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re: TN judge refuses to grant divorce - refers to USSC gay marriage ruling as reason
Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:22 pm to Kentucker
Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:22 pm to Kentucker
The supreme court said states don't have the right to define what is or isn't a marriage so how do they now have the right to dissolve something they can't define?
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Posted on 9/3/15 at 12:27 pm to bbvdd
States should be totally out of the marriage business now. The USSC clearly federalized it, should be up to federal judges to marry and grant divorces now if they want to be involved in it.
Posted on 9/3/15 at 1:15 pm to bbvdd
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The supreme court said states don't have the right to define what is or isn't a marriage so how do they now have the right to dissolve something they can't define?
What?
The function of marriage legally is definable and defined. You combine property, insurance, taxes, hospital visitation, ect.
All the court said is you can't extend those rights to just for a certain group over others based on the genitals of those who want to enter into the contract.
If it said the state can't define marriage, then no marriages could legally happen. I see how this judge is spinning it, but it's a willful misreading of the decision.
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