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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow we know why our FL AG hack questioned same-sex marriage-Clarence Thomas is accepting the case.
Anyone getting a feeling of being bitten by a backroom conspiracy? 'Cuz, I know the feeling well and my spidey senses are tingling.
Supreme Court justice to weigh in on Florida same-sex marriage
The anticipated start of same-sex marriage in Florida on January 6th is now uncertain after U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas agreed to hear arguments over a federal judge's decision to overturn the state's ban.
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi asked the Supreme Court to delay same-sex marriage because the federals appeals court has not ruled on the validity of the state ban.
She pointed out there is a conflict among federal appellate rulings, with the sixth district upheld a state marriage ban while all other federal appeals courts that have heard such cases have overturned these bans.
Bondi also claimed the likelihood was that the Supreme Court would have to hear this case, and that the Supreme Court would, upon review, "likely reaffirm the States' nearly exclusive authority to define marriage and hold that the Fourteenth Amendment allows states to define marriage as Florida has."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/fl-gay-marriage-supreme-court-clarence-thomas-20141217-story.html
NoJusticeNoPeace
(5,018 posts)that should infuriate all decent human beings.
That should make them so angry that they would be willing to actually do something about it.
Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)If Florida refuses to recognize a marriage contract from another state, even a same-sex marriage contract, then all Florida marriage contracts are null and void in that other state.
Let's see how far they're willing to take this.