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re: Gay marriage ban struck down.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:47 pm to Person of interest
Posted on 5/14/14 at 12:47 pm to Person of interest
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Posted on 5/14/14 at 3:28 pm to Pigfeet
that nerd has a shitty tie
Posted on 5/14/14 at 5:45 pm to Hog on the Hill
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the state attorney general's request for a stay of a judge's ruling that overturned Arkansas' constitutional ban on gay marriage.
The high court on Wednesday turned down the request from Attorney General Dustin McDaniel that would have halted the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had ruled last week that a voter-approved gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, but didn't issue a stay. A few counties began issuing marriage licenses, and by midweek about 450 couples had gotten them.
The vast majority of the state's counties refused to grant licenses, saying the Supreme Court needed to weigh in. McDaniel said a stay was necessary because clerks did not know whether they were obligated to issue licenses.
THV
The high court on Wednesday turned down the request from Attorney General Dustin McDaniel that would have halted the issuance of same-sex marriage licenses.
Pulaski County Circuit Judge Chris Piazza had ruled last week that a voter-approved gay marriage ban was unconstitutional, but didn't issue a stay. A few counties began issuing marriage licenses, and by midweek about 450 couples had gotten them.
The vast majority of the state's counties refused to grant licenses, saying the Supreme Court needed to weigh in. McDaniel said a stay was necessary because clerks did not know whether they were obligated to issue licenses.
THV
Posted on 5/14/14 at 6:21 pm to Hog on the Hill
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nah
If wikileaks taught us anything, it's don't trust the government.
Weren't the liberals ready to saint this guy, now you are saying he lied and his leaked information is false?
You can have it both ways, you really can. But you have to put up with people calling you a hypocrite.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 6:27 pm to Pigfeet
The Arkansas Supreme Court has declined to issue a stay on a circuit judge's ruling last week that found the state's ban on gay marriages unconstitutional, but its opinion indicates that ruling does not give county clerks the authority to issue same-sex marriage licenses.
In the opinion released early Wednesday evening, the court said the ruling did not address an Arkansas law that prohibits a marriage license being "issued to persons of the same sex."
"Therefore, the circuit court's order has no effect on ... its prohibition against circuit and county clerks issuing same-sex marriage licenses," the opinion said.
ademgaz
wow
Full opinion
In the opinion released early Wednesday evening, the court said the ruling did not address an Arkansas law that prohibits a marriage license being "issued to persons of the same sex."
"Therefore, the circuit court's order has no effect on ... its prohibition against circuit and county clerks issuing same-sex marriage licenses," the opinion said.
ademgaz
wow
Full opinion
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 6:32 pm to Pigfeet
Sounds about right, i don't really agree with the ruling either, it should only be overturned by the supreme court.
Regardless, people are going about it backwards IMO. Why not eliminate government entirely from marriage. Problem solved, instantly. But we can't make the government smaller now can we, even if it provides us the freedom people are asking for. It's illogical.
Regardless, people are going about it backwards IMO. Why not eliminate government entirely from marriage. Problem solved, instantly. But we can't make the government smaller now can we, even if it provides us the freedom people are asking for. It's illogical.
Posted on 5/14/14 at 9:31 pm to j1897
quote:"Don't trust the government, unless it's the CIA."
If wikileaks taught us anything, it's don't trust the government.
Weren't the liberals ready to saint this guy, now you are saying he lied and his leaked information is false?
You can have it both ways, you really can. But you have to put up with people calling you a hypocrite.
- j1897, 5/14/14
Posted on 5/14/14 at 9:35 pm to j1897
quote:I agree in general, though I'm not sure you and I agree on the details.
Why not eliminate government entirely from marriage. Problem solved, instantly.
I think the government should issue civil unions only, and that civil unions should be equally available to opposite sex and same sex couples.
Marriages can be handled by whatever spiritual groups a couple chooses, and those spiritual groups should be free to decide which couples they are willing to marry.
This post was edited on 5/14/14 at 9:36 pm
Posted on 5/14/14 at 10:07 pm to Pigfeet
So basically, Piazza went at this half arse and didn't cross all the t's and dot the i's?
So, the state really had nothing to appeal? Is this what I'm reading in that?
So, are all the marriage licenses null?
Quite confusing
So, the state really had nothing to appeal? Is this what I'm reading in that?
So, are all the marriage licenses null?
Quite confusing
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:25 am to Hawgeye
very confusing
Posted on 5/15/14 at 8:29 am to Hawgeye
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Quite confusing
Yea, I have no clue what is going on.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:35 am to Bear-O-Dactyl
idk but i think i'm gay now
Posted on 5/15/14 at 10:43 am to Hog on the Hill
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idk but i think i'm gay now
Posted on 5/15/14 at 11:02 am to Bear-O-Dactyl
i hate legalese, it's gay.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:17 pm to piggilicious
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i hate legalese
I also dislike it. Can we change this topic to something more fun? How about dinosaurs?
Did everyone know that a cousin to the T-Rex was recently discovered? A quicker, more agile, more stupid looking long assed nosed version of everyone's favorite killing machine.
P-Rex
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:24 pm to Bear-O-Dactyl
i like his brightly colored head.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:33 pm to piggilicious
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i like his brightly colored head.
Great now we have the fairy of the dinosaurs in here.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:35 pm to 870Hog
i almost said rainbow colored but held back. 
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:35 pm to 870Hog
One theory is that homosexuality spread through the species leading to their extinction.
Posted on 5/15/14 at 12:41 pm to piggilicious
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i almost said rainbow colored but held back.
They're FAAAAAAAAABULOUS.
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