Two weeks ago Christian blogger Katy Faust earned praise across Teabagistan for her open letter to Justice Anthony Kennedy in which she declared her opposition to same-sex marriage despite loving her lesbian mother and her mom’s partner. That letter followed her January collaboration with Robert Oscar Lopez in a SCOTUS brief which was widely reported upon by multiple anti-gay sites. …
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Idaho Gov. Butch Otter To SCOTUS: Our Marriage Ban Doesn’t Discriminate Because Gays Can Marry Opposite Sex
In a reply brief to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter today declared that his state’s ban on same-sex marriage does not discriminate against gay people because they remain completely free to marry any person of the opposite sex. Respondents take offense at the notion that Idaho’s man-woman marriage definition does not discriminate on its face against …
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OREGON: Justice Anthony Kennedy Requests Stay Briefs From Both Sides
Via the Oregonian: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy said Wednesday that he wants more information before ruling on an attempt by the National Organization for Marriage to halt same-sex marriages in Oregon. Kennedy asked for briefs to be filed by 1 p.m. Monday from the parties in the two lawsuits that led to U.S. District Judge Michael McShane’s May …
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