Posted on 10/06/2014 9:16:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) conceded that the state of Wisconsin lost its fight to ban same sex marriage on Monday when the Supreme Court declined to hear gay marriage cases in multiple states.
With the Supreme Court's punt back to the appeals court that struck down the ban, county clerks in Wisconsin have started issuing marriage licenses to gay couples. And Walker seems to have accepted that this is the end of the road for the state's ban....
(Excerpt) Read more at talkingpointsmemo.com ...
Sorry Governor, neither you, nor any of the other cowards who are talking like you today, will be surrendering for me and mine.
The issue is the Court.
They have no right to define our society for us against our will by fabricating rights not found in the Constitution.
While denying those that are plain.
If the “Republicans” would like to regain the Senate, such things as this - and who will be on the court in the future - are real issues that they can run on.
But do they?
Goodbye, Scott. We hardly knew ye.
Walker should resign now.
Why be a governor when you’ve alerted the Lefties if they use the Courts to legislate he will surrender if the ruling is against him!!
If libtard’s took such positions we’d have won many, many battles already.
Extremely disappointing.
He fails to realize SCOTUS did not take the cases at this point because just up to this time, there has been no conflicting rulings from circuit courts. They are waiting to take a case based on conflicting rulings from circuit courts.
It hardly means the fight is over forever. Our guys just like to surrender.
Gay Marriage: Scott Walker Presidential Fight Is ‘Over In Wisconsin’
I guess nobody realized that the left will fight until they win. Not until they get tired. Not until it looks hopeless. Doesn’t matter if it’s right or wrong; detrimental or beneficial to the country.
They play to win. At best Republicans play not to lose. And Walker is the latest example.
Most GOP-e don’t see a problem with gay marriage. Just because you oppose unions (cough, Walker, cough, Christie) doesn’t mean you’re conservative.
Frankly, Scott Walker, you can just go burn in hell. You pathetic POS. I vow right here and now, I’ll certainly never give you my vote, should you somehow wind up on a national ticket.
In some ways I’m not even surprised. There had been earlier hints that Walker was going to be weak on both social issues and amnesty. GOP bastards. My God, I’ve grown to distrust everything about the GOP. It’s obvious they do not represent my beliefs and values one single iota anymore. They are either the same as the degenerate Dems, or they are worthless cowards, unwilling to fight.
All I can again say to Walker, is damn you to the deepest, darkest corner of hell, you son of a b!tch!!!
Thanks for posting a lefty dumbocrat site? What do you think you accomplish by posting Democrat talking points?
http://fox6now.com/2014/10/06/gov-scott-walker-mary-burke-react-to-gay-marriage-decision/
Governor Scott Walker is sidestepping questions about a U.S. Supreme Court action legalizing same-sex marriage in Wisconsin.
The Supreme Court on Monday, October 6th rejected appeals from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for marriages to start in Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia.
Governor Walker signed the 2006 state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. He didn’t directly answer a question Monday about whether he thought Wisconsin was better off with legalized same-sex marriage. But he says the state will honor same-sex marriages as required by the court ruling.
His Democratic opponent, Mary Burke says the court’s action is an important step forward for the state. She says no loving, committed couple should ever be denied the freedom to marry.
I post from places like The Nation, Huffington Post, the big three, MSNBC, the Grio, Atlanta Black Star, all types of blogs, local papers and sites, NYT, etc. You don’t own this site, unless something has happened that I’m not aware of, so I really don’t have to justify my threads to you, do I?
Here we go if you trust the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel:
Sun Prairie — Speaking to reporters after a campaign event at a farm here, GOP Gov. Scott Walker said the state was abandoning its fight to keep its same-sex marriage ban.
Walker made his remarks after the U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected the state’s appeal of a lower court ruling striking down Wisconsin’s ban.
The governor, a named defendant in the lawsuit by eight same-sex couples, said he had voted for Wisconsin’s ban in 2006 and hadn’t changed his support for it, but he said he was accepting the Supreme Court’s decision.
Asked if the U.S. Constitution should be amended to ban same-sex marriage, Walker downplayed the notion, saying, “I think it’s resolved.”
“For us, it’s over in Wisconsin,” Walker said of the fight over gay marriage. “Others will have to talk about the federal level.”
http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/278252541.html
Gov. Scott Walker acknowledged Monday that same-sex marriage is now “the law of the land” in Wisconsin, but he sidestepped discussing his personal opinion on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to turn away appeals from this state and four others that sought to prohibit same-sex marriage.
“I believe it’s over in the state of Wisconsin,” Walker said.
But Walker’s opponent quickly accused him of being on the wrong side of history because of his longtime opposition to same-sex marriage.
After both a campaign stop in Sun Prairie and an official appearance at a State Patrol awards ceremony at the state Capitol, Walker acknowledged that he had supported Wisconsin’s 2006 constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage.
But as he has said repeatedly in recent months, he insisted Monday that his opinion on the issue didn’t matter.
“I’ve said all along that I would support the constitution of the state of Wisconsin. Under that oath, I also say I support the constitution of the United States,” Walker said. “I’ve said all along I was going to fulfill my duties.”
Still, Walker’s Democratic challenger in the governor’s race, Mary Burke, accused him of shirking those duties. “Today’s ruling marks an important step forward for Wisconsin,” she said in a statement. “No loving, committed couple should ever be denied the freedom to marry — and those who have stood in the way of this progress, including Gov. Walker, are squarely on the wrong side of history.”
In recent months, the governor chided reporters for repeatedly asking him about same-sex marriage as the legal battle wound its way through the courts.
To add, where are all the GOP leaders decrying “judicial activism” today? They rail and rail and rail against it in speeches at the Republican Convention every four years. But where are they today? I guess it’s just like when I’d hear all the GOP leaders talking about “family values” years ago. Empty words. From lying scumbags. Whose only issue they truly seem to give a damn about is tax-rates for their high-flying buddies. Same scumbags who like our borders wide-open for every diseased, ignorant third-world foreigner. Dammit, I’m so mad, I could chew nails.
Even when I heard on my car-radio most of Rush Limbaugh today during a long drive, he seemed kind of diffident and non-committal on the whole issue of today’s lawless court actions. I’ve about had it with him too.
Seriously, why is there any reason whatsoever to even get out and vote in November?? It’s so damned meaningless. I’m almost to the point where I’m just not even going to bother voting anymore. It’s all become nothing more than a pathetic joke.
Nope.
The Blackmun “privacy trumps the supreme right, the right to live” court was a Republican court.
Just as the Roberts ‘surrender to sodomy” court is a Republican court.
It’s over, no need to die on that hill. They won, this time for real. Nothing is going to change the fact that Gay Marriage is now the Law of Land in the US.
The country lives or dies on that hill.
Sorry, we live in a free, constitutional republic, not a judicial oligarchy.
Courts don’t get to make our laws.
Who needs milquetoast Walker?
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