Posted on 11/06/2014 2:03:29 PM PST by reaganaut1
By a two-to-one vote, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati upheld the right of states to ban same-sex marriage, overturning lower court decisions in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee that found such restrictions to be unconstitutional.
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Holy cow! That was unexpected. Was anyone predicting this?
There is now a Circuit split, so I think it is virtually inevitable the SCOTUS will take the issue up.
Holy Toledo. I can’t believe this!
So these judges are saying states DO have the right to define marriage???? Really????
Now the federal courts have the “circuit split” which court watchers talk about. Different courts have come to different conclusions regarding whether states are allowed to define marriage in the traditional manner. The Supreme Court will have to get involved, even though they side stepped getting involved recently.
Good for them! Now SCOTUS will have to decide as there’s a “split in the circuits.” I am so sick and tired of courts taking it upon themselves to overturn the popular votes of the people. They did it with entitlements for illegals, and for gay “marriage,” and I can’t remember all. Just sick and tired of it. If we’re a representative democracy, let us have that and not a few in black robes deciding for (or rather, against!) us.
Bump.
What’s the total of sane judges, now? 3?
I suspect this is a legal tactic to force SCOTUS to decide which has higher legal precedence, the 10th Amendment or the 14th.
There is a silver lining regardless of how SCOTUS rules. If they favor the 14th amendment, the there is legal basis for forcing the states to recognize CCW license issued in another state.
If they favor the 10th, then many states will ban homosexual marriage.
A Judge is a lawyer in a black robe.
And most of those black robed lawyers are left-wing Democrats.
Any judge which approved of “gay” marriage needs immediate impeachment and disbarment.
They are incompetent or malfeasant. Either way, they need to be tossed out for cause.
Bump.
Let’s hope the SCOTUS doesn’t.
If they do, we will lose 5/4 or possibly even 6/3 if Roberts jumps ship again.
If we do, its over. Let’s hope the court keeps running. If this is the case, the disgusting practice is dead in the states where it was overturned for at least a decade.
HI kept the original marriage case going for 6 years before an amendment stopped it. So, they might.
Yes, the Supremes will have to rule now. Of course we know how they will rule, but make them do it.
This is turning into an even bigger win for liberals in that once unnatural marriage is mandated, judges are forced to support it. In NC many have quit rather than support it. So the problem gets worse because the only judges then “fit” are liberal judges.
At least a few judges understand that they are not legislators. Lets see if Justice Kennedy does.
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Bttt
May be temporary but praise God anyway
.. and Shakespeare made no distinctions.
Glad my home circuit is the odd man out.
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