Posted on 12/23/2013 10:32:16 AM PST by DJ MacWoW
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A federal judge has allowed gay marriage in Utah to continue.
Judge Richard Shelby on Monday denied a request by the state that sought to halt gay marriage until the appeals process plays out.
The same judge overturned Utah's ban on same-sex marriage Friday, ruling it is unconstitutional.
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So if gays can marry under the 14th amendment and equal protection then can’t tax-payers sue for unequal treatment by the tax code?
Where are the FR lawyers.
But just think, in our brave new world as defined by Utah federal judges, a bi person could have one spouse of each gender. Or more.
Or perhaps a closet polygamist, this being Utah and all.
Whatever, this ruling is an in-your-face display of abject judicial tyranny in a supposedly conservative state so I guess Texas isn't safe either.
The Federal Government is not one ring to rule them all.
The states created a monster and have never tried reining it in. It's time. Past time.
That's why there is now only one recourse, if the decent, honest, moral people left in the USA are willing to do what needs to be done......
judges can be impeached (removed from their jobs)
This is a federal judge appointed by Obama. I don’t think that’s going to happen.
I hope your right. My point is one of state’s rights. Do you not agree that under the original constitution, which is the authority over any judges decision etc., that the state AG has the right to halt clearly extrajudicial rulings by a federally appointed goon, and prevent activists from distributing illegal marriage licenses.
presidents can be impeached, too
(just as soon as we can get someone in there to replace Boner)
We need the Senate or it won’t be worth the bother.
Wrong. The time for reading books and pointy-headed punditry is over with. The time is now for action.
The people of Utah had their say, and a black-robed tyrant thinks he knows better than them. Now, that may very well be the system as it's come to be interpreted/misinterpreted/misused/abused, but it's not right. King George's law was also legal, but it wasn't right, and the Founding Fathers knew good and damn well it wasn't.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
“... the state AG has the right to halt clearly extrajudicial rulings ...”
If a group of states wants to do nullification and defiance, I am all for it, but I am not going to hold my breath waiting.
They will cave. The political class is not interested in this issue and the people who are interested are not interested in being part of the political class.
Unconstitutional under what law?.
logically, the Senate can be regained with a very small shift in membership (only a few seats)... of course, this does not account for the Democrats-In-R-drag like McCain who have supported the Kenyan usurper all the way...and who can probably be counted on to defend him in an impeachment too?
That’s how it’s done!
There’s no formal Roe v Wade on this from the Supreme Court yet, but the rulings earlier this year on DOMA and Prop 8 gave the public and other judges their leanings (5-4 for gay marriage), so these rulings are coming down.
In addition, Justice Scalia said the court majority was demonizing the people who oppose gay marriage. That’s something with implications that are even more dark and sinister.
The GOP keeps raising taxes and increasing spending so I don’t see grassroots conservatives supporting them in the future.
I saw 36 GOP senators opposing that tax and spend budget deal last week, but for most of them it was a show.
House leadership like Paul Ryan and John Boehner took the lead on that dirty budget deal, with most House Republicans (73 percent) going along.
The Republican leadership and business as usual Republicans from McCain to McConnell offer no hope on fiscal issues, much less social ones.....
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