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Judge Overturns Mississippi Same-Sex Marriage Ban
The New York Times / The Associated Press ^ | November 25, 2014

Posted on 11/25/2014 10:04:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge has overturned Mississippi's ban on same-sex marriage, but he is putting his order on hold for two weeks so the state can appeal.

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves issued a preliminary injunction Tuesday.

State attorneys have already said they will ask the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block Reeves' order....

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage; mississippi; moralabsolutes; samesexmarriage
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1 posted on 11/25/2014 10:04:31 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The sickness continues or else someone’s stuffng envelopes and putting them in judges’ mailboxes.


2 posted on 11/25/2014 10:07:48 PM PST by jsanders2001
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Well, Terrence Bean should be happy


3 posted on 11/25/2014 10:09:29 PM PST by CharleysPride (non chiedere cio che non si puo prendere)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whim of a judge usurping Will of the People again.


4 posted on 11/25/2014 10:09:36 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Black judge appointed by barack Hussein Obama.

It will take decades to clean up the mess Obama left.


5 posted on 11/25/2014 10:09:48 PM PST by boycott
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj

Of course, the only way to impose gay marriage on us is through judicial rule as they are doing.

Dems are such lying ass-wipes when they preach the power and legitimacy of Democracy only when they think it will serve them and destroy it when it doesnt.


6 posted on 11/25/2014 10:10:09 PM PST by sickoflibs (King Obama : 'The debate is over. The time for talk is over. Just follow my commands you serfs""')
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Rave on fagots, enjoy your day in the sun. When you stand before G_d you will learn the error of your ways.


7 posted on 11/25/2014 10:15:07 PM PST by doc1019
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lawlessness.


8 posted on 11/25/2014 10:21:35 PM PST by EternalVigilance
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Slightly off topic comment:

On other sites, there are comments that say something like, “Mississippi? I thought they’d be the last to ever legalize SSM.” “WTG, Mississippi!” or “Shocking!”. Similar comments have been made about other states, too.

This misunderstanding of basic civics disturbs me.

With a few exceptions, these bans are getting overtuned by federal judges, not the states themselves, so obviously the political temperament of a certain state is pretty much irrelevant to the issue of timing or how surprising such an outcome is. All that matters is when the suit was filed and the speed and ideology of the judge.


9 posted on 11/25/2014 10:35:00 PM PST by AbortionIsEvil
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yet another federal “judge” earns his teabags.


10 posted on 11/25/2014 10:36:14 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember! When the GOP wins, it means the stupid American voters want bipartisanship.)
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To: sickoflibs; 2ndDivisionVet; Gilbo_3; Impy; NFHale; GOPsterinMA; BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj
>> they preach the power and legitimacy of Democracy only when they think it will serve them and destroy it when it doesnt <<

This fact seems to be lost on many on our side. They think since the RATS preachy "democracy" constantly, they want to take this country in the direction of a pure, direct democracy of "mob rule" where 51% of the electorate gets whatever they want.

In reality, the RATS don't give a flying %$#@ about doing what "the majority" wants, and only use that rhetoric to get in power. Once in power, they do the opposite and take AWAY people's ability to hold government accountable. Obama had no qualms about whining about the executive branch acting unilaterally when Bush was in power, then had no qualms about taking even MORE power into the executive branch when HE was in office. The RATS might claim to be vehemently against state legislatures appointing Senators, but IF they actually got to do so, the RATS would love it and waste no time appointing the worst tyrants to those seats for life.

Earth to the Levinites: We need MORE democracy in America right now, not less. We'd be a lot better off if the majority of a state's citizens were deciding policy instead of a handful of unelected federal judges.

11 posted on 11/25/2014 10:47:19 PM PST by BillyBoy (Thanks to RINOs, Illinois has definitely become a "red state" -- we are run by Communists!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another judge who has never heard of the 10th amendment.


12 posted on 11/26/2014 12:29:45 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
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A federal judge has overturned Mississippi’s ban on same-sex marriage

Based on what?
How does a Federal Judge overturn a State Law? No reasoning given just he overturned it. Nothing, nowhere, not in an manner does the US Constituion give perverts the right to marry. The people that wrote that Constitution would call this judge insane and demand his removal. Its about time the people stand up and say no more. You can not change our Constitution by Court order.


13 posted on 11/26/2014 12:33:29 AM PST by 48th SPS (Not Republican. Not a Democrat. I am an American)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And why doesn’t Congress start impeaching these judges?


14 posted on 11/26/2014 12:46:24 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: boycott

Obama isn’t the problem. A populace that could vote Obama in (or within the range of fraud) is the problem.

How do we clean THAT up?


15 posted on 11/26/2014 4:18:01 AM PST by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Click the pic to the full-text Free Republic thread.

16 posted on 11/26/2014 4:33:13 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Anther Obama appointiee which is what most of theses lawless ‘judges’ are.


17 posted on 11/26/2014 4:39:15 AM PST by Monorprise
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If they cant impeach Obama they cant impeach lawless Federal injustices. That said I agree they should and at a minimum drasticly reduce the size of the Federal bench. The fewer Federal injustices the loner it will take them to enforce their lawless edicts. Thus we shall have more freedom in the mean time.


18 posted on 11/26/2014 4:41:30 AM PST by Monorprise
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

States need to ignore these “legislating from the bench” rulings.

If the president can ignore the law, then the states can, too.


19 posted on 11/26/2014 5:31:40 AM PST by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s not only Mississippi. Yesterday a federal judge in Arkansas struck down its ban on same sex marriages too.


20 posted on 11/26/2014 5:54:43 AM PST by ConstantSkeptic (Be careful about preconceptions)
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