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SCOTUS: same-sex marriage decisions - Live Thread (Decisions at 97, 194, & 217)
Free Republic | 06/26/2013 | BuckeyeTexan

Posted on 06/25/2013 9:54:04 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan

At 10:00 AM Wednesday, the Supreme Court will deliver its final decisions of this term. We can expect decisions on both same-sex marriage cases.

California Proposition 8: Hollingsworth v. Perry

In November 2008, 52.3 percent of California voters approved Proposition 8, which added language to the California Constitution that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. In May 2009, a California District Court ruled that Proposition 8 violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment and temporarily prohibited its enforcement, and the Ninth Circuit agreed, affirming the District Court’s ruling. The United States Supreme Court will now consider whether a state can define marriage solely as the union of a man and a woman, in addition to considering whether the proponents of Proposition 8 have standing to bring suit in federal court. The Court’s ruling will implicate the rights of gay men and lesbians, the role of the government in structuring family and society, and the relationship between the institution of marriage and religion and morality.

Defense of Marriage Act: United States v. Windsor

Edith Windsor and Thea Spyer married in Toronto in 2007 where same-sex marriages were legal. At the time of Spyer’s death, the state of New York recognized the couple’s marriage. However, the IRS denied Windsor use of a spousal estate tax exception on the ground that, under the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”), the federal government did not recognize same-sex marriages for the purpose of federal benefits. The Supreme Court is now being asked to decide DOMA’s Constitutionality. The Obama Administration is not defending DOMA, so a Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group (“BLAG”) from the House of Representatives is doing so, arguing that DOMA is rationally related to the legitimate government objective of providing a uniform definition of marriage for federal benefits purposes. The Obama administration counters that the use of sexual orientation to decide who gets benefits is a suspect classification that deserves higher scrutiny. Under that level of higher scrutiny, the Obama administration argues that DOMA is impermissible. This case can affect what role the federal government can play in defining marriage and who in the federal government can defend the government’s laws. Not only could this case provide large tax savings to Ms. Windsor herself, but it can also make federal benefits available to other same-sex couples who are legally married under the laws of their state.



TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doma; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; notbreakingnews; obamanation; prop8; ruling; samesexmarriage; scotus; ursulathevk; vanity; zot
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To: little jeremiah

Libertarians are still trying to make a position on a CONSERVATIVE site... go figure ... :p


441 posted on 06/26/2013 5:57:44 PM PDT by Bikkuri (Molon Labe)
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To: OneWingedShark

Rather than argue with you about legalizing homosexual marriage, why don’t you just join we Christians and conservatives fighting it, rather than fighting us?


442 posted on 06/26/2013 6:03:11 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarians, Gays = in all marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.)
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To: Old Sarge

Sorry I missed that one....it was well deserved.


443 posted on 06/26/2013 6:09:41 PM PDT by CatherineofAragon ((Support Christian white males----the architects of the jewel known as Western Civilization).)
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To: ansel12
Rather than argue with you about legalizing homosexual marriage, why don’t you just join we Christians and conservatives fighting it, rather than fighting us?

Maybe because I don't feel any real passion for homosexuals, one way or the other; Jesus doesn't want lukewarm because I have to…-Christians — the most I feel for them is a sad sorrow.
I have much, much more passion in Law and Justice (I'd be tempted to go into Law if there was a chance reason and constitutionalism would be respected) — hence my arguments against tyranny , which is nothing more than injustice.

444 posted on 06/26/2013 6:11:38 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: OneWingedShark

There is zero question that you have passion on gay marriage, and interestingly, you seemed to have moved from libertarian arguments, to using Christ and God to promote your agenda.

You are not libertarian on homosexual issues, but instead use the bible and Christ to guide you on political issues related to it?


445 posted on 06/26/2013 6:24:23 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarians, Gays = in all marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Thanks for the heads up. Good riddance.


446 posted on 06/26/2013 7:00:07 PM PDT by dbehsman (NRA Life Member, and loving every minute of it!)
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To: ansel12

You sir, are lying about everything I said. You may continue to post to me, but I will not address you further.


447 posted on 06/26/2013 7:07:05 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Is it time for a chocolate shake? ;)

(yer post was at the top when I refreshed the comments page)

448 posted on 06/26/2013 7:11:05 PM PDT by NYTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan

What happened is that I confused you with another ‘buckeye’ and your arguments were a little similar, gay marriage for states, which means of course the nation and the federal government, and making religious arguments in defense of gay marriage and free will, libertarians have started using religious arguments in strange ways to defend opposition to Christians fighting gay marriage.


449 posted on 06/26/2013 7:21:40 PM PDT by ansel12 (Libertarians, Gays = in all marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

450 posted on 06/26/2013 7:52:14 PM PDT by Route395
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To: AppyPappy
"Now they have to get a divorce when they split up. That should be fun to watch."

Fake 'marriage', fake divorce. No sympathy.

451 posted on 06/26/2013 9:22:58 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg (Unreconstructed heterosexual.)
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To: EternalVigilance

Absolutely. Marriage is what it is, and while the state can recognize it, the state can’t redefine it.


452 posted on 06/26/2013 9:30:14 PM PDT by Pinkbell
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I realize this is from yesterday but am reading headlines today of DOMA was struck down. Saw one just before I logged in today at nohoo. Heard homos last night saying another step forward (there is that word again) for them on the evening news. Pardon me, I may have to go be sick.


453 posted on 06/27/2013 9:47:49 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: onyx; MestaMachine; NoGrayZone; RedMDer
Just saw a Giant Headline on the Military's Stars and Stripes Newspaper.

Huge Victory for Gay Marriage

Le Sigh.......

454 posted on 06/27/2013 11:58:12 AM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: KC_Lion

Dear God, help us.
Stay safe, dearest KC_Lion.
I’m praying for you.
Watch out for those nasty snakes. Seriously!


455 posted on 06/27/2013 12:18:26 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx
Oh Onyx you are too good to me!


456 posted on 06/27/2013 2:17:03 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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To: Outraged At FLA
You are the coward that is too afraid to let consenting adults live their lives the way they want to and not they way your little book written by sheep herders says to.

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I'm stunned that anyone on this site would believe such a thing. Good riddance to you and your depravity.

457 posted on 06/27/2013 2:23:39 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: little jeremiah
Hey idiot, the governemnt just DID define “personal relationships”! THe people voted - NO on homo “marriage” and the government said “You must have same sex marriage, even if the majority of the people voting in the state of CA said NO”!

This is the very jack booted thug tyranny you claim you are opposed to.

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Well said.

458 posted on 06/27/2013 2:28:14 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: KC_Lion

459 posted on 06/27/2013 2:32:47 PM PDT by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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