For Gov. Scott Walker, this means that the focus has now shifted to “religious liberties.”
The Wisconsin governor explained on Meet the Press Sunday to host Chuck Todd his past comments on the issue. Back in 2014, he said the “debate is over,” with regards to his state.
“It was over in terms of our legal options. We had no other option other than waiting to see what the Supreme Court did. If I’d said anything differently, I’d be misguiding the people of Wisconsin. There was no other option for the state of Wisconsin.”
But on the national level, Walker said, there are things the next president should do.
“The most immediate thing the next president should be– I’ll certainly be involved in, is protecting people’s religious liberties,” he said.
He spoke of how religious liberty is “something that’s inherent in the constitution” and is “part of the Bill of Rights.”
Well, that means you have to have that balance up. That means making sure that we uphold the constitution, which says you have the freedom of religion. Not freedom from religion, the freedom of religion. And that means, I’ll just speak about it, our Justice Department, our I.R.S. and others out there, will uphold that.
Walker’s position seems like a safe and smart one.
Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land, regardless of Walker’s view or anyone else’s. But that does not mean the Supreme Court’s interpretation of marriage should trump the religious liberties of Americans.
In fact, support for religious liberty has actually increased following the Supreme Court ruling.
“The Supreme Court ruled in June that same-sex marriage is legal in all 50 states.
Walker said there should be a way to balance the right to practice religious beliefs and yet uphold the law.”
Is he saying that the SC made a law? I may have missed it but since when is that how it works? I was under the impression that state legislatures and the Congress does that?
Scott is showing a jaw dropping lack of knowledge of the Constitution and separation of powers.
Forcing people to join in the activities of sexual deviants is wrong. The deviants can shop around for services just like the rest of us.
reasonable my ass. there’s nothing reasonable about deviant people. Cut them no slack
They need to have a convention of all of the coexist people. They can burn her at the stake
A law totally made up by five men in robes?
Your 2012 Perry slip is showing.
Just what we want. Another wobbly president.
Images of the entire priesthood being shackled and hauled off to prison.
I guess the FEMA camps will have a purpose.
Walker had the perfect opportunity to stand up and say that this was the perfect time for States to push back on the FERAL Government and SCOTUS and us their State Rights.
But no he just goes squishy with, well geee we gotta follow the laws.
I can see it now if he is elected _resident.
Obamacare gotta stay because gee whiz it is the law.
UN arms removal from America, well geee it is the world law.
Obama’s DACA and amnesty, gee an executive order can be considered law....
So...the question now becomes, will Jdg. Bunning shackle and jail the entire and physical Commonwealth of Kentucky?
State Administrative Code states that any marriage of same sex couples (regardless of chromosomal fact) is disallowed, null, void.
According to the Statute (^not^ the 1998 DOMA portion) makes the result of any issuance of a marriage license to these activists, moot. Davis has been wrapped in the perfect Catch-22 conundrum.
[Issue and violate Commonwealth code, don’t issue and violate Federal Court determination]
Ultimately, she made the mistake of asserting her 1st-Am protection under religion when she should have pointed to her simple protection under the statute:
Such a marriage, in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is not recognized and the issuance of any such “license” is a violation of Commonwealth code. Should she violate the State Code?
What to do? What to do? As we shall see, The Commonwealth of Kentucky must make a definitive determination according to ^state^ tax laws -—in light of the Administrative Code-— regarding the filing status of the citizens in question. Each and every citizen of the Commonwealth has “standing” in a tax-tort regarding what complies with “married, filing jointly” in the KY-State tax laws.
If they file their 2015 STATE taxes as “married, filing jointly” what will KY do according to their own administrative code?
Jdg. Bunning has stepped into a cow-pie here, IMO. His “decision” cannot nullify Commonwealth code without the citizens of KY agreeing or seceding. If the citizens agree by acquiescence, that still does not nullify the statute.
I am fully aware of the unconstitutional nullification of California’s Prop 8 decision by the C9 panel.
Gov. Walker supports freedom of religion in KY marriage license case.
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