Posted on 11/06/2014 2:19:13 PM PST by AbortionIsEvil
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday upheld gay marriage bans in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee, reversing a recent trend in the federal courts to strike down such bans.
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Here is a link that refers to the Puerto Rico decision. It mentions the 1972 Supreme Court ruling.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/10/22/gay-marriage-puerto-rico/17711957/
The Constitution says whatever 5 out of 9 Supreme Court Justices say it says.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
Gays want marriage for one reason. To destroy the church. If they left it at civil unions which everyone must go through there wouldn’t be issues.
Yup and prolly end up allowing it as a “tax” on society
“Even if it was sympathetic to the conservative side, there wasn’t any source material for it use... at least till now.”
If they want to have “material” to quote. Then they should use the ruling of the federal judge in Puerto Rico. He said it very clearly that there is NO constitutional right to homosexual marriage and clearly stated the IMPORTANCE of heterosexual marriage as a bedrock of Western civilization.
I am. I personally think it is time to ammend the constitution to take away the power of the SCOTUS to spin the constitution to give rights never before recognized (or to take those that were).
Whenever the SCOTUS issues a “landmark” ruling, it should require “ratification” by the legislatures of the 3/4th of the States like any constitutional ammendment. The SCOTUS should not be able to ammend the COTUS from the bench...unless their ammending is ratified like any ammendment would require.
A brief 5 years in prison before execution wouldn’t hurt! :-)
There is nothing anyone has to do because of a SCOTUS ruling, if you are big enough, like a state. They simply interpret the Constitution and the laws codified by Congress. However, that can swing for us and agin us.
“The Lord is with me... whom shall I fear?”
FWIW, Robert Bork suggested what is sometimes called the Bork Amendment. Make it possible to overrule any court decision in the land by a supermajority vote of both houses of Congress.
They generally cite circuit appellate decisions, which the PR decision was not.
I’m resigned to the idea that we’re going to see five members on SCOTUS decide that they’re legislators.
What’s going to be interesting is if we see a strong response from the candidates running for the GOP nomination. It will be very telling, and instructive on whom I vote for. I’m not voting for a wishy-washy wimpy sodomy-tolerant candidate. No white flags on this issue.
More importantly, is the 6th circuit aware of Justice Kennedy’s agenda?
You would think that 4 thousand years of custom all over the world would count for something.
Notice how their movement is not only homosexual but they call it the glbtq etc. etc. They keep adding new letters and they are altering the definition of everything that has anything to do with sex. They are redifining reality. These people are mad and tyranical.
JCMCWM
Judo Christian Middle Class White Male.
The new minority.
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