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To: djf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/09/02/why-kim-daviss-refusal-to-issue-same-sex-marriage-licenses-is-legally-different-from-a-sanctuary-citys-refusal-to-cooperate-with-federal-immigration-law/

I’d be interested in thoughts on this opinion.


46 posted on 09/05/2015 5:37:39 PM PDT by mn-bush-man
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To: mn-bush-man

From the article, “the Supremacy Clause provides that state laws must yield when they conflict with federal law.”

What federal law?

There is no federal marriage law, marriage laws have always been within the purview of the States. The people of Kentucky have decided that marriage is between man & woman.

The USSC has no authority to commandeer the legislative process of the States, Kentucky can not be forced to issue marriage licenses contrary to its laws or to have it’s laws written for them by the federal Supreme Court.


48 posted on 09/05/2015 5:48:19 PM PDT by Ray76 (When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
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