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Pennsylvania's Attorney General Refuses to Defend State's Gay Marriage Ban
Christian Post ^
| 07/11/2013
| Katherine Weber
Posted on 07/11/2013 6:06:05 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
We are no longer a nation of laws. This is not the United States of America as founded.
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:08:40 PM PDT
by
Irenic
(The pencil sharpener and Elmer's glue is put away-- we've lost the red wheel barrow)
To: SeekAndFind
if it won't do it's job... fire the miserable wretch
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:10:01 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: SeekAndFind
We are a nation of thugs.
The republicans should now fail to enforce ALL affirmative action laws, union laws, obamacare and abortion laws.
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:11:19 PM PDT
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Chode
Governor Corbett can’t fire the Rat...in Pennsylvania, AG’s are elected officials and not appointed.
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:17:57 PM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: SeekAndFind
this is the new liberal Alinsky tactic. By not defending the law in court, and based on the Supreme Court saying that nobody had standing to defend Proposition 8 from California, then judges are simply going to automatically rule for homosexual marriage.
Is anyone else alarmed by this tactic, aside from the issue of homosexual marriage? If the liberals get away with this, they can simply get a lawsuit going against a law they don’t like, refuse to defend it, then the court overturns a law becuase nobody has standing. Our legal system is hanging by a thread with liberals doing this.
To: SeekAndFind
I’m just thankful that the majority of states, around 35 States do recognize Marriage as ONLY being between 1 man and 1 woman. The majority of states recognize proper marriage, I think same sex marriage can be held off, I think the past year has mainly been a fad with a President trying to push this on the public. Eventually, I think normalcy will return and I think Illinois NOT redefining marriage is the beginning of the tide turning back in favor of Traditional Marriage.
P.S. I say “Traditional Marriage” but make no mistake, I think that is the only thing that is Marriage, 1 man and 1 woman.
To: SeekAndFind
We now official are ruled by Pirate Rules - more a set of guidelines to be followed when it suits us.
We are lead to this by our President, as the chief law enforcement presence in the nation.
We can now no longer tell our children the rules are meant to be followed until changed with an appropriate process. Now, they may be taught only to follow rules that they agree should be followed.
The rule of law is over.
To: Timber Rattler
wonderful... willful misconduct means nothing anymore, i thought selective enforcement of the law was illegal
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:22:05 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: 2banana
the GOP should mention social issues much more instead of being cowards and we’ll see more republicans voted in.
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:31:07 PM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
To: SeekAndFind
‘Sworn to defend the Law of the Land’/ not?
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posted on
07/11/2013 6:31:07 PM PDT
by
bboop
(does not suffer fools gladly)
To: Timber Rattler; SeekAndFind
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:01:42 PM PDT
by
lightman
(Prosecute the heresies; pity the heretics.)
To: Timber Rattler
Arrest her for dereliction of duty. And to all the NSA trolls, FU.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:37:33 PM PDT
by
NTHockey
(Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
To: Dilbert San Diego
Is anyone else alarmed by this tactic, aside from the issue of homosexual marriage? If the liberals get away with this, they can simply get a lawsuit going against a law they dont like, refuse to defend it, then the court overturns a law becuase nobody has standing.
Fortunately, we don't need to worry about that in this case. Pennsylvania law allows the governor to select another state lawyer to defend the law if the AG won't. So standing isn't an issue here, and Pennsylvania can defend itself to the hilt.
Also, don't forget that the House of Representatives was allowed to defend DOMA all the way to SCOTUS - if they were really going to gut standing, they would have done so in that case as well.
The only reason they used standing to kick the Prop 8 case was to avoid striking down the law outright. This was a cheap dodge, but at least it allowed other laws to stay on the books. A very bad decision, to be sure, but the best they could do under the circumstances. It was either that or gay marriage for all.
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posted on
07/11/2013 7:57:34 PM PDT
by
highball
("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
To: SeekAndFind
Isn’t it the AG’s legal obligation to do so?
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:33:09 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: SeekAndFind
Exactly what the activist “progressive” judges intended. Now they can ram gay marriage down everyone’s throats simply by opting out of defending it, since nobody else will be considered to have standing.
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posted on
07/11/2013 8:34:20 PM PDT
by
TBP
(Obama lies, Granny dies.)
To: SeekAndFind
Corbett's office has yet to comment on Kane's announcement, but the governor has previously expressed his opposition to same-sex marriage...he said this afternoon that he was dismayed that she was failing to perform her official duties of defending a law which the legislature had passed, but that his legal team would take up the defense - time to impeach this newly elected AG......
To: Intolerant in NJ
The Supreme Court’s DOMA decision as Justice Scalia noted in his dissent invites a case from the states to come up to the Supreme Court for the Roe vs. Wade decision that would strike down any and all state laws that define marriage as a man and woman thing.
After the majority came in against DOMA we all now know that the redefinition of marriage nationally by the US Supreme Court is only a matter of the time it takes for the case to reach them.
Is this the case???????
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posted on
07/11/2013 9:26:59 PM PDT
by
Nextrush
(A BALANCED BUDGET NOW AND PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN ARE AT THE TOP OF MY LIST)
To: SeekAndFind
Then she needs to resign. Her sworn duty is to defend the laws of her State.
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posted on
07/11/2013 9:29:06 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: SeekAndFind
“The ACLU will also file lawsuits in Indiana, North Carolina, and Virginia”
The people voted overwhelmingly on a Constitional amendment that defines marriage as one man one woman. ACLU can file lawsuits till their blue in the face.
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posted on
07/11/2013 9:51:54 PM PDT
by
NKP_Vet
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