Posted on 01/06/2016 10:55:24 AM PST by amorphous
Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama Supreme Court on Wednesday issued an order that the stateâs probate judges, the only ones in the state who are allowed to issue marriage licenses, are to follow the state's Sanctity of Marriage Amendment and the state's Marriage Protection Act until the full state Supreme Court rules on the issue.
In other words, stop granting marriage licenses to same-sex duos, even though that was the intent of the U.S. Supreme Courtâs Obergefell decision last summer.
"Until further decision by the Alabama Supreme Court, the existing orders of the Alabama Supreme Court that Alabama probate judges have a ministerial duty not to issue any marriage license contrary to the Alabama Sanctity of Marriage Amendment or the Alabama Marriage Protection Act remain in full force and effect," he said.
The move brings into sharp focus the divide between those who grant to the U.S. Supreme Court the decision-making authority for all issues in the country, and those who subscribe to the Constitution's concept of a limit on the federal government's authority.
Marriage nowhere is mentioned in the Constitution, which provides that all such topics shall be reserved to the states and their people.
The fight over marriage had developed in Alabama before the Obergefell decision in Washington. A federal judge had ordered the creation of same-sex "marriage," but the state Supreme Court put on the brakes, telling probate judges to follow the state constitution and law.
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Great choice! I will write-in if we get Jeb foisted on us.
The rules demand that we see evidence of this!
LOL
Gutsy
Back when I had TV, I taped a C-Span speech by Judge Roy Moore. He is incredible.
Last I heard they booted him out over the Ten Commandments.
That’s awsome! Now he’s stronger than ever.
“Trump essentially called Scalia a racist.”
No, he said, ‘that’s tough’. He kept using the word ‘tough’ and sounded as though he were ambushed by suprise questions. It was foolish to make himself so vulnderable, but he’s not exactly a polished DC beltway jade [thank God].
I was just wondering if Cruz and Trump will both be specifically asked about this ruling by Judge Moore
Justice Kennedy amended the constitution.
There’s a right to dignity when you participate in unnatural acts, such as men having anal sex with groups of other men.
We now honor this behavior and encourage our children to try it, so that they may have a dignified existence.
‘I was just wondering if Cruz and Trump will both be specifically asked about this ruling by Judge Moore’
Who needs to be asked? Here is an oppotunity for conservative bona fides — who wants to win the primary?
Did you know that Scalia is one of Trump’s favorite justices? Not only that, but I seriously doubt he understood that Scalia was using a ‘devil’s advocate’ court tradition which is standard in SCOTUS.
Did you ever wonder why this gaffe is hardly discussed anymore?
Look, you want the goods on Trump? Check out my research thread, digging-deep. I’m an equal-opportunity zinger:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2636478/posts?page=738#738
Homosexuality is an abomination, obviously:
Leviticus 18:22 (NIV)
“Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.”
Correct.
What happened to those psychiatrists that were curing people with a homosexuality problem, do they still practice? Here is their website:
(I’m not suggesting anyone here needs it, hehe)
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