Posted on 11/29/2004 7:54:58 AM PST by areafiftyone
I'm glad they did. We don't need THIS US Supreme court involved in the issue of gay marriage. Eventually they'll be asked to rule on some element of this issue - at a time of our choosing.
Gutless wonders.
sensationalist panic stricken headline alert.
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Well it is from the DAILY SNOOZE ya know! ;-)
The Massachusetts court ruled on a state institution based on an interpretation of the state constitution. The Massachusetts marriages don't have any federal rights or recognitions and don't break any federal laws. Traditionally the Supreme Court stays far away from state-based issues like this.
Some DOMA test-case will come up in the future. That's what you need to look out for.
The people of Massachusetts have always said many Hillbilly states allow their citizens to wed their family, well now we see what the people of Massachusetts wed . I havent seen the Hillbilly state have a problem with brain damage , but after seeing the Drunken Senator , the Traitor senator and the Queer Senator, I say I will takle marriage to family to marriage to queers anyday.
Hardly. I recently read a detailed analysis of where we stand in this fight, authored by attorneys and loaded with citations. Without significant change in the current makeup of SCOTUS, it's a virtual certainty that gay marriage will become the SCOTUS-mandated law of the land in all fifty states. The analysis was shared with me confidentially; if I can obtain permission to post it publicly, I will.
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The justices are simply acting with restraint and eschewing judicial activism, unlike the Massachusetts judges.
The people of Massachusetts are injured when their state government via the judicial branch removes their right to a republican form of government. When the courts are legislating the people are all harmed, regardless of their view on this particular issue. But it was too much to ask the supreme court to rule that another court usurped its constitutional powers by legislating from the bench. To do so would call into question many of their own decisions. Power is a very enticing thing.
Hello? The federal constitution guarantees to each state a republican form of government. Article IV section 4.
Restraint? Um, is it not their job to rule on Article IV section 4 of the US Constitution. They didn't show restraint. They didn't want to overturn the legislation because they like it.
Sorry you live in such a messed up state, but the last thing this country needs is a Mass plaintiff asking the US Supreme Court to make your gay marriage the law of the land.
It is better that the current court does NOT rule on homosexual marriage less we have it forced on all 50 states.
SCOTUS Cops-Out on Mass Gay-Coupling
And if you think this means the Supremes will not rule on the marriage issue themselves, imposing it nationwide, then you didn't read the Lawrence decision. They declined because they are pro-gay marriage and are just waiting to impose it on all. The cases are already in the works.
The Supreme Court is simply not about to rule on the broader issue of state court authority over questions of state constitutional rights. Believe me, this is not the first time this type of issue has come up.
It's not in SCOTUS's interests to say that state courts must always defer to state legislatures. They don't want that principle applied back to them.
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