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Back-up links:A federal judge declared Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional Tuesday.The ruling by Judge John E. Jones III ruling would make Pennsylvania the last Northeast state to allow same-sex marriages, although the state could challenge the decision before the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.Several couples sued the state in July for the right to marry in Pennsylvania or to have their out-of-state same-sex marriages recognized. A 1996 state law defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.The state's Democratic attorney general, Kathleen Kane, had declined to defend the law in court. GOP Gov. Tom Corbett took up the case, however, with lawyers for his administration arguing that states have the right to determine the definition of marriage.
Judges have tossed out similar bans in a half dozen states since the Supreme Court decision.The Pennsylvania lawsuit, filed by the state American Civil Liberties Union, claimed the state's own Defense of Marriage Act and its refusal to marry lesbian and gay couples or recognize their out-of-state marriages violates the fundamental right to marry -- and, by discriminating based on sexual orientation, the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
"We now join the 12 federal district courts across the country which, when confronted with these inequities in their own states, have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage,"
"The issue we resolve today is a divisive one. Some of our citizens are made deeply uncomfortable by the notion of same-sex marriage. However, that same-sex marriage causes discomfort in some does not make its prohibition constitutional. Nor can past tradition trump the bedrock constitutional guarantees of due process and equal protection. Were that not so, ours would still be a racially segregated nation according to the now rightfully discarded doctrine of "separate but equal..." In the sixty years since Brown was decided, "separate has thankfully faded into history, and only "equal" remains. Similarly, in future generations, the label "same sex marriage" will be abandoned, to be replaced simply by "marriage."
We are a better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history."
"Plaintiffs suffer a multitude of daily harms, for instance in the area of child-rearing, healthcare, taxation and end-of--life planning,"
Are these the facts?
I feel ya. I'm happy about the results of this ruling.lol:lol:
youll have to be more specific, some are some are not. The thread title is
Why vote? We can just do away with it altogether and have the Judiciary decide everything.
Why vote? We can just do away with it altogether and have the Judiciary decide everything.
1.)An openly Gay judge ruled on the Oregon law yesterday. (should have recused himself)
2.)This will continue until the states say NO MORE!
Why vote? We can just do away with it altogether and have the Judiciary decide everything.
Should have just stopped with the bolded part.
Should have just stopped with the bolded part.
We can't do away with it completely, but it's also important to understand that we are not a strict democracy. Never were.
no thanks i prefer facts and accuracy on this issue instead of made up, dishonest, hyperbole that nobody educated and honestly takes seriously.
Why vote? We can just do away with it altogether and have the Judiciary decide everything.
We're no longer a republic either. And we have effectively done away with any need for the vote. The robed Ayatollahs rule now.
We're no longer a republic either. And we have effectively done away with any need for the vote. The robed Ayatollahs rule now.
We're no longer a republic either. And we have effectively done away with any need for the vote. The robed Ayatollahs rule now.
Peoples votes dont mean squat when they are unconstitutional lol
Not really, the second part is the important modifier. Again, not a pure democracy.
1.) why? theres no logic for this at all lol
2.) states dont get to make that decision. This is why the states are losing. They have no rights to violate the constitution/individual rights so the FED is fixing it.
Those terrible robed ayatollahs, not allowing you to vote against someone else's freedom based on nothing more than the fact that you don't like their freedom. We're basically Iran!
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