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To: xzins

USSC in Obergefell held:

“The Court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States. It follows that the Court also must hold - and it now does hold - that there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character.”

For the moment I will stipulate to this part: “there is no lawful basis for a State to refuse to recognize a lawful same-sex marriage performed in another State on the ground of its same-sex character”

Here is the error:

“The Court, in this decision, holds same-sex couples may exercise the fundamental right to marry in all States.”

This commandeers the legislative process of the States. The federal government has no say in marriage laws, laws which have always been within the purview of the States.

The people of Kentucky have decided that marriage is between man & woman.

There is no 14th Amend “equal protection” issue, the advocates of this novel definition of “marriage” are free to avail themselves of the process prescribed by Kentucky law to change the laws to incorporate this novel description. This in no way inhibits or infringes upon any persons rights of association or their conjugal rights.

There is no *right* to legal recognition of any grouping of persons assembled for whatever purpose.

Judges are not Legislators.


273 posted on 09/04/2015 7:46:56 AM 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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To: Ray76
Judges are not Legislators

Bullseye! Center of Target!

280 posted on 09/04/2015 7:53:39 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their Victory!)
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