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TN Judge Refuses To Divorce Couple, Blaming SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling
Talking Points Memo ^
| 9/3/2015
| Tierney Sneed
Posted on 09/03/2015 2:18:26 PM PDT by VinL
A judge in Tennessee told a married couple seeking a divorce that he could not grant one for them, arguing that the Supreme Court's same-sex marriage decision left him unclear as to when a marriage ends.
"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," Hamilton County Chancellor Jeffrey Atherton wrote when denying the divorce petition, according to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
He said that the Supreme Court needed to declare "when a marriage is no longer a marriage" for state courts to begin granting divorces, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
The couple — Thomas Bumgardner, 65, and his wife, Pamela, 61 — had petitioned for divorce because their marriage was "irretrievably broken."
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Kentucky; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: gaykkk; homosexualagenda; jeffreyatherton; kentucky; libertarians; marriage; medicalmarijuana; tennessee; thomasbumgardner
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Agreed- Kennedy said that marriage bestowed "dignity" on the spouses- Thus, granting a divorce, would place the spouses in a state of indignity. No sitting judge should order such a consequence. /s
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:18:26 PM PDT
by
VinL
To: VinL
Calvinball, mon. Calvinball.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:19:47 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
To: VinL
LOL, good for this judge. Now we’re talkin’...
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:20:07 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
To: VinL
TN Judge Refuses To Divorce Couple, Blaming SCOTUS Gay Marriage Ruling I hope this defiance spreads. We need to mock, ridicule, and throw up legal obstacles to their attempts to push this crap on us.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:22:48 PM PDT
by
DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
To: HiTech RedNeck
LOL! So true, but I can't disagree with the judge's legal reasoning. Since Judge Kennedy decided he had the authority to define marriage, let him also rule on every contested divorce.
That ought to keep the jackwagon and his four cohorts busy for awhile.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:27:01 PM PDT
by
Vigilanteman
(Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
To: VinL
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:27:21 PM PDT
by
Cyman
(We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
To: VinL
"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,"
:)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Calvinball, mon. Calvinball.Ha! So true, so true.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:33:12 PM PDT
by
LambSlave
To: VinL
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:33:32 PM PDT
by
Ray76
(When a gov't leads it's people down a path of destruction resistance is not only a right but a duty.)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:35:48 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
To: VinL
I do not get this, why would people who asked so hard to be married demand a divorce a few years or so later? I thought that was mostly for celebrities.
To: VinL
Wait till a judge denies a divorce to gays...course, this one TN case should do nicely.
All hell will break loose when some states decide NOT to allow gays to divorce.
Divorce laws are different in each state, ergo, SCOTUS shouldn't even think about touching divorces.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:37:45 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(obama = Fredo Smart)
To: stylin19a
Divorce laws are different in each state, ergo, SCOTUS shouldn't even think about touching divorces. So were marriage laws!
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:45:48 PM PDT
by
Lockbox
To: VinL
It’s way past time for massive civil disobedience.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:49:19 PM PDT
by
lormand
(Inside every liberal is a dung slinging monkey)
To: VinL
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:52:08 PM PDT
by
onona
(something pithy this way comes)
To: VinL
Keep it up, Americans. Drive this nail into the hearts of this evil, phony central socialist government and its lickspittle Soopreme Kort.
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posted on
09/03/2015 2:59:05 PM PDT
by
HomerBohn
(Liberals and slinkies: they're good for nothing, but you smile as you shove them down the stairs.)
To: Morpheus2009
The couple — Thomas Bumgardner, 65, and his wife, Pamela, 61
You must be reading something that is not there.
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posted on
09/03/2015 3:38:06 PM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(Walker for President 2016. The only candidate with actual real RESULTS!!!!! The rest...talkers!)
To: Lockbox
thanks. as soon as I posted I was thinking about that. Nevermind.
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posted on
09/03/2015 4:20:06 PM PDT
by
stylin19a
(obama = Fredo Smart)
To: VinL
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posted on
09/03/2015 4:22:02 PM PDT
by
Cold Heat
(For Rent....call 1-555-tagline)
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