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A federal judge Tuesday declared Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, the fourth such ruling on a state ban in the past three weeks. Judge John Jones III ruled in favor of 23 Pennsylvania residents who challenged the law.\ "The issue we resolve today is a divisive one. Some of our citizens are made deeply uncomfortable by the notion of same-sex marriage. However, that same sex marriage causes discomfort in some does not make its prohibition constitutional," he said. The state's Democratic attorney general, Kathleen Kane, announced last July that she would not defend it, saying she could not ethically...

Last year’s decision in Kitzmiller vs. Dover Area School Board caused quite a stir. Evolutionists loudly trumpeted their victory, while others spoke out in disagreement with the ruling for a variety of reasons. Some attacked Judge John E. Jones III for his decision, saying he was a judicial activist. According to the ruling, Jones anticipated that. “Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist Court.” In this case however, it seems the Judge is protesting too much, at...

John Edward Jones III is a Republican, Jones was appointed by President George W. Bush as federal judge on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in February 2002 and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on July 30, 2002. Previously ran for Congress in 6th district of PA.