Today is a Landmark day for the US Supreme Court

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Permalink Reply by feet breath on June 17, 2013 at 1:35pm

Praying.

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on June 17, 2013 at 7:15pm

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court did not issue rulings Monday in two closely watched cases — the constitutionality of Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage, and the Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as the legal union of one man and one woman for purposes of federal recognition and benefits.

The next possible date the Court could issue opinions in these cases is Thursday, June 20.

A ruling in both cases is expected before the court’s term ends on June 27.

(For 30+ years both the pro abortion and gays have won almost continuously in the US courts, the political system, the educational system, and many mainstream protestant religious denominations: don't hold your breath for a decision based on righteousness.)

Permalink Reply by feet breath on June 26, 2013 at 11:23am

Sadly...

 

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2013/06/supreme-court-gay-m...

Oh,no! I seen some dark storm clouds earlier and now it was raining not too long ago. Before when there was a gay march 4 years ago this month it hailed. I wonder what whether is about to come out of this...

 

 

Permalink Reply by Ricprimus on June 27, 2013 at 8:18pm

- The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a landmark victory for gay rights on Wednesday by forcing the federal government to recognize same-sex marriages in states where it is legal and paving the way for it in California, the most populous state.
  The two cases, both decided on 5-4 votes, concerned the constitutionality of a key part of a federal law, the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), that denied benefits to same-sex married couples, and a voter-approved California state law enacted in 2008, called Proposition 8, that banned gay marriage. The court struck down Section 3 of DOMA, which limited the definition of marriage as between a man and a woman for the purposes of federal benefits, as a violation of the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the law.
   By striking down Section 3 of DOMA, the court cleared the way for legally married couples to claim more than 1,100 federal benefits, rights and burdens linked to marriage status . (If you pay taxes in US, essentially part of it now now goes to pay for gay couples for their health care, retirement, etc.)
  The ruling was a victory for President Barack Obama's administration, which had decided two years ago it would no longer defend the law in court. Obama applauded the DOMA ruling and directed U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to review all relevant federal laws to ensure that it is implemented.

  In a separate opinion, the court ducked a decision on Proposition 8 by finding that supporters of the California law did not have standing to appeal a federal district court ruling that struck it down. By doing so, the justices let stand the lower-court ruling that had found the ban unconstitutional By ruling this way on Proposition 8, the court effectively let states set their own policy on gay marriage.
   This means a debate is set to continue in various states via ballot initiatives, legislative action and litigation potentially costing millions of dollars on both sides of an issue that stirs cultural, religious and political passions in the United States as elsewhere. The rulings come amid rapid progress for advocates of gay marriage in recent months and years.

(Next on the GLTG agenda which they have been testing out in lower courts for about 5 years is to have any speech or writing in protest against the gay lifestyle to be defined as "hate speech" and punishable by fines and/or jail time.)