Post by Guadalupe on Oct 7, 2014 9:21:13 GMT -5
SCOTUS and marriage: 'Judicial fiat' negates states' rights
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com) Tuesday, October 07, 2014
The fight for traditional marriage will continue despite lack of action from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supporters of traditional marriage had hopes the high court would accept appeals from several federal appeals courts and decide the marriage issue once and for all. But yesterday the court declined to hear the cases, effectively legalizing same-sex "marriage" in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
(Liberty Counsel) Matt Barber, a constitutional attorney who founded Barbwire.com, admits he doesn't understand the logic of the Supreme Court.
"They're putting off the inevitable and creating a great deal of unnecessary chaos while they do so," he describes. "Now we suddenly have – through judicial fiat – so-called same-sex marriage in 30 states, [and] 20 states not recognizing counterfeit marriage."
Because of the court's inaction, rulings from appeals courts will stand legalizing same-gender marriage in 11 more states for the total of 30 – that is, unless the court rules in a future case.
Mike Jestes of Marriage Network Oklahoma, one of the states whose case was turned away, wasn't surprised by the decision. "... In Oklahoma we contend that it's a state's right [to define marriage]," he tells OneNewsNow, "and in 2004 – by an overwhelming majority of 3-to-1 – Oklahomans voted that marriage was between a man and a woman. And I'm sure that our governor, Governor Mary Fallin, will stand by that and fight for state rights."
Yet to be decided are cases before appeals courts in several jurisdictions before moving on to the Supreme Court.
The high court's decision on Monday ended delays in same-sex marriages in five states – Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin; and opened the door for legalized "gay marriage" in six other states (Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming).
***FRC says SCOTUS 'cowardly' in handling marriage appeals
WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative Christian lobbying group says the Supreme Court's unwillingness to stop the legalization of gay marriage is bad for children.
Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council says the justices' refusal to review lower court rulings overturning state marriage bans was a "cowardly" way to let lower courts "do their dirty work."
And despite claims to the contrary by supporters of gay marriage, Sprigg says children do better in a traditional marriage. "Only the union of a man and a woman can bond children to both the man and the woman who produced that child," he says.
www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2014/10/07/scotus-and-marriage-judicial-fiat-negates-states-rights#.VDP1wildXs4
Charlie Butts (OneNewsNow.com) Tuesday, October 07, 2014
The fight for traditional marriage will continue despite lack of action from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Supporters of traditional marriage had hopes the high court would accept appeals from several federal appeals courts and decide the marriage issue once and for all. But yesterday the court declined to hear the cases, effectively legalizing same-sex "marriage" in 30 states and the District of Columbia.
(Liberty Counsel) Matt Barber, a constitutional attorney who founded Barbwire.com, admits he doesn't understand the logic of the Supreme Court.
"They're putting off the inevitable and creating a great deal of unnecessary chaos while they do so," he describes. "Now we suddenly have – through judicial fiat – so-called same-sex marriage in 30 states, [and] 20 states not recognizing counterfeit marriage."
Because of the court's inaction, rulings from appeals courts will stand legalizing same-gender marriage in 11 more states for the total of 30 – that is, unless the court rules in a future case.
Mike Jestes of Marriage Network Oklahoma, one of the states whose case was turned away, wasn't surprised by the decision. "... In Oklahoma we contend that it's a state's right [to define marriage]," he tells OneNewsNow, "and in 2004 – by an overwhelming majority of 3-to-1 – Oklahomans voted that marriage was between a man and a woman. And I'm sure that our governor, Governor Mary Fallin, will stand by that and fight for state rights."
Yet to be decided are cases before appeals courts in several jurisdictions before moving on to the Supreme Court.
The high court's decision on Monday ended delays in same-sex marriages in five states – Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin; and opened the door for legalized "gay marriage" in six other states (Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Wyoming).
***FRC says SCOTUS 'cowardly' in handling marriage appeals
WASHINGTON (AP) - A conservative Christian lobbying group says the Supreme Court's unwillingness to stop the legalization of gay marriage is bad for children.
Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council says the justices' refusal to review lower court rulings overturning state marriage bans was a "cowardly" way to let lower courts "do their dirty work."
And despite claims to the contrary by supporters of gay marriage, Sprigg says children do better in a traditional marriage. "Only the union of a man and a woman can bond children to both the man and the woman who produced that child," he says.
www.onenewsnow.com/legal-courts/2014/10/07/scotus-and-marriage-judicial-fiat-negates-states-rights#.VDP1wildXs4