Tag Archives: SCOTUS

UPDATE: Ho-hum. Right on cue.

Liberty Counsel’s head hater Mat Staver is riling up the knuckle-draggers over at World Net Daily.

Lovely video by All Out.

Chick-Fil-A president Dan Cathy tweeted and then deleted the above message. The company’s spokesman has refused to discuss the tweet with the Huffington Post. The current flap is hardly surprising as this is the same man who said, “We are inviting God’s judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say, ‘We know better than you …

The Supreme Court today refused to review the appeal of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, who wants to strip state employees of domestic partner benefits. The Human Rights Campaign reacts via press release: After the landmark decisions on the Defense of Marriage Act and Proposition 8 yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court issued orders today declining to review the remaining LGBT equality …

Yesterday the National Cathedral in Washington DC pealed its bells (for a really long time) in celebration of the Supreme Court’s rulings on same-sex marriage. Cathedral spokesman Richard Weinberg said the bells rang at noon Wednesday for 45 minutes to an hour. Bells also rang at other Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, Unitarian and other Christian churches. In a statement, the cathedral’s …

Via Politics With Jarred & Dave.

Speaking on New Jersey radio yesterday. “I don’t think it was appropriate. I think it was wrong. [snip] I’ve made it very clear since 2009 that I believe that marriage should be between one man and one woman. I’ve said that, I ran on that, I’ve said it consistently. That doesn’t mean, in any way shape or form, that I …

Virtually every newspaper in the nation has some version of one of the above headlines today.

“Today is a tragic day for marriage and our nation. The Supreme Court has dealt a profound injustice to the American people by striking down in part the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Court got it wrong. The federal government ought to respect the truth that marriage is the union of one man and one woman, even where states …

“California’s Constitution says that only an appellate court, not a single trial court judge, can stop a proposition’s enforcement statewide. As of today, there is no such ruling. Nevertheless, the Governor and Attorney General today rushed forward with plans to make same-sex ‘marriage’ licenses available throughout California in the next three or four weeks. And that is where it sits …

In what ways, if any, will yesterday’s Supreme Court decisions immediately affect your life?

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HISTORY!!! Read the full ruling.

Via my pal Karl Frisch.

Via Michael Lavers.