Congratulations, Oklahoma!!

[BDBoop]

Three out of four agreed to strip gays and lesbians of their constitutional rights.

Doesn't say much good about Oklahoma.

 

[bodecea]

Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma ban on same-sex marriage - U.S. News

Oklahoma's ban on same-sex marriage was struck down Tuesday by a federal judge who declared it a fundamental violation of equal rights.

U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern ruled in Tulsa that a state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

The ruling won't immediately let same-sex couples get married in Oklahoma, however. Kern stayed the ruling pending resolution of a similar challenge to Utah's ban on same-sex marriage, which is being heard by the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver.

Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights activist group, said it was clear that Kern "has come to the conclusion that so many have before him — that the fundamental equality of lesbian and gay couples is guaranteed by the United States Constitution."

But Gov. Mary Fallin said she was "disappointed" by the ruling, noting that the restriction was passed by Oklahoma voters nine years ago with 75 percent support.

"The people of Oklahoma have spoken on this issue," Fallin said in a statement. "I support the right of Oklahoma's voters to govern themselves on this and other policy matters."

Policy matters!? This is not about policy matters. Nobody gets to vote on whether people have the same rights you do.

Woot!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Why congratulate Oklahoma? The OK people from the OK state don't want same sex marriages. Congratulate the federal judge who overrode the will of the people.

Actually not:

U.S. Senior District Judge Terence Kern ruled in Tulsa that a state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples ran afoul of the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of equal protection under the 14th Amendment.

The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment requires the states to allow all residents of a given state – first and foremost citizens of the United States, residents of their state second – equal protection of (equal access to) all the laws of that state, including marriage law.

The people do not have the authority to determine who will or will not have his civil liberties, and the judge ruled correctly and in accordance with 14th Amendment jurisprudence; indeed, he could not have ruled any other way.

 

[bodecea]

Incest is next!

What do you mean...."next"?

 

[bodecea]

The decision is stayed pending appeal, just like Utah.

The idiots in Utah ran out and got married and now all those marriages are invalid.

No they are not....you can't have ex post facto laws in this country.

 

[daws101]

The decision is stayed pending appeal, just like Utah.

The idiots in Utah ran out and got married and now all those marriages are invalid.

No they are not....you can't have ex post facto laws in this country.

you must consider the mental stability of that poster!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Incest is next!

Do I sense a hopeful twinge in that post?

No, just desperate demagoguery.

 

[bodecea]

The tide is turning, no matter how badly you don't want it to. Same thing happened to California, funny you left them out of the equation.

The people of California have never passed same sex marriage. We voted against it twice and the last time gay activists couldn't get enough signatures to qualify it for the ballot. Same sex marriage has been imposed on California by a single gay judge. That doesn't signify a turn in public opinon. It's that a judge can overturn the vote.

No matter how many laws are passed, the will of the people cannot really be overcome because if the people reject same sex marriage having a law doesn't make them accept it. They still reject it. It manifests in an underlying cruelty, a pervasive but all encompassing nastiness.

The one thing the law cannot do, and it is being rapidly discovered, is make people be nice. Force people to do something they don't want to do and they seldom take it quietly.

STFU..

No...she should be allowed to talk...and talk...and talk. It is our job to stand aside and showcase the kinds of crazy things she says.

 

[R.C. Christian]

The faggot loving judge should have dog shit in his mailbox every day.

 

[LeadRoundNose]

Any State that legalizes gay marriage is setting themselves for destruction by God. Let the Hell-fire begin!

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Why congratulate Oklahoma? The OK people from the OK state don't want same sex marriages. Congratulate the federal judge who overrode the will of the people.

I wish people would stop using this misnomer" will of the people" ,for that to be true ALL of the people would have to agree or disagree.

Exactly.

Because the people and the government are one in the same, both are subject to the Constitution and its case law, where any act of the government at the behest of the people found to be repugnant to the Founding Document is invalidated.

 

[TheOldSchool]

Any State that legalizes gay marriage is setting themselves for destruction by God. Let the Hell-fire begin!

Yea bro... yeeaaaa........

 

[bodecea]

The tide is turning, no matter how badly you don't want it to. Same thing happened to California, funny you left them out of the equation.

California voted against gay marrige, remember? Well we can credit liberals to spend all their energy on this, instead of the economy. This is why that family froze to death. Liberals want social issues done, not economic ones taken care of.

Answer my question honestly...after Prop 22 in 2000 which passed by 61%...then Prop H8 in 2008 passing by 52%....do you think such a Propostion would pass today?

 

[bodecea]

Any State that legalizes gay marriage is setting themselves for destruction by God. Let the Hell-fire begin!

Which god?

 

[Asclepias]

The faggot loving judge should have dog shit in his mailbox every day.

That should be easy. People like you carry dog shit around in 300lbs rucksacks that slow down your ability to evolve.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Any State that legalizes gay marriage is setting themselves for destruction by God. Let the Hell-fire begin!

Obviously you’re a liberal troll; that’s too moronic even for most conservatives.

 

[Asclepias]

Any State that legalizes gay marriage is setting themselves for destruction by God. Let the Hell-fire begin!

I see no one let you know the terrible trick that has been played on you.

 

[R.C. Christian]

The faggot loving judge should have dog shit in his mailbox every day.

That should be easy. People like you carry dog shit around in 300lbs rucksacks that slow down your ability to evolve.

Wow, some black guy preaching to me about evolution. Now that is interesting, statistically speaking.

 

[Jughead]

Having lived in the Sooner state, I thought for sure the numbers to reject same sex marriage would have been more like 90% instead of 75%. Still, 75% clearly indicates that this is not popular in Oklahoma.

I'd still be there if it were not for the twisters.

 

[Asclepias]

The faggot loving judge should have dog shit in his mailbox every day.

That should be easy. People like you carry dog shit around in 300lbs rucksacks that slow down your ability to evolve.

Wow, some black guy preaching to me about evolution. Now that is interesting, statistically speaking.

Anyone that is still afraid of gay people has not evolved statistically speaking. Its OK you cant catch being gay.