Idaho Governor, Attorney General Appeal To Supreme Court To Reinstate Gay Marriage Ban
[su_right_ad]Idaho Governor C. L. “Butch” Otter says Idahoans believe marriage is between a man and a woman and they should have the right to made that the law.
A ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in October struck down gay marriage bans in both Idaho and Nevada, paving the way for same-sex weddings that have since taken place in the two socially conservative Western states.
In his petition, Idaho Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter said it was time for the nation’s top court to resolve “Whether the federal constitution prohibits a state from maintaining the traditional understanding and definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.”
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden argued in a separate petition that conflicting lower court decisions about whether the federal constitution requires states to sanction gay marriage constituted unequal treatment of states, granting some the right to define civil marriage and denying it to others.
In its October ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that gay marriage bans violate the Constitution.[su_csky_ad]
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Guy Lauten January 3rd, 2015 at 5:03 pm
“In its October ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that gay marriage bans violate the Constitution.”
Is Idaho part of the United States? It is. Does that mean it ratified the Constitution and all its amendments? It does. Do the high courts specifically say that gay marriage bans violate the Constitution? They do.
Is Idaho ready to secede from the United States, or is this just another waste of taxpayer money by right-wing ideologues?
granpa.usthai January 3rd, 2015 at 7:01 pm
Evidently, going by Nevada’s standards, they’re only in the US Jurisdiction when they want to be. Rest of the time, US “don’t even exist to them”.
bpollen January 4th, 2015 at 3:43 am
That’s essentially the conservative playbook. For it if we directly benefit, against it if we don’t. You know: Get the gubmint out of our lives and into those guys’.
KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker January 3rd, 2015 at 5:45 pm
Rightwing zealots wasting tax payer money again.
Why are republicans obsessed with what goes on in people’s bedrooms?
Carla Akins January 3rd, 2015 at 6:23 pm
*edit – Ah Geri – I had hoped that was just a really poor attempt at sarcasm. But after reviewing your account I see that’s not the case. I will leave the comment but more like it and you’ll have to find somewhere else to play.
Saint_Augustine January 3rd, 2015 at 6:24 pm
The most obscene public acts come from conservatives and republicans, in other words, assholes, like you!
OldLefty January 3rd, 2015 at 6:40 pm
if you sodomites would leave it in the bedroom there would be no issue.
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That’s what a lot of women say about heterosexual men.
So what?
Or do you spend all your time thinking about what gay men do?
whatthe46 January 4th, 2015 at 1:09 am
i think its the lader.
whatthe46 January 3rd, 2015 at 6:52 pm
that head of yours must hurt like hell.
granpa.usthai January 3rd, 2015 at 6:54 pm
no, dumba##’
it’s the ungodly RepukiLites that keep insisting on enforcing old testament cherry picked verses to RULE OVER Americans by … while dressing in MIXED FIBERS!
(just because they think God’s wrath of fire and brimstone poured out like on Sodom and Gomorrah is the second coming don’t mean all bible readers do. Have them FIRST -strip off ALL their ungodly MIXED FIBERS and stand before the people BUTT NAKED – then they can point an accusing religious hypocrite finger at others.
rg9rts January 4th, 2015 at 6:10 am
Silly question…there is nothing going on in their’s
Carla Akins January 3rd, 2015 at 5:53 pm
Sorry dude, this ship has sailed. You need to find a way to make peace with it.
whatthe46 January 3rd, 2015 at 6:50 pm
he can go to church… oh wait, nevermind.
majii January 3rd, 2015 at 5:55 pm
The members of the current Supreme CT. know that gay marriage is a hot button issue. It’s why they have refused to weigh in on the issue and has sent the appeals back to lower federal courts. The opponents of gay marriage are some of the most stubborn and oblivious people in the nation if they can’t see what the SC is doing on this issue—passing the buck to avoid handing down another civil rights-killing opinion based on the five fake conservative a**holes on the Court. If the SC weighed in, we could expect another foul, bigoted opinion written by Scalise, the #1 A**hole on the bench. Gay marriage is here to stay, so Otter and his other RW buddies need to accept it. None of their opposite-sex marriages have been affected by gay marriage, and if they say they have been, they’re lying through their teeth.
whatthe46 January 3rd, 2015 at 6:47 pm
there are gay people that have been together for decades, only now able to get married. that being said, some have been in relationships longer than heterosexuals. hell, my sister has been married 3 times already. i won’t be surprised if she divorces and marries another in a few years time after this one. and gay marriage wasn’t talked about when liz taylor was married countless times, so the argument that gay marriage will affect “straight” people is stupid.
granpa.usthai January 3rd, 2015 at 7:08 pm
your God of LYING Corporate GREED lost –
the American people have won even more EQUITABLE FREEDOM FOR ALL AMERICANS.
Book a flight on a time machine back to Germany 1938 if you want, I’m all for progressing forward at human speed.
searambler January 3rd, 2015 at 9:41 pm
“Butch” Otter said it was time for the nation’s top court to resolve “Whether the federal constitution prohibits a state from maintaining the traditional understanding and definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.”
Marriage isn’t mentioned in the Constitution. What IS mentioned is this: “Full faith and credit shall be given in each state to the public acts, records, and judicial proceedings of every other state.” Marriage is a legal contract which confers specific rights, benefits and privileges to those who enter into that contract. There is no legal or constitutional argument against gay marriage. Just a religious one, and it’s flimsy as hell.
Getting a driver’s license in one state allows you to drive in every state. Getting a marriage license should be treated the same way. Imagine if your drivers license wasn’t valid in certain states…..
rg9rts January 4th, 2015 at 6:09 am
Is Butch butch???
Suzanne McFly January 4th, 2015 at 6:50 am
He wouldn’t be the first anti-gay, gay.
rg9rts January 4th, 2015 at 6:54 am
Good cover