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iandhr

(6,852 posts)
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 04:59 PM Jun 2013

Supreme Court Leaves Final Decision On Gay Marriage In Capable Hands Of Texas, Alabama, Georgia

WASHINGTON—After months of deliberation, the U.S. Supreme Court opted today to leave the ultimate decision on whether homosexuals should be allowed to marry in the more than capable hands of states such as Texas, Alabama, and Georgia. “As to the issue of gay marriage itself, we will not interfere with the individual commonwealth’s authority to fairly and competently dictate its own laws in these matters, seeing as states such as, for instance, Georgia have time and again proven themselves eminently adept at making the fairest and most reasoned of decisions,” said Chief Justice John Roberts of the state where sodomy laws were fiercely enforced until federally overturned in 2003. “Though the court’s ruling will delay the recognition of gay marriage on a state-by-state basis, the nation’s homosexuals should rest easy knowing that their freedoms and right to the pursuit of happiness lie within the famously rational and egalitarian legislatures of states such as Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Tennessee, Florida, Montana, Utah, and West Virginia.” Roberts added that “who better” to have final authority on signing equal rights legislation into law than the likes of Jan Brewer, Rick Perry, and Scott Walker.

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Supreme Court Leaves Final Decision On Gay Marriage In Capable Hands Of Texas, Alabama, Georgia (Original Post) iandhr Jun 2013 OP
that is the downside, of course.... mike_c Jun 2013 #1
What the ruling means is that states like mine will be welcoming more of the best from states bluestate10 Jun 2013 #2

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
1. that is the downside, of course....
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 05:16 PM
Jun 2013

I live in California, where Prop 8 was smacked down, so everyone but the bigots are happy with the immediate effects of the rulings, or at least the local effects. But I also think the ruling sends a very chilling message to the states that challenges to bigoted anti-gay marriage laws will have a good chance of being heard and acted upon in federal court, and I hope it makes governors and state AGs think twice about setting their citizens up for expensive and lengthy court cases that are ultimately likely to fail. And if not, I suspect it will only take one more such case to put the lid on institutionalizing anti-gay bigotry for good.

bluestate10

(10,942 posts)
2. What the ruling means is that states like mine will be welcoming more of the best from states
Wed Jun 26, 2013, 05:20 PM
Jun 2013

like Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana to this beautiful heaven.

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