Posted on 01/20/2016 4:39:51 PM PST by GIdget2004
A bill seeking to block the U.S. Supreme Court's gay marriage ruling in Tennessee has been defeated in a subcommittee of the state House over concerns about nullifying federal rulings.
The five-member panel defeated the measure sponsored by Republican Rep. Mark Pody on a voice vote on Wednesday.
Republican Rep. Mike Carter of Chattanooga said that while he disagrees with the high court's ruling, he considered the bill to turn back the ruling a step too far. In Carter's words: "I equate nullification with anarchy."
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Settled law and all that . . . (And forget about elections; these are “conservative” Republicans spouting that line.)
Yeah, Carter is a spineless pimp for queer marriage. Ask why U.S. Citizens can’t ignore laws against nature, but 15 million foreign invaders can ignore our immigration laws and the blackrobes and DC lawyers do nothing.
They should declare Tennessee a sanctuary state.
Local tv stations equated protecting the 1st amendment with keep the gays away.
Just wait, churches in TN will be forced to perform gay marriages. Its the law!
Marriage is not an enumerated power subject to the Federal government.
It's a state's issue. But, then again, Republicans never fight over anything anymore.
I’ll stand on The Bible. It is abomination. Don’t recognize it. Never will.
Fool. Read the 10th amendment again.
Cowards.
No. Nullification is a legitimate mechanism for dealing with an increasingly rogue SCOTUS. Another case of Republicans with miniballs.
In Carter’s words: “I equate nullification with anarchy.”
Forcing sodomite marriage on the nation is anarchy or worse. It is tyranny.
Would Carter call the Declaration of Independence anarchy also?
The list of abuses by our national leaders is far beyond what started the Revolution.
Perhaps Carter should also memorize some quotes from former Nazi guards in the Nuremberg trials who were “just following orders”.
Low-information Republican Rep. Mike Carter evidently does not understand that the Founding States had made the 10th Amendment to clarify that the Constitutions silence about things like marriage means that such issues are automatically and uniquely state power issues.
And since the states have never amended the Constitution to expressly protect gay ”marriage” like they did with the rights expressly protected by the Bill of Rights, gay ”marriage” is not a constitutionally protected right.
Rep. Carter also probably does not understand that pro-gay activist justices not only stole legislative powers to create the so-called right to gay marriage from the bench, but the justices breached the Founding States division of state and federal government powers and stole state legislative powers to do so.
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