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SUPREME COURT STRIKES DOWN FEDERAL PROVISION DENYING BENEFITS TO LEGALLY MARRIED SAME-SEX COUPLES
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Posted on 06/26/2013 7:12:46 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty

Edited on 06/26/2013 7:25:51 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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Text of decision here.


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To: BuckeyeTexan

Any hint of retirements?


281 posted on 06/26/2013 10:18:03 AM PDT by Perdogg (Sen Ted Cruz, Sen Mike Lee, and Sen Rand Paul are my adoptive Senators)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The US Constitution is irrelevant.

Our enemies laugh at us and salivate over their futures and conquests to come.


282 posted on 06/26/2013 10:29:19 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: Patrick1

Yep... no surprise at all!


283 posted on 06/26/2013 10:38:51 AM PDT by thegrump
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To: Patrick1

More pathetic judicial activism ...

The initiative process kicked to the curb...


284 posted on 06/26/2013 10:43:05 AM PDT by Fred (http://arkancide.com)
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To: babygene; ConstantSkeptic
"Many states explicitly require by law consummation of marriage for the vows to be considered valid."

How could the state possibly enforce such a requirement? What proof would be required to satisfy the requirement?

285 posted on 06/26/2013 10:49:47 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: cripplecreek

We have to take away their tools:

income tax, social security, medicaid/care, PPACA (Obama’s commiecare), govt schools/curriculum


286 posted on 06/26/2013 10:49:55 AM PDT by Ray76 (Do you reject Obama? And all his works? And all his empty promises?)
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To: NKP_Vet

It takes two to tango...and being blackmailed is no excuse for doing the wrong thing. An unwillingness to stand up for what is right shows weakness and a lack of courage... clearly not as reliable as thought.

Is there no one left with the courage of their convictions? Even under the threat of personal sacrifice.

We get what we deserve when we sit back and elect the spineless to positions of power over our general welfare.


287 posted on 06/26/2013 10:51:33 AM PDT by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

I am coming out of the closet.

I am a heterosexual male.

There...I feel better. I realize, however, I am persecuted and I no longer have any rights.


288 posted on 06/26/2013 10:52:20 AM PDT by CincyRichieRich (He thwarts the plans of the crafty so that their hands achieve no success...Job 5:12)
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To: Poison Pill; Red Badger
"Now, how many ‘fake marriages’ will be done just to avoid INCOME TAXES?..................... DING,DING, DING, DING, DING!

Mom's past on. Daddy's worth a $billion. Guess what comes next....

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And when Daddy passes on, sister (or brother) could then marry another sibling...our cousin, and so on. All they have to do is say they love each other and want to marry.

What's to stop that from becoming a reality now?

289 posted on 06/26/2013 10:53:06 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Another Nero-approved SCOTUS decision.


290 posted on 06/26/2013 10:53:34 AM PDT by Antoninus (Sorry, gone rogue.)
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To: rxsid

The federal government has a vast bureaucracy devoted to challenging fake heterosexual marriages in the context of immigration. Nothing at all keeping the IRS, SSA or VA from challenging fake gay marriages in the context of estate tax, survivor benefits, etc.


291 posted on 06/26/2013 11:01:32 AM PDT by only1percent
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To: LachlanMinnesota; The Sons of Liberty
"Game, set, match. Now, on to polygamy!"

That's right. If people of the same sex have a "right" to marry, then so too do multiple people.

1 man, multiple women.
1 woman, multiple men.
groups of people
Cousins
Mothers and sons.
Fathers and daughters.

If the argument is, that gay's can not have their right to marry be denied by the state, then the state can not deny the rights of those people involved in any of those other situations either (so long as the individual is an adult).

Clearly, this is a dangerous slippery slope.

292 posted on 06/26/2013 11:03:41 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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To: snarkytart

When the same-sex couples appealed the CA Supreme Court’s decision that upheld Prop 8 to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the State of California was still defending Prop 8.

Then the State refused to defend it further. So the voters who brought the Prop 8 initiative to the ballot appealed to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. Under California law, they were legally entitled to defend Prop 8 in court when the State refused to defend Prop 8.

Essentially, the SCOTUS decision says that the case was properly heard before the U.S. District Court of N. CA. (Judge Walker) because the State was defending Prop 8 at that time. The case was not properly heard before the 9th Circuit because the voters who brought the initiative cannot have no legal standing to defend Prop 8 in the federal court system. They can only do so in CA under CA law.

So Judge Walker’s decision stands and the 9th is overturned.


293 posted on 06/26/2013 11:06:38 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: rxsid

Every geezer in the US whose getting $1200 in SSI every month will get to pass that on past their death in perpetuity. Either that or the IRS or some other agency now gets to decide whats a “real” marriage. Oh, and if amnesty gets past the House, every illigal alien here gets to bring their “gay hombre” from back home.


294 posted on 06/26/2013 11:07:23 AM PDT by Poison Pill (Take your silver lining and SHOVE IT!)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Prop 8 was struck down. To be clear, the lower court ruling stands only with regard to California, not other states that define marriage as one man-one woman.

So obviously State's rights are valid concerning marriage, only unless they are in favor of homos/lesbians being given the "Right" to marry. With today's SCOTUS decision, every single one of the 32 states who have state constitutional amendments on their books, will be challenged in Federal & State courts. And because of today's SCOTUS ruling against California Prop 8, every single one of those 32 states marriage amendments will be ruled as unconsitutional & therefore null & void. After all, how can any of these 32 states deny homos/lesbians the "Right" to marry the one they love.

Homo/lesbian marriage just became the law of the land, make no mistake about it. Next on the Nazi homo/lestian agenda, will be to bring lawsuits against any churches/parishes/synagogues that deny them the "Right" to marry. And following that will be to declare marriage is open & available for whoever (or how many) you desire to marry. Pedophiles, polygamists, bestiality, all have the "Right" marry any one or any object of their degenerate "love".

295 posted on 06/26/2013 11:09:48 AM PDT by rcrngroup
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To: BlueStateRightist
All GOP appointments to the SCOTUS should be measured against Clarence Thomas — anyone left of him is out.

That's RAAAACISSSST! /s

296 posted on 06/26/2013 11:10:51 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

297 posted on 06/26/2013 11:11:44 AM PDT by JennysCool (My hypocrisy goes only so far)
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To: EQAndyBuzz; listenhillary; StarFan; GOPsterinMA; Black Agnes; Bigg Red
Between abortions and gay marriage, the left will eventually kill themselves off.

Of course this now explains why the left want to let in 11 million illegals. They have to replenish the stock of Democrat voters.

The left has a pretty tight grip on the education system. They can make more liberals.

Yup. Then top it all off with ObamaCare and the likely election of President Hillary in 2016. We're doomed.

298 posted on 06/26/2013 11:11:59 AM PDT by nutmeg (Rest in Peace, FReeper Extraordinaire Doctor Raoul...)
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To: Red Badger

Then what is your point?


299 posted on 06/26/2013 11:14:15 AM PDT by stormer
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To: commish
The Fed Gov should not be involved one way or the other, it should be for each state to decide - and this and the Prop 8 punt both send that message. States can decide whether they are for or against gay marraige and whether to give benefits.

Health care is not a federal issue though it involves Benefits and or taxes so it was ruled okay.

There is no logic to agree with in this ruling. IT is all about promoting and imposing the acceptance of homosexual sex normalcy by the state.

300 posted on 06/26/2013 11:14:24 AM PDT by DBeers (†)
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