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Court clears the way for gay marriage expansion

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 8:57 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


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The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and may have signaled that it’s only a matter of time before same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states.

Rejecting appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, the Supreme Court effectively made such marriages legal in 30 states, up from 19 and the District of Columbia, taking in every region of the country.

Challenges are pending in the other 20 states.

Almost immediately, exuberant couples began receiving marriage licenses previously denied to them. “This is the dream day,” said Sharon Baldwin, a plaintiff in a challenge to Oklahoma’s ban, as she and her partner got their license in the Tulsa County Clerk’s Office.


Directly affected by Monday’s orders were Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Officials in those states had appealed lower court rulings in an effort to preserve their bans. Couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming — should be able to get married in short order since those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that have been on hold.

While county clerks in a number of states quickly began issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples, in some other states affected by the court’s action officials did not sound ready to give up the fight. However, their legal options are limited.



More at http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-clears-the-way-for-gay-ma
rriage-expansion/2014/10/06/8ed03ec6-4db8-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html


Surprised no one has posted on this. Is that because it goes against the "reactionary, conservative Supreme Court" meme?

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Wednesday, October 8, 2014 3:03 PM

STORYMARK


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Originally posted by Geezer:

Surprised no one has posted on this. Is that because it goes against the "reactionary, conservative Supreme Court" meme?



Aw, lookit you, desperate for validation.

It might be because it was entirely expected. Sotomayor has said for a while that the Court wouldn't deal with the issue until there is a Circuit Split.





“Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'”? Isaac Asimov

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Saturday, October 11, 2014 4:15 AM

SHINYGOODGUY


For those that believe in the Constitution, this shouldn't come as a surprise.

"Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose"


SGG


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Originally posted by Geezer:
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The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and may have signaled that it’s only a matter of time before same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states.

Rejecting appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, the Supreme Court effectively made such marriages legal in 30 states, up from 19 and the District of Columbia, taking in every region of the country.

Challenges are pending in the other 20 states.

Almost immediately, exuberant couples began receiving marriage licenses previously denied to them. “This is the dream day,” said Sharon Baldwin, a plaintiff in a challenge to Oklahoma’s ban, as she and her partner got their license in the Tulsa County Clerk’s Office.


Directly affected by Monday’s orders were Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Officials in those states had appealed lower court rulings in an effort to preserve their bans. Couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming — should be able to get married in short order since those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that have been on hold.

While county clerks in a number of states quickly began issuing licenses to gay and lesbian couples, in some other states affected by the court’s action officials did not sound ready to give up the fight. However, their legal options are limited.



More at http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/court-clears-the-way-for-gay-ma
rriage-expansion/2014/10/06/8ed03ec6-4db8-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html


Surprised no one has posted on this. Is that because it goes against the "reactionary, conservative Supreme Court" meme?


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Saturday, October 11, 2014 8:34 AM

WHOZIT


The court just sent it back to the states to decide, that's where it belongs

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Saturday, October 11, 2014 10:04 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!


I didn't know Janis Joplin was a founding father.


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