Posted on 03/03/2015 5:47:51 PM PST by GIdget2004
Weeks after a United States District Court Judge in Mobile ordered a probate judge there to issue same-sex marriage licenses, the Alabama Supreme Court has ordered a halt to same-sex marriages in the state.
The order, called a writ of mandamus, had been requested by the Alabama Policy Institute and the Alabama Citizens Action Program last month.
"As it has done for approximately two centuries, Alabama law allows for 'marriage' between only one man and one woman," the order said. "Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to this law. Nothing in the United States Constitution alters or overrides this duty."
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage in the media in the last month. However, he is not listed among the concurring or dissenting judges and appears to have recused himself from the case.
(Excerpt) Read more at al.com ...
If only more judges would stand up for the rule of law and against tyranny
Bump.
Freegards
State sovereignty bump.
Thank God for Alabama.
Good. There is absolutely nothing in the constitution that remotely requires the licensure of same sex marriage. The constitution would have to be amended to put in place such a requirement. I hope Alabama stands strong. They are on the right side of the constitution.
FINALLY! A state is showing some judicial common sense about this.
“Nothing in the United States Constitution alters or overrides this duty.”
Amen!!
STAND STRONG, Alabamians! Dear God, thank you for bringing me to this state!
Way to go, Alabama!!
Indeed.
But Kennedy said he believes that probate judges act “at their own peril” if they choose to obey state courts instead of federal court. He said any couple denied a marriage license could sue in the federal district where they live.
He said the outcome should be clear.
“Whenever state law conflicts with federal law, federal law wins,” he said
Until some liberal federal judge further up the food chain turns this decision over.
Go, Alabama.
Alabama state motto: We Dare Defend Our Rights
If that is true, then why are states allowed to legalize marijuana, when federal law bans recreational and medicinal use of that drug? Or do we make up laws and court cases based not on law or constitutions, but on what liberals decide they want to see happen??
Do we make laws based on constitutions and laws on the books, or do we make laws and policies based on political correctness???
The problem is that far too many judges are no longer judges but oligarchs. The only law they respect is the law they agree with or make up. What should be happening is that the judges who are pulling this left wing bs out of their asses and forcing it on us should be facing 24x7 protests wherever they go. The problem is people fear them where they should fear citizen and the law.
***further up the food chain***
Thats some stinkin thinkin right there...
exactly.
I have asked so many times where is there is a constitutional right and also how are homosexuals discriminated against when they can marry the opposite sex just like us and they can’t marry the same sex just like us.
I was elated to read the headline.
There is no federal law on marriage anymore.
In 2013,the Supreme Court ruled the federal government must accept state definitions of marriage from states which allow homosexual marriages. The court ruled the federal government could not define marriage as a man and a woman. However, there was no replacement definition of marriage put in place.
So how can anyone refer to the federal definition of marriage overriding a state when there is no federal definition of marriage??? Or again, do we just make it up as we go along based on politically correct ideas???
***Might be some “stinkin thinkin “ but watch what happens over the next few weeks***
I can’t tell whether you are bitchin or gloatin...:)
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