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October 8, 2014 12:53 pm - NewsBehavingBadly.com

Justice Anthony Kennedy has blocked the ruling that allows gay marriages in Idaho.

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Nevada and Idaho had joined the growing number of states where same-sex marriage is legal when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that gay couples’ equal protection rights were violated by the gay marriage bans in both states.

In Las Vegas, the Marriage License Bureau had been expected to issue licenses for same-sex couples starting at 2 p.m. Wednesday, but Clark County Clerk Diane Alba told The Associated Press that it’s clear, at least for now, that she can’t issue gender-neutral marriage licenses after Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s order temporarily halting gay marriage.

Kennedy’s order came a little more than an hour after Idaho on Wednesday filed an emergency request for an immediate stay. The state’s request said that without a stay, state and county officials would have been required to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples Wednesday morning…

The full court almost certainly would weigh in to extend the delay much beyond the weekend. That has been the justices’ practice in other cases in which a single justice initially blocked a ruling from taking effect…

In its decision Tuesday about Nevada and Idaho’s gay marriage bans, 9th Circuit Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote for a unanimous three-judge panel that laws treating people differently based on sexual orientation are unconstitutional unless there is a compelling government interest. He wrote that neither Idaho nor Nevada offered any legitimate reasons to discriminate against gay couples.[su_csky_ad]

D.B. Hirsch
D.B. Hirsch is a political activist, news junkie, and retired ad copy writer and spin doctor. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

6 responses to Justice Anthony Kennedy Blocks Idaho And Nevada Gay Marriages

  1. rg9rts October 8th, 2014 at 12:59 pm

    Took the same stupid pills that Scalia takes

    • tracey marie October 8th, 2014 at 1:29 pm

      absolutely, when will we truly understand and follow the conmstituion and stop making and enforcing laws based on theocratioc beliefs.

    • tiredoftea October 8th, 2014 at 1:29 pm

      No, stays are routinely issued in state requests.

      • rg9rts October 8th, 2014 at 4:42 pm

        It only applies to Idaho

  2. rg9rts October 8th, 2014 at 4:34 pm

    UP DATE IT ONLY APPLIES TO IDAHO

  3. m2old4bs October 8th, 2014 at 4:35 pm

    Why must it always be such a fight to have equal rights for each and every single one of us?