Monday, October 6, 2014

Supreme Court Clears the Way for Gay Marriage Expansion

 

The Supreme Court unexpectedly cleared the way Monday for a dramatic expansion of gay marriage in the United States and may have signaled that it's only a matter of time before same-sex couples can marry in all 50 states.

Rejecting appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans, the Supreme Court effectively made such marriages legal in 30 states, up from 19 and the District of Columbia, taking in every region of the country.

Challenges are pending in the other 20 states.

Almost immediately, exuberant couples began receiving marriage licenses previously denied to them. "This is the dream day," said Sharon Baldwin, a plaintiff in a challenge to Oklahoma's ban, as she and her partner got their license in the Tulsa County Clerk's Office.

Directly affected by Monday's orders were Wisconsin, Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah and Virginia. Officials in those states had appealed lower court rulings in an effort to preserve their bans. Couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming — should be able to get married in short order since those states would be bound by the same appellate rulings that have been on hold.

More @ Newsmax

11 comments:

  1. Now that would have made a much better target for that sniper. What a waste.

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  2. Peter puffers and bung hole stuffers. Our Governor Walker in Wi tried to stop the gay marriage. What ever happened to majority rule. Well at least we got our voter ID back. Gotta go now and cover my back side.

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  3. Now is the time for the states to say, "hell no" to the so called supreme court.

    We will not comply with tyranny.

    Bob
    III

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  4. Next they will be ruling that it is discriminatory to prevent them from "marrying" in a church. And the downward spiral continues.

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    1. Homosexualality is a biblical sin. How can they ask to be married in a homosexual union before God when they are clearly unrepentant.

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    2. Tyrants do what they want to until stopped by force.

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  5. Soon it will be mandatory.
    Wish I was joking .

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