopped liver, depending on the case. Sometimes, states are chopped liver. This SCOTUS sure has a lack of consistency.

[Alex in chains]

It was the California Attorney General who was to be defending the law.

BUt the AG was pro gay, so he dropped it.