Posted on 05/11/2014 7:54:39 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
More than a dozen same-sex marriage licenses were issued for the first time in a Bible Belt state Saturday after a state judge declared Arkansas' voter-approved ban on gay wedding to be unconstitutional.
About 50 couples had lined up at the courthouse in Eureka Springs in Carroll County, Arkansas, Saturday morning seeking licenses, according to Reuters.
But Carroll County Deputy Clerk Jane Osborn told The Associated Press that 15 licenses were issued Saturday.
On Friday, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, saying it violated equal protection provisions of the U.S. Constitution.
"This is an unconstitutional attempt to narrow the definition of equality," Piazza wrote in his decision. "The exclusion of a minority for no rational reason is a dangerous precedent."
The judge refused to put his ruling on hold, allowing same-sex couples to obtain marriage licenses.
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I think they mean “after single federal judge overrules the votes of the people, for the oligarchy trumps the democracy.”
Well I hate to tell you judge but brothers and sisters have been marrying in your state long before there ever was same sex marriage and you are a fitting example of what it produces...
“Arkanasas” didn’t lift the ban.
ONE judge dictated HIS politically corrupt demand.
Looking at pics of that judge, my gaydar pegs off the scale.
Just sayin’.
The judge that overturned the CA legislation was gay as an Easter parade.
Arkansas didn’t “allow” it, some goofyass, activist “judge” did.
after single federal judge
It was a state circuit court judge. Hopefully he gets recalled. He also did not issue a stay pending an appeal which is tantamount to single judge rule.
It’s always a judge making the gay laws now, isn’t it?
How many times in this country have the will of the people via referendum been overturned bu ONE person sitting on the bench?
I recall just a few months ago a similar thing happening in Utah and in California before that...
It also happened in Oklahoma in regards to the issue of Sharia Law.
How many times in this country have the will of the people via referendum been overturned bu ONE person sitting on the bench?
I recall just a few months ago a similar thing happening in Utah and in California before that...
It also happened in Oklahoma in regards to the issue of Sharia Law.
He and his ilk need to be “removed” from the bench.
Would that be considered a "baited field?"
The judge did it like the one in Michigan did late on a Friday afternoon to deliberately delay the appeals process so the marriage licenses could be issued in the meantime.
A federal judge in Utah dropped a ruling down right before the Christmas season to achieve similar ends.
There is a pattern to these judicial rulings that smacks of some sort of dare I say it “conspiracy”.
This is a job for investigative journalism if there is any real investigative journalism left out there that isn’t politicized.
Its a pretty sad state of affairs in this country when some activist judge can overrule the will of the people. What a joke.
Most frightening aspect of this (and other cases) is how much power judges have and they can make laws. I recall on FR many years ago mention of a judge in Arizona who made decisions regarding school budgets. Is there any area of our lives that the judges cannot touch?
If there were sanity, the clerk who was issuing these licenses would have been firebombed by an angry mob by now.
Any “state” judge that goes against a properly voted referedum should be immediately impeached and removed from the bench by the legislature and governor. Any “federal” judge that does so should be ordered arrested by the governor and escorted to the border of the state and told to never return - subject to immediate arrest and permanent detention without trial. The federal ruling should then be ignored.
It is REALLY time to shut down these idiot despots in robes.
Also, any future “landmark” rulings of the SCOTUS - which have the effect of amending the COTUS - should require being upheld by 3/4th of State Legislatures; just like any amendment to the COTUS.
It is fully time to put judges on a lease and limit their powers.
Because some people in government are now hostile to marriage as God defined it, in order to protect godly marriage we must remove the power of the State to define and regulate marriage. Then anyone will be perfectly free to enter into whatever relationship they want. However, they will not be able to call upon the police power of the state to force me to recognize a “marriage” that I know is theologically illegitimate and morally repugnant.
If we remove government from marriage and return it to the private sphere where it came from, lesbians can still marry each other, but they won’t be able to use government to force me to sell them wedding cake or artfully photograph their “marriage”. They will be free to do as they please without being able to coerce anyone else about their private affair.
But this was never really about marriage. For homosexuals it was social engineering and payback. They could bust marriage as God defined it, they could rub Christianity’s nose in it, they could punish people who objected and they could force anyone who was too vocal to shut up. But what they really want is approval, and it just galls them that a lot of people will never give it to them.
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