Arizona gay marriage ban struck down

[CountryClassSF]

Real Arizona does not want this.

"Real Arizona" isn't mentally competent enough to render a consistent verdict on this issue.

Well that's not very nice. You don't agree with them so they have mental problems? Not very tolerant. They didn't define marriage, Jesus did.

2006 banned civil unions. 2008 did not. 

[Flake]

Lib judge overrules God.

Dammit.

I feel very scared for our country.  

I feel scared for you.

'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:31

Why don't you hug a gay sometime?

I am gay. I don't believe in redefining marriage. The bible is clear. I do not want this. Real Arizona does not want this.

The old testament is clear. The laws of the old testament were also thrown out with the new testament. Arizona has also shown in opinion polls and in 1/2 of marriage elections that they're against straight only marriage.

Maybe you need to hug yourself. It's okay.

[Flake]

Real Arizona does not want this.

"Real Arizona" isn't mentally competent enough to render a consistent verdict on this issue.

Well that's not very nice. You don't agree with them so they have mental problems? Not very tolerant. They didn't define marriage, Jesus did.

2006 banned civil unions. 2008 did not. 

Also Jesus never said gays can't be married. Ever.

[MaxQue]

When you exclude pending appeals (that will inevitably fail), areas where the overturn has occurred but is pending (FL & WY), and states in districts where the bans have been ruled unconstitutional but the states have not yet been forced to recognize it (SC, KS, MT), there are only 10 states left to fall, which comprise barely 15% of the US population.

Imagine that.

Damn, MO, hurry up so we can have contiguous coast-to-coast SSM coverage!

Since Ohio is the biggest state with no appeal yet, it's good to explain why.

The Ohio court, seeing than the Michigan case was already in front of the circuit court, decided to wait the verdict of the circuit court before doing anything else about it.

[Chance92]

Lib judge overrules God.

No God would condone your bigotry.

[SteveRogers]

Lib judge overrules God.

Well shoot. In that case I don't even know who God appeals this decision to next. Super God?

[Adam Griffin]

Real Arizona does not want this.

"Real Arizona" isn't mentally competent enough to render a consistent verdict on this issue.

Well that's not very nice. You don't agree with them so they have mental problems? Not very tolerant. They didn't define marriage, Jesus did.

2006 banned civil unions. 2008 did not. 

Well that's not very nice. You don't agree with half the state, so they're not real people? Not very tolerant. They didn't nullify their own existence, you did.

2006 rejected the law. 2008 did not. Based on your precedent of legitimizing the first decision made in each state on this issue, it should certainly stand as the correct one by your own logic.

[Bacon King]

Adam Griffin is GA gonna be the last state to legalize gay marriage or will we maybe at least beat Mississippi this time

[Joe Republic]

Sorry BK but I think we'll see a few states like MA and CA legalize it a second time (just to be sure) before GA or MS

[SNJ1985]

Lib judge overrules God.

Dammit.

I feel very scared for our country. 

I feel scared for you.

'Love your neighbor as yourself.' There is no commandment greater than these." Mark 12:31

Why don't you hug a gay sometime?

You're misinterpreting that verse, if you are indeed implying what I think you are implying (i.e. that to condemn homosexuality is being hateful towards homosexuals). Loving your neighbors doesn't entail coddling them in their sins, and thus helping to lead them down a path of destruction. The loving thing to do is to tell them the hard truth and try to get them on the right track.

''Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.'' - Leviticus 19:17

[Adam Griffin]

Adam Griffin is GA gonna be the last state to legalize gay marriage or will we maybe at least beat Mississippi this time

I really think the 5th CCoA stragglers will be the last, but weirder things have happened.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Adam Griffin is GA gonna be the last state to legalize gay marriage or will we maybe at least beat Mississippi this time

I really think the 5th CCoA stragglers will be the last, but weirder things have happened.

Like Utah and Arkansas temporary joining the club.

[politicallefty]

Adam Griffin is GA gonna be the last state to legalize gay marriage or will we maybe at least beat Mississippi this time

I really think the 5th CCoA stragglers will be the last, but weirder things have happened.

It could be the Eighth as well. South Dakota is defending its ban in federal district court and it's relying on Citizens for Equal Protection v. Bruning, where the Eighth Circuit in 2006 upheld Nebraska's ban on gay marriage.

If it manages to make a ruling before any other circuit ruling to the contrary, I'd expect the Eleventh Circuit to rule for marriage equality (which would cover FL, GA, and AL). As I've already said before, I'm optimistic for a favourable ruling from the Sixth Circuit based on recent developments (leading to marriage equality in MI, OH, KY, and TN). If it does go the other way though, I'd expect SCOTUS to take it up this term. That ruling could literally be any day now.

The last states to legalize gay marriage will either be the Fifth (TX, LA, MS) or Eighth Circuit (ND, SD, NE, MO, AR) or all at the same time (due to SCOTUS).

[pbrower2a]

When you exclude pending appeals (that will inevitably fail), areas where the overturn has occurred but is pending (FL & WY), and states in districts where the bans have been ruled unconstitutional but the states have not yet been forced to recognize it (SC, KS, MT), there are only 10 states left to fall, which comprise barely 15% of the US population.

Imagine that.

Damn, MO, hurry up so we can have contiguous coast-to-coast SSM coverage!

Ohio is in the 8th Judicial district, so it goes with Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee.

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12 states we've picked up in 2 weeks, and Wyoming was the one that made me cry.

I think West Virginia was the most interesting. One of the most anti-gay marriage states in the country, and yet there actually wasn't a direct court ruling. The Attorney General decided it would be pointless to defend their ban any more, and they didn't even bother waiting for a court ruling before having gay marriage. It's worth nothing that it was one of the few states remaining states without gay marriage that had a statute rather than constitutional ban. In fact, I think Wyoming was the other only other one.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

When you exclude pending appeals (that will inevitably fail), areas where the overturn has occurred but is pending (FL & WY), and states in districts where the bans have been ruled unconstitutional but the states have not yet been forced to recognize it (SC, KS, MT), there are only 10 states left to fall, which comprise barely 15% of the US population.

Imagine that.

Damn, MO, hurry up so we can have contiguous coast-to-coast SSM coverage!

When did Florida happen?