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Court Ruling Against Gay Marriage Could Cause Legal 'Chaos'
ABC News ^ | June 22, 2015 | By MARK SHERMAN

Posted on 06/22/2015 10:27:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Gay and lesbian couples could face legal chaos if the Supreme Court rules against same-sex marriage in the coming days.

Same-sex weddings could come to a halt in many states, depending on a confusing mix of lower-court decisions and the sometimes-contradictory views of state and local officials.

Among the 36 states in which same-sex couples can now marry are 20 in which federal judges invoked the Constitution to strike down marriage bans.

Those rulings would be in conflict with the nation's highest court if the justices uphold the power of states to limit marriage to heterosexual couples. A decision is expected by late June in cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee.

Some gay rights groups and state officials said the chance the court would not come out in favor of same-sex marriage is remote.

"Recent history of the past eight months, plus all the rulings of the past 20 years, don't indicate that to us this is going to go against us," said Tom Witt, executive director of gay rights organization Equality Kansas. "It could, but a giant meteor could fall on my head in the next five seconds."

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; moralabsolutes; scotus
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1 posted on 06/22/2015 10:27:13 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
This is the Obama MO.

Ram through a controversial ruling. Get as many people "signed up" for whatever newly opened opportunity the sham ruling offered. Claim "chaos" if the ruling is overturned or voided.

-PJ

2 posted on 06/22/2015 10:30:44 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The Obama Administration could have resolved this way back in 2009. Back then, the Democrats had majorities in both the House and Senate, and they could have passed a bill adding an additional Title section to the 1964 Civil Rights Act that would specifically include civil rights for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) people, which would have ended the whole argument right there.


3 posted on 06/22/2015 10:31:11 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Political Junkie Too

So, IOW. homo’s are to big to fail?


4 posted on 06/22/2015 10:31:43 AM PDT by V_TWIN
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To: Oldeconomybuyer


Media breaks into it's old routine.
5 posted on 06/22/2015 10:31:56 AM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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Gosh, don’t know about a meteor, but could you step outside for a moment, I think some lightning can be arranged... ;)


6 posted on 06/22/2015 10:32:16 AM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ruling for it causes moral chaos.


7 posted on 06/22/2015 10:34:29 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I suggest that all of the district judges who found a right are the cause of the chaos.


8 posted on 06/22/2015 10:35:03 AM PDT by jimfree (In November 2016 my 14 y/o granddaughter will have more quality exec experience than Barack Obama)
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To: V_TWIN
My observation is about the process, not this specific ruling. It's the same MO as with ObamaCare subsidies and Obama's immigration Executive Order. Possibly others that I'm not remembering right now.

-PJ

9 posted on 06/22/2015 10:37:41 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Maybe that’s why the wise latina dissented in the grape case, out of spite. zerocare and same-sex have been decided, just not revealed.

Ginsberg hinted that they found for the plaintiff, so I’m not
holding my breath, but what a day if the GLBTs get THEIR chaos.


10 posted on 06/22/2015 10:41:47 AM PDT by txhurl
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The Liberals always claim there will be chaos if don’t get their way...but it’s usually Chaos when they do get their way.


11 posted on 06/22/2015 10:44:10 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The first paragraph summed up what’s wrong nowadays.

WHY in the world should SC ruling based on the clear threat of chaos? What happened to the you know Constitution?


12 posted on 06/22/2015 10:44:20 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = CCCP; JournOList + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey!)
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Anthony Kennedy planted this awful seed years ago in a series of decisions, and now is seeing his handiwork come to fruition. The ultimate judicial activist, remaking society in his image.

Flushing 4,000 years of civilization down the drain. Anthony Kennedy is black mark on the legacy of Reagan, who sadly appointed this anti-Christian bigot.


13 posted on 06/22/2015 10:46:53 AM PDT by crusader71
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“...a giant meteor could fall on my head in the next five seconds.”

Well, something like that happened once before!


14 posted on 06/22/2015 10:47:47 AM PDT by beelzepug (liberalism is not...a political philosophy. It is a stage of arrested emotional development.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Good. Let all of the homosexuals go all crazy over this (like they already aren’t).

A marriage is bond between a MAN, and a WOMAN, as witnessed before the eyes of God.

NOTHING, that these godless lost soul heathens can say or do will ever change that.


15 posted on 06/22/2015 10:48:11 AM PDT by factoryrat (We are the producers, the creators. Grow it, mine it, build it.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

You know because a referendum vote doesn’t count.


16 posted on 06/22/2015 10:48:53 AM PDT by Jaded (Really? Seriously?)
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To: beelzepug

“...a giant meteor could fall on my head in the next five seconds.”

One can only hope....


17 posted on 06/22/2015 10:50:55 AM PDT by Magnum44 (I have had just about enough)
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To: PetroniusMaximus

It should be chaotic, because there is no legal definition of “gay”, it cannot be determined by genetics, it cannot be determined by family history, or upbringing. Anyone can claim to be gay, anyone can claim to be not gay. It is defined by behaviors, but those behaviors are exhibited on a sliding scale, i. e. various shades of bi-sexual. Does one same sex attraction make a person a homosexual or bisexual? Only if behavior brings that attraction to fulfillment? We are making federal law based on a slippery, sliding scale based primarily in behavior. How is this possible in a supposedly rational society?


18 posted on 06/22/2015 10:51:23 AM PDT by Hillary'sMoralVoid
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If the court upholds that States cannot set standards of any kind then that is chaos. No more genders, no more ages, etc.


19 posted on 06/22/2015 10:54:37 AM PDT by CodeToad (Islam should be outlawed and treated as a criminal enterprise!)
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Court Ruling Against Gay Marriage Could Cause Legal > “’Chaos’”

There will be no legal chaos because there will be no court ruling against Homo Marriage.

SCOTUS will decide 6-3 in favor of perversion.


20 posted on 06/22/2015 10:56:28 AM PDT by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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