Sponsors Of Calif. Gay Marriage Ban Ask Supreme Court To Halt Weddings They Say Were Premature

[Purveyor]

Source: Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO Less than 24 hours after California started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, lawyers for the sponsors of the state's same-sex marriage ban filed an emergency motion Saturday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and stop the weddings.

Attorneys with the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom claim in the petition that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted prematurely and unfairly on Friday when it allowed same-sex marriage to resume by lifting a hold it had placed on same-sex unions while a lawsuit challenging the ban made its way to and through the Supreme Court.

Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin Nimocks says the Supreme Court's consideration of the case is not done yet because his clients still have 22 days to ask the justices to reconsider their decision holding that Proposition 8's backers did not have legal authority to defend the ban.

Read more: http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/apArticle/id/DA77L1P01/

[Cirque du So-What]

1. Jesus Christ on a trailer hitch!

Has there ever been a group of people more in need of a fucking life?

[Rayjay]

10. Cirque you're so right!

Can't have people just making decisions based on love now for heaven sake!!!

[awoke_in_2003]

15. They are so damn afraid...

that someone, somewhere, is having a good time whilst they continue to lead a miserable existence.

[Ken Burch]

18. Or just plain more in need of a fuck?

Let's face it, people who aren't deeply frustrated don't obsess on things like this.

[PatrynXX]

30. I'd suggest they re read the new book

They'll have some difficulty explaining why Jesus didn't say anything. So I assume they aren't Christians but some of cult

[LadyHawkAZ]

2. ...

[MotherPetrie]

3. Gives new meaning to SORE LOSERS

[closeupready]

4. OMG! Hahahaha....

[DallasNE]

5. If They Lack Standing Before The Supreme Court

On this matter then they still lack standing. This then looks to be a classic case of a frivolous lawsuit.

[Berlin Expat]

6. They're desperate

and frankly, it's revolting.

They lost, but like many on extreme ends of the ideological spectrum, they refuse to recognize defeat.

[Ken Burch]

7. Just admit it's over already.

What is WRONG with these people? Why can't they just accept that this is settled and move on?

[closeupready]

8. Mental illness, would be my guess.

[Faygo Kid]

9. Might give Scalia another chance to foam at the mouth

Other than that, it's over.

[Iliyah]

11. The Evangelist zealots are more so

on the neverending mission! Its GAWD will! They rather see the earth explode than see happy, loving, and caring people marry.

[Mr. David]

12. These idiots needs to be SLAPPED out of court, and allowed to be sued

by those who are harmed by their idiotic behavior.

I'm sure these idiots have about 20 billion to disperse...

[SoapBox]

13. "... Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom..."

F...U...C...K - O...F...F!

Get the HELL out of my wonderful State of California! And take those asshole MORMON MORONS with you! If you want to see
some eye-opening "religion" trying to change government, go read at Wikipedia, "Prop. 8" about the Mormon Cult and their
activities during the campaign. STUNNING! And should be NO MORE tax breaks for them!!!!!!!

What the fuck? Based in Arizona? States Rights! That is what the bastard PukeHaters are always screaming, so leave us in California the hell alone.

Someone needs to sue the fucking HELL out of these freaks, for causing such trouble and money to the state.

AND it needs to be pointed out again. Prop. HATE (8), was approved by a MINORITY of the REGISTERED voters in California! It did
NOT win by a majority of ALL voters OR citizens of California. In that given vote, it only won by 4.48% and THAT should not be enough
to change the Constitution of ANY state.

Fucking bastards.

[SunSeeker]

33. Someone should sue them for fraud for their name alone. nt

[Tx4obama]

14. The SCOTUS most likely will ignore the request, they've gone into recess

-snip-

It's unclear if and/or when the high court might consider this request. Justices recently began a recess after issuing a number of pivotal rulings last week.

