The Case Against Gay Marriage: Top Law Firms Won’t Touch It

NYT ^ | 4/11/15 | ADAM LIPTAK

[Salman]

There's less to this story than meets the eye.

It's not as if the big New York law firms are the only competent lawyers around.

[Viennacon]

amazing isnt it. They’ll defend Al Qaeda, but not marriage. This country is sick, and I think it may be in the terminal ward without any of us actually realizing it yet.

[Iron Munro]

They know Obama will bring the federal government Jack Boot down on them hard if they fight his homosexual agenda.

They don’t want to have the IRS, the DOJ and every other alphabet agency stomping them into oblivion.

[a fool in paradise]

As it stands, lawyers are almost in a classification by themselves.

I long ago pointed out the double standard on this site.

NEVER trust a lawyer.

[a fool in paradise]

There are no checks and balances today. We are living under a homofascist regime.

[ConorMacNessa]

American Bar Association Model Rule 6.2 - Accepting appointments:

A lawyer shall not seek to avoid appointment by a tribunal to represent a person except for good cause, such as:

(c) the client or the cause is so repugnant to the lawyer as to be likely to impair the client-lawyer relationship or the lawyer's ability to represent the client.

This rule, which only covers Court appointments, is much weaker than the provisions of the Code of Professional Responsibility that was in force when I began practicing law four decades ago.

Under the provisions of the old Code, there was both a black letter rule requiring attorneys not to refuse employment for unpopular or repugnant clients or causes, and a series of "Ethical Considerations" - aspirational statements regarding an attorney's duty to take on causes that would cause them to incur general opprobrium and anathema.

Fortunately, a few public interest law groups stand up for conservative causes, including traditional marriage. As for the silk-stocking law-firms, they have no moral compass, no ethos but materialism, no measure but the bottom line.

This is not the legal profession that I sought to enter those many years ago.

"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
"Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens."

[DoodleDawg]

The stacks of Supreme Court briefs filed on both sides of the same-sex marriage cases to be heard this month are roughly the same height. But they are nonetheless lopsided: There are no major law firms urging the justices to rule against gay marriage.

I saw a movie last night where a single lawyer without a big name firm behind him took on the country of Austria and won. So the name doesn't matter. It isn't the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

[BipolarBob]

Just Google John Milton of Milton, Chadwick & Waters. Then you’ll see what we’re up against.

[Regal]

Paging Ted Cruz!!!!!!

[familyop]

Bar associations pushed in favor of the divorce/cohabitation paradigm. The future consequences of that were obvious back then to the non-criminal minority.

[conservativejoy]

The lowest scum on planet earth will be championed by a high profile attorney, but a person of the Christian faith need not apply.

[heye2monn]

Even worse, if they can’t secure counsel. :-)

[Mrs. Don-o]

Isn't that odd! Why is big business, big capitalism, big money, big law, so firmly in the pocket of the Cultural Left, anyway?

Serious question. I can't figure it out.

Pope Francis calls them "cultural imperialists." FTA: "Gay rights advocates offer their own reason for why prominent lawyers are lined up on one side of the marriage cases. “It’s so clear that there are no good arguments against marriage equality,” said Evan Wolfson, the president of Freedom to Marry. “Lawyers can see the truth.”"

In a pig's eye.

[Mrs. Don-o]

And nobody cares Diddly Squat about Natural Law -— let alone the coming societal collapse, which never comes fast enough for people to connect the dots of causality.

[hapnHal]

What is the purpose for marriage?

The purpose of marriage is ultimately to glorify God since He tells us He made us for His glory (Isaiah 43:7). Marriage is the covenant union of a man and a woman for the purpose of committing to each other in companionship, provision of food and shelter, sexual privileges, children, and protection.

Homosexuals “do not” have children nor do they procreate.

[SoFloFreeper]

Pretty pathetic.

Of course, you can always give to

http://www.alliancedefendingfreedom.org/

Contributions are tax deductible.

[DeweyCA]

Natural Law is no longer taught in most law schools. Natural Law is connected to morality. Liberals don’t believe in any objective morality or Natural Law. That is why Critical Legal Studies is now taught in all of the major law schools. Obama was a huge supporter of Prof. Derek Bell at Harvard Law School, who is a major proponent of Critical Legal Studies, which says that judges must make their own decisions in cases. It’s also a part of the “living Constitution” mindset.

[DeweyCA]

Big Business is amoral. They are simply interested in making money. They are NOT naturally conservative. Small business is a natural ally of conservatives. Big Business loves Big Government because they can use lobbyists to influence legislation that favors them and stifle competition. It’s called “crony capitalism” and that’s why Wall Street loves the Clintons and Obama.

[Thibodeaux]

The reAson to be in business is to make money

[Thibodeaux]

BS