Posted on 07/28/2014 9:27:13 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Lawyers for two Monroe County men who won the right to marry filed papers Monday for the state’s appeal to move directly to Florida's Supreme Court.
“We’re filing in the court of appeal, a motion, in layman’s terms, to pass through the jurisdiction of the third District Court of Appeal and to send the case directly to the Florida Supreme Court.....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...
This appeal should be taken by the Florida SC and then summarily ruled as supporting the constitution of the STATE.
First rule:
Never accept the concept that there is a “right” to marry.
Marriage has always been (ideally) an obligation assumed prior to engaging in behavior that might reasonably be expected to yield children, for the purposes of creating an environment most-likely to lead to said children becoming responsible, productive adults.
Bingo. Marriage is a simple definition. Two adults of the opposite sex.
Many other restrictions ... not closely-related, not already married to someone else, not afflicted by a “loathsome social disease”, and so on.
And finally, one last restriction ... opposite sex.
Yes, thank you.
Since when do people have the ‘right’ to get married?
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