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Supreme Court Puts Hold on Same-Sex Marriages in Virginia
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-newsalert-25043930 ^ | August 20, 2014

Posted on 08/20/2014 12:21:51 PM PDT by Steelfish

Supreme Court Puts Hold on Same-Sex Marriages in Virginia WASHINGTON — Aug 20, 2014, 3:09 PM ET

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ap-newsalert-25043930

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; ruling; samesexmarriage; scotus; virginia
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To: SeekAndFind

The Supreme Court of the United States

The Virginia State Supreme Court has no power to issue a stay on any decision of the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals or even any federal district court for that matter.


21 posted on 08/20/2014 3:39:57 PM PDT by Tarheel25
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To: Steelfish; Lurking Libertarian; Perdogg; JDW11235; Clairity; Spacetrucker; Art in Idaho; GregNH; ...

FReepmail me to subscribe to or unsubscribe from the SCOTUS ping list.

22 posted on 08/20/2014 3:46:25 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (There are those that break and bend. I'm the other kind. ~Steve Earle)
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To: Tarheel25

RE: The Supreme Court of the United States

Is this a decision made by one justice or the 9 justices?

If all 9, who voted what?


23 posted on 08/20/2014 3:58:24 PM PDT by SeekAndFind (If at first you don't succeed, put it out for beta test.)
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To: tbw2

“I worry that we can’t trust five justices at the SCOTUS to rule on the traditional side in this matter.”
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Well, at least I hope we can trust them to correctly say that each state has a right to define marriage as its citizens see fit.


24 posted on 08/20/2014 4:01:01 PM PDT by House Atreides (ANOTHER CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN FOR CHILDERS 2014 .... Don't reward bad GOPe behavior.)
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To: Red Steel

They’ve put a hold on other states’ “gay marriage” bans being overturned. Still not deciding one way or the other. Gonna be bigger than the O’Care decision.


25 posted on 08/20/2014 4:01:48 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: Lurking Libertarian

maybe they will rule that 2 grown man should not rub their junk together or hump each other because it`s immoral and the Bible refers to it as an abomination

No they wont say that, but they should!


26 posted on 08/20/2014 4:49:11 PM PDT by Friendofgeorge (Sarah Palin 2016 OR BUST)
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To: SoFloFreeper

God can as easily point to a standard by allowing controlled chaos (the old adage that one never misses the water till the well runs dry).

Living biblically is ultimately going to depend on people believing, really BELIEVING, on the Lord. And this is nothing that courts or legislatures can effect on earth.


27 posted on 08/20/2014 4:50:45 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Steelfish

It’s about time they ruled that states have decided and have constitutional amendments too.

One thing is for sure, and that is the drama queens will get their panties in a twist over this.


28 posted on 08/20/2014 5:08:28 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Secret Agent Man

They move to states like here in the south. They then go judge shopping throwing out millions of votes and constitutional amendments.


29 posted on 08/20/2014 5:10:07 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: Captain Jack Aubrey

Has out side ever said that though?

I’ve been saying for years that they have the same rights as us, and we cannot marry the same sex either.

Now if they go on equality then it should be any kind of marriage which opens a whole load of crap. The homosexuals don’t want polygamy etc, but they want their kind of marriage.

No ones rights have been stripped away over marriage as we all have the same rights.


30 posted on 08/20/2014 5:12:00 PM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: tbw2

I worry that we can’t trust five justices at the SCOTUS to rule on the traditional side in this matter.


I can practically guarantee that 5 supremes will rule that traditional marriage is discriminatory and has to go.

Anthony Kennedy has been salivating to do this for decades. And, of course, the four supremes appointed by RATS will rule that way. Kennedy wanted to do this with the California Prop 8 case but Roberts and Scalia were afraid of the bad PR for the court so they got the RATS to go along with the bogus sidestep of claiming that the defendants, who had been ratified by the CA supremes, actually did not have standing.


31 posted on 08/20/2014 5:13:26 PM PDT by fifedom
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To: EDINVA
One bunch of retards in black robes (SCOTUS)is saying that Marriage is a State issue (DOMA is Unconstitutional), and another bunch of retards in black robes (CIRCUIT and STATE COURTS)is saying States can't define or regulate marriage in any way, shape, or form.

The faggots have been celebrating prematurely, because this WILL get straightened out.

Maybe the Florida idiot hack Judge from Broward County didn't read this opinion by the DC SCOTUS idiot Kennedy.

"DOMA's unusual deviation from the usual tradition of recognizing and accepting state definitions of marriage here operates to deprive same-sex couples of the benefits and responsibilities that come with the federal recognition of their marriages.

This is strong evidence of a law having the purpose and effect of disapproval of that class.

The avowed purpose and practical effect of the law here in question are to impose a disadvantage, a separate status and so a stigma upon all who enter into same-sex marriages made lawful by the unquestioned authority of the States."

In other words, SCOTUS has ALREADY ruled that the States have the UNQUESTIONED right to define marriage, it is not a Federal issue.

32 posted on 08/20/2014 5:24:21 PM PDT by Rome2000
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To: SeekAndFind
Elections mean nothing anymore and I dare say the corruptocrats in DC do NOT have the consent of the governed.
33 posted on 08/20/2014 5:33:02 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: Steelfish

Is there supposed to be an article at the link, or has it been pulled?


34 posted on 08/20/2014 6:40:57 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Demonazi's are openly marching us (Jews, Christians, Conservatives) double time to Holocaust II.)
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To: matthew fuller

No article. It was simply a banner headline.


35 posted on 08/20/2014 6:41:35 PM PDT by Steelfish (ui)
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To: Steelfish

Thanks.


36 posted on 08/20/2014 6:42:31 PM PDT by matthew fuller (Demonazi's are openly marching us (Jews, Christians, Conservatives) double time to Holocaust II.)
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FReepers, Let's go!
Everyone needs to donate!

All contributions are for the current quarter expenses.


37 posted on 08/20/2014 6:57:08 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: Rome2000

“....SCOTUS has ALREADY ruled that the States have the UNQUESTIONED right to define marriage, it is not a Federal issue. “

Yeah, it’s not. Until it is!


38 posted on 08/20/2014 7:15:07 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: SoFloFreeper

Another answer to prayer.

I have been praying about this issue; I think it is of utmost importance our civilization gets back to respecting God’s law.

God’s law doesn’t SAVE us, but it does give us a standard...and our nation’s creation of a permanent underclass via dependence on government via the destruction/confiscation of private property since the 1930s, our endorsement of infanticide since 1973, and the attempt to force a celebration of perversion in this decade are terrible sins.

We must pray these notions are reversed if we are going to live or strive to live in a biblical manner.


Psalm 2
1 Why do the nations conspire[a]
and the peoples plot in vain?
2 The kings of the earth rise up
and the rulers band together
against the Lord and against his anointed, saying,
3 “Let us break their chains
and throw off their shackles.”
4 The One enthroned in heaven laughs;
the Lord scoffs at them.
5 He rebukes them in his anger
and terrifies them in his wrath, saying,
6 “I have installed my king
on Zion, my holy mountain.”


39 posted on 08/20/2014 7:36:49 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.)
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To: Steelfish

for later


40 posted on 08/20/2014 9:29:03 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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