Demands begin for Ginsburg, Kagan to recuse themselves from gay marriage case

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In the wake of Friday’s decision by the Supreme Court to take a gay marriage case that could settle the question nationally once and for all, traditional marriage activists are calling for two of the court’s most liberal judges to recuse themselves.

Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan have each officiated at gay weddings, which traditional marriage supporters say destroys their pretense of impartiality on such an important case. While former Justice Sandra Day O’Connor also officiated at a gay wedding, Kagan and Ginsburg are the only two sitting justices who have done so, according to the liberal Huffington Post.

And that distinction is enough for traditional marriage activists to demand they recuse themselves.

“Both of these justices’ personal and private actions actively endorsing gay marriage clearly indicate how they would vote on same-sex marriage cases before the Supreme Court,” the Defenders of the Catholic Faith website argued in a blog item Monday.

“In order to ensure the Court’s integrity and impartiality, Justices Kagan and Ginsburg must recuse themselves from same-sex marriage cases.”

In a statement, the American Family Association went even further:

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