Discussion: Supreme Court Halts Gay Marriage In Virginia

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This means, no Gay marriage anywhere until June or so next year - correct? This country is so fucked with the Robert’s Court.

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Nope. Just Virginia.

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I’m actually surprised that they issued the stay.

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. . . and any other state that requests a stay, when a stay is requested. Corbett in Pennsylvania will probably have his rear end lit up by the religious right for not appealing.Good— even fewer people vointg for him.

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Against gay marriage, but dresses his son like that?

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What if some other state appeals?

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Yeah b/c gay folks dont vote republican…

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Asshole. Roberts is a complete asshole.

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No, if he were a “complete asshole” he would be able to control the amount of shit coming out.

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Why is is that people are so convinced that the SupCt is going to take up the gay marriage issue? So far the district courts and circuit courts have been unanimous. Without a circuit split, there is no reason for the SupCt to weigh in on this - they can just let it play out in the circuit courts. I am not saying that a circuit split won’t happen at some point, but it is unusual for the SupCt justices to stick their necks out on an issue like this without one.

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At this juncture, I’d like to send a special thank you to “Democrats” Chuck Schumer and Dianne Feinstein for conferring the blessings of this Supreme Court to Judeo-Christo-Fascist America.

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The next time a liberal bagger get in your face with their nonsense – please remember, ‘It’s the Supreme Court, stupid.’ Then tell 'em to F*CK OFF (nicely).

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They issued the stay on a 4th circuit court of appeals ruling. Why would they do that if they were not planning on taking up the case themselves? The stay would simply end if the appeal request is denied, and they would have accomplished absolutely nothing other than making people angry on both sides.

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The umpire has arrived. Stare Decisis, John.

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A parting gift for loser “Cootch” Cuccinelli.

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Perhaps, but:

While state Attorney General Mark Herring, a Democrat, had sided with proponents, he urged the Supreme Court to block same-sex marriages until the issue is ultimately decided.
“A stay is warranted in light of the negative impact on Virginia children, families, and businesses if the Supreme Court eventually rules against marriage equality and forces an unwinding of Virginians’ marriages, adoptions, inheritances, or workplace benefits,” Herring said.

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“The justices are expected to take up the issue, potentially as early as next year.”

Justice delayed is Justice denied.

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I’m more than a little sick of all of these stays. It always strikes me as a court saying “Well, it probably won’t lead to the downfall of civilization as we know it, but it’s still theoretically possible, so we’d better wait.”

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I think they realize they will have to take it up sooner or later. Issuing the stay, however, is procedural. A potential appeal of the underlying case has to be briefed before they can decide whether they take the case. Even the Virginia attorney general, who supports the underlying decision of the 4th Circuit, asked for the stay. Yes, most of us want the the right to marry to be finalized, but this is the procedure that is generally followed in almost all cases. Robert’s did refer it too the whole Court for a decision. Since he oversees the 4th, he could have made the decision on his own. I imagine there was unanimity, or at least near unanimity, among the Justices on this issue.

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