BTTT
Victory for our republic. The court has said if changes are to be mandated it must come from the legisltive process not by judge shopping.
"...argued the ban violates a constitutional prohibition against granting privileges to one group of citizens but not another"
Not so. Homosexuals have the exact same right to marry somebody of the opposite sex as anybody else; their refusal to exercise that right is on them only.
What a shame.
Instead of getting married, she's left to go pick up a pizza and batteries.
"We're reeling. We were going to get married today." Well, run it by the courts again, but by then you all will be off with new partners. And it still will not be legal.
Five-to-four: an awfully close call! But that's New York, Georgia, and now Washington state in the last three weeks.
I agree in spirit, and in fact, but he's being a bit dramatic with the language there...
"The court dealt a "devastating setback to same-sex marriage proponents," asserted Mathew D. Staver, founder and chairman of the public-interest legal group Liberty Counsel."
Big giant grin!
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Just think, 35 years ago marriage was pushed as being irrelivant in a relationship. Now it is important to be married.
But ONLY if you are GAY.
Accentuate the positive. Eliminate the negative. Latch onto the affirmative. And don't mess with mr. perversion. What they did...
"devastating setback to same-sex marriage proponents,"
Waah, Waah, Waah
(Go Israel, Go! Slap 'Em Down Hezbullies.)
I find it appalling that it received 4 votes.
Isn't it amazing how it's referred to as a devastating setback when judges refuse to legislate from the bench?
Great! Toast in the air, but then get back to the fight. It's far from over.
The leftist websites are conspicuously silent over this devastating setback - few of the harsh shrieks or hand-wringing we have come to expect. I think these recent decisions have shaken them into an uncharacteristic sobriety (of the unwholesome kind.) The homoadvocates are:
(1) analyzing what went wrong with their strategies; and
(2) studying the legal and political landscape in preparation for their next attack.
The calm and deliberate planning can be seen in liberal web postings. They are now diligently searching for a conservatively "weak" state court where lawsuits can be filed and some ground can be gained for their side, not just for morale's sake, but to wedge fake marriage into the political conversation and eventually force Supreme Court action, preferably when the court again swings leftward. The court decision in WA was VERY close, ridiculously so, and I have no doubt that in another year, or in another state, the decision wouldn't be found for the homoadvocates. Legislatures are also on their bullseye. Vicious campaigns are in the works; no skeleton will remain hidden, no youthful impropriety will go unnoticed, for the conservative runners. Of course, for the homosexual-friendly candidate, these same shortcomings will be winked at, if not awarded honorable accolades.
The argument for a federal marriage protection amendment is allegedly becoming weaker by virtue of these recent court decisions. Wrong. I contend that there is much more at stake now than even 2 months ago. The attack on marriage will be ramped up exponentially by the left and with all the resources they can muster. In my opinion, if marriage falls in another state, the momentum gained by the homoadvocates will be very hard, if not impossible, to reverse in one generation.
Fight by donating to conservative causes, volunteering time and effort in combating the homoactivist mindset, becoming educated in the enemies tactics, and by writing - letters to the editor, webpostings, essays, etc. Our future rests upon all good citizens joining in the fight.
And moreover, the miners demand that everyone call them 'farmers' so they can feel better about themeselves....'see we're farmers too - we're digging around in the dirt just like them - what's the harm in calling us farmers, we deserve the same respect. And if you don't capitulate and call us farmers, well you must have a problem.'