Posted on 04/28/2015 8:27:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Supreme Court will hear arguments today that could lead to a constitutional right for gays to marry. Many court watchers believe it's a done deal already. In addition to the 4 liberal judges, Justice Anthony Kennedy has already ruled with the majority 3 times against maintaining a ban on same sex marriage. He would appear to be the 5th vote that would make gay marriage the law of the land.
But nothing is certain, which is why some observers believe that Chief Justice John Roberts may be a pivotal vote on the question of same sex marriage.
Putting aside previous cases and previous votes, there are a number of institutional reasons Chief Justice Roberts might, and should, cast a vote for the freedom to marry.
First, a Supreme Court ruling authorizing the states to restrict marriage to heterosexual couples would lead to enormous confusion. The court’s decision not to take appeals of earlier cases, or put other appeals of lower court decisions on hold, has induced many couples to marry. Surely, same-sex couples who married when marriage was legal under prior court rulings would remain so. But if the plaintiffs do not prevail, all of the states that recognize the right of same-sex couples to marry in light of lower federal court rulings could revert to their earlier state of affairs.
(A ruling against the plaintiffs would leave untouched the rights of same-sex couples to marry in the states that have affirmed the right through legislation, ballot initiative or state constitutional rulings.)
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Which one is the cop? The Indian chief? The biker dude?
Thanks.
John Roberts is a scumbag who belongs in prison with the people he sold out to.
They still have the goods on him so he doesn’t dare go against the wishes of our homosexual president.
Agreed.
I could live with government on a federal level staying the hell away from the marrying people business and even if it meant removing it from taxes from a penalty/deduction standpoint.
Heck I would be overjoyed if they said it was up to the churches to decide who can get married in the church and not up to government to force anyone to do anything they don’t want to.
But it will get itself involved and freedom will suffer...
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