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Judge Won't Divorce Straight Couple Because Gay Marriage Is Legal
HufPo ^ | 09-03-2015 | Simon McCormack

Posted on 09/04/2015 12:42:43 PM PDT by NRx

"The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces," Atherton wrote in his decision last week.

"With the U.S. Supreme Court having defined what must be recognized as a marriage, it would appear that Tennessee’s judiciary must now await the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court last to what is not a marriage, or better stated, when a marriage is no longer a marriage," he added.

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To: fwdude

Ooh good idea. Me, I am going to marry Bill Gates’s bank account.


21 posted on 09/04/2015 1:06:31 PM PDT by Claud
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To: NRx

Much stronger Constitutional case than Ms. Davis’


22 posted on 09/04/2015 1:23:51 PM PDT by brothers4thID (Be professional, be courteous, and have a plan to kill everyone in the room.)
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To: fwdude

Trust me, your cat is a stereotypical gold digger. If you stopped feeding him/her, he/she would leave you in an instant. (Or eat you in your sleep!)


23 posted on 09/04/2015 1:25:18 PM PDT by brothers4thID (Be professional, be courteous, and have a plan to kill everyone in the room.)
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To: NRx

I like it!


24 posted on 09/04/2015 1:26:38 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 2banana

I agree with one minor caveat. It wasn’t the Supreme Court; it was Anthony Kennedy


25 posted on 09/04/2015 1:30:45 PM PDT by Stand W ("Gentlemen! You can't fight in here! This is the WAR ROOM!")
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To: NRx

Just ignore the government

Get married in a church, but skip the license

You will ‘legally’ not be married, but in the correct religious sense you will be

And you won’t have to pay the marriage penalty tax

And you can clame your ‘domestic partner’ as a dependant ro health care...

win win


26 posted on 09/04/2015 1:31:17 PM PDT by Mr. K (If it is HilLIARy -vs- Jeb! then I am writing-in Palin/Cruz)
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To: mad_as_he$$

LOL Best post.


27 posted on 09/04/2015 1:31:47 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: NRx

At first, I thought he was just trying to take a poke at SCOTUS, but then I started thinking about how the various states handle alimony, community property, awarding children to one parent, out-of-state moves, visitation rights, child support, and such.

He actually might be making a good point.


28 posted on 09/04/2015 1:32:57 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: fwdude

It means he owes you dinner. Expect a dead bird on your stoop any time now.


29 posted on 09/04/2015 1:54:37 PM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: mad_as_he$$

You are right about a cat but, on the other hand, I KNOW that my dog loves me.


30 posted on 09/04/2015 1:59:53 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: katana

I usually get rats. Well, half rats - the back half >P


31 posted on 09/04/2015 2:04:54 PM PDT by fwdude (The last time the GOP ran an "extremist," Reagan won 44 states.)
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To: Mr. K
And you won’t have to pay the marriage penalty tax

The married-filing-jointly rates are a benefit, not a penalty, when one spouse earns substantially more than the other. That's why they were enacted originally, as a benefit to married couples ( they were enacted at a time when most wives didn't work outside the home).

And if you're not legally married, you will pay estate tax when your spouse dies.

32 posted on 09/04/2015 2:16:09 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: NRx

I love it!


33 posted on 09/04/2015 2:27:27 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: 2banana

“The left wing goons of the SCOTUS made this mess.

Massive civil disobedience in trying to keep with their tyrannical decrees.”

Exactly. It would be a great stirring moment in the history of our nation if such massive civil disobedience happens, instead of a scattered few heroes. I pray for courage of people of conscience in the judiciary, clerical positions and the wedding industry as they are on the front lines of this great battle in the war on American culture.


34 posted on 09/04/2015 3:00:08 PM PDT by JewishRighter
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To: fwdude

What is going to get messy fast is the inheritance issues.
Grandma died, and her female roommate of several years says we were really married, give me the house.
An old guy marries his young male caregiver or old woman marries female nursing assistant, that person argues they get the house and money.

You know there will be retroactive cases, as well. This opens a real can of worms.
The estate is closed and settled, the room mate says I lived with your son three years before he OD’d or died in a car crash, give ME the life insurance or financial settlement.
Or the two were clearly good friends, lived together at end of life, and after the death of one and the survivor hears of this ruling, the poor old person demands the money that was given to the children and grandchildren as the surviving spouse.


35 posted on 09/04/2015 6:36:21 PM PDT by tbw2
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