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To: xzins

OK, thanks.

I would say that 1, that is a dissent not a court order. And 2, “invalidate” is not necessarily saying that the entire statute is voided.

In any event, the state laws must be changed, so this argument is limited in time. This clerk’s argument is still that God forbids her to do these newly defined duties of her office.


238 posted on 09/04/2015 7:14:54 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: SoothingDave; P-Marlowe
From the Obergefell decision:

Held: The Fourteenth Amendment requires a State to license a marriage between two people of the same sex and to recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their marriage was lawfully licensed and performed out-of-State. Pp. 3–28.

From legal dictionary, "Saving Clause"

The provision in a statute, sometimes referred to as the severability clause, that rescues the balance of the statute from a declaration of unconstitutionality if one or more parts are invalidated.

256 posted on 09/04/2015 7:30:25 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True Supporters of our Troops PRAY for their Victory!)
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