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Federal Appeals Court Appears Poised To Strike Down Three Southern States’ Same-Sex Marriage Bans
BuzzFeed News ^ | January 9, 2015 | Chris Geidner

Posted on 01/09/2015 9:00:49 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

After oral arguments about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas’ bans on marriages for same-sex couples, the 5th Circuit of Appeals looks likely to strike the laws down.

NEW ORLEANS — After three hours of arguments, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals appeared poised to strike down bans on same-sex couples’ marriages in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas — joining all but one of the other appellate courts to consider the issue.

If the court upholds the lower court decisions striking down the Mississippi and Texas bans and reverses the trial court decision upholding Louisiana’s ban, it could have the effect of bringing marriage equality to three Deep South states — and it could come before the Supreme Court acts on pending marriage cases.

More than halfway through the morning’s arguments, an exasperated Justin Matheny, the assistant attorney general in Mississippi charged with defending the state’s ban, tried to change his tune during his rebuttal arguments.

When it became clear that the three-judge panel was leaning against upholding the bans, Matheny acknowledged that the “trajectory” for marriage rights for same-sex couples is “undeniable” — but added his new argument: “it’s not there yet.”(continued)

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Louisiana; US: Mississippi; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; homosexualmarriage; judiciary; louisiana; mississippi; samesexmarriage; texas
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To: Ray76
“trajectory”? Judicial putsch.

Yeah, but the sad thing is that came from the mouth of our guy.
21 posted on 01/10/2015 10:09:10 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: highball

How about a US Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage in the entire USA.


22 posted on 01/15/2015 6:07:28 AM PST by Jack Black ( Disarmament of a targeted group is one of the surest early warning signs of future genocide.)
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To: TigerClaws
Judges make arbirtary decisions, couched in obfuscation. If the judges decide two people, no incest, then that's what the law will be. It's trivially easy to come up with some sort of "why not" reason against incest and polygamy.

Congress lacks the fortitude to act against the judges (impeach them), and not many people are willing to disobey courts, usually becaure courts back up their orders with force of violence.

23 posted on 01/15/2015 6:14:32 AM PST by Cboldt
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To: Jack Black

Yep, that would have done it. But we’re long past the point where that’s a plausible solution.

There was a time, just ten years ago, when we could have passed such an Amendment. But now? No chance.

It’s not realistic to suggest that we pass a Constitutional Amendemnt to prohibit something the American public is clearly in favor of.


24 posted on 01/17/2015 7:36:40 AM PST by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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