The SCOTUS decision does not apply to the states! A mandate that gay-marriage licenses be issued “by the States” clearly means those licenses shall be issued by the Federal Government (a precedent set by last week’s ObamaCare decision).
Good point. Real good point.
Good point. Real good point.
Pull a Roberts right back at them.
kevao wrote:
“The SCOTUS decision does not apply to the states! A mandate that gay-marriage licenses be issued “by the States” clearly means those licenses shall be issued by the Federal Government (a precedent set by last week’s ObamaCare decision).”
OK, I think I see what you are getting at..
If I read it right, you applied the SCOTUS’ obamacare definition of ‘state’ to the “gay marriage” decision.
If so, where would those “couples” go in order to get said licenses?
DC?
A federal building in one of the states?
I have been thinking the same thing.
Usually, when the federal government creates legislation, it creates the means to engage the legislation. In this case, legislation has been created from the supreme (cough cough) court with no means to engage the legislation.
All that is needed to counteract this, is for the states to say ok we are no longer issuing licenses, performing civil ceremonies, etc. It is now for the federal government to do this. Oh, ooops. The legislation that was just created by the federal government through the supreme court doesn’t include all the necessary stuff for following the legislation? Too bad.