-snip-

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/29/justice/california-same-sex-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

[liberal N proud]

16. These idiots will simply not stop at no!

[KamaAina]

17. Vexatious litigants

Hold 'em in contempt and throw 'em in the clink.

Too bad Alcatraz is closed. I guess Leavenworth will have to do.

[Ken Burch]

19. Or, just in their case, Gitmo.

BTW, howya doing, Kama?

[KamaAina]

20. Oh hell fuckin' yeah!!!

Actually, my life sucks. It is 100 freakin' degrees in San Jose, where 85 is considered a heat wave. Meanwhile, my boss abandoned us to take a fat, cushy state job in Sac. So now my job mostly consists of looking at pictures of people's cats on teh Interwebs. Anyone looking for a public policy advocate out here? Or anywhere? Even Texas, if I get to work with Wendy Davis.

[Tx4obama]

21. ''... the 9th Circuit has independent authority over its own orders ..."

-snip-

Many legal experts who had anticipated such a last-ditch effort by gay marriage opponents said Friday that it was unlikely to succeed because the 9th Circuit has independent authority over its own orders, in this case its 2010 stay.

While the ban's backers can still ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing, the 25-day waiting period is not binding on lower federal courts, Vikram Amar, a constitutional law professor with the University of California, Davis law school, said.

"As a matter of practice, most lower federal courts wait to act," Amar said. "But there is nothing that limits them from acting sooner. It was within the 9th Circuit's power to do what it did."

-snip-

http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dozens-same-sex-couples-line-be-married

[Ken Burch]

22. here's a message I just sent this group through their "Contact Us" page:

( here's their contact link)

https://alliancedefendingfreedom.org/about/contact


(not sure if it will help, but I'd encourage any others who wished to do so to send them one as wel wil, particularly any members of the clergy with humane views on the matter) :

In the name of all that is compassionate, merciful, and kind, in the name of Christ, please STOP fighting same-sex marriage. Remove your cruel and heartless motion for an injunction against people who are only doing what love and their true selves call them to do.

There is no possible way God could want you to be this insanely ugly about this. LGBT people never did any harm to any of you.

The court fight is over. You KNOW you have no chance of gaining standing to sue if the Supreme Court already denied it once.

Work for the things God would actually WANT you to work for...an end to war, an end to inequality and want, and an end to hatred among people.

Please.

[Mz Pip]

28. Yours was much more diplomatic than mine.

I pretty much told them to stop whining.

[idwiyo]

23. Great strategy! You go losers! Gawd is on your side... OH, wait...

[Mz Pip]

24. Get your hateful nose

out of my state, you pig ignorant dumb shit assholes.

[Swede Atlanta]

25. This is going nowhere....

Although I haven't read the SC decision on Prop 8, it appears that the major thrust of the decision was around standing, i.e. those attempting to defend Prop 8 against a decision taken by both a U.S. District Court and then the 9th Circuit, lacked standing. Standing is a fundamental requirement to bring a matter before any court.

For example, if you see someone hit your neighbor's car, you cannot raise a suit against the perpetrator. Only those with an interest in the matter have standing in the court. You can serve as a witness, can file amicus briefs, etc. but you have no legal basis to bring the matter before the court.

I suggest that the attorneys working for this rag tag organization should have their credentials checked. Any first year law student knows that one of the fundamental requirements to raise an issue before a court is standing. This is a last gasp attempt to perpetuate hate and discrimination.

[Tx4obama]

26. Also,''... the 9th Circuit has independent authority over its own orders ..." - Comment #21 excerpt

[nomorenomore08]

27. Not gonna happen. Sorry, guys.

[Omaha Steve]

29. I would love to get Rep Michele Bachmann's husband on a lie detector

Won't happen. But if it did....

[marmar]

31. Fundie freaks, you've lost. Go sit the f**k down.

nt

[alp227]

32. They're as low as Jerry Springer guests, some of whom also wanted to STOP WEDDINGS.

They sure get off by bullying gays and watching them suffer huh?