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"The court finds that DOMA, as applied to Ms. Golinski, violates her right to equal protection of the law ... without substantial justification or rational basis"
"The imposition of subjective moral beliefs of a majority upon a minority cannot provide a justification for the legislation. The obligation of the Court is 'to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code,'" White wrote. "Tradition alone, however, cannot form an adequate justification for a law....The 'ancient lineage' of a classification does not render it legitimate....Instead, the government must have an interest separate and apart from the fact of tradition itself."
What is wrong with you folks. He is not enforcing it. He ordered the DOJ to not defend it. Same thing. You should be happy because now he at least now has a judge on his side.
What is wrong with you folks. He is not enforcing it. He ordered the DOJ to not defend it. Same thing. You should be happy because now he at least now has a judge on his side.
Enforcing is different from defending it in the courts. He is obligated to enforce, but not to defend something that is deemed unconstitutional.
If the courts say it's unconstitutional the law is scrapped. Call it what you want but he jumped the gun on this one. Your great orator was just trying to appease a block of voters and the rabid supporters of their agenda. Pretty simple stuff.
If the courts say it's unconstitutional the law is scrapped. Call it what you want but he jumped the gun on this one. Your great orator was just trying to appease a block of voters and the rabid supporters of their agenda. Pretty simple stuff.
How so? He thinks it is unconstitutional and so do these courts. Deal with it.
What is wrong with you folks. He is not enforcing it. He ordered the DOJ to not defend it. Same thing. You should be happy because now he at least now has a judge on his side.
Hahahahaha.
If he's not enforcing it, then why has his administration been sued many times for enforcing it? If he weren't enforcing it, then he'd have no DOMA lawsuits to refuse to defend.
"The court finds that DOMA, as applied to Ms. Golinski, violates her right to equal protection of the law ... without substantial justification or rational basis"
"The imposition of subjective moral beliefs of a majority upon a minority cannot provide a justification for the legislation. The obligation of the Court is 'to define the liberty of all, not to mandate our own moral code,'" White wrote. "Tradition alone, however, cannot form an adequate justification for a law....The 'ancient lineage' of a classification does not render it legitimate....Instead, the government must have an interest separate and apart from the fact of tradition itself."
Yes and that interest is to define marriage as between a man and woman. There is no compelling government interest to do otherwise.
Another verdict from the Left Coast that will be reversed.
Yes and that interest is to define marriage as between a man and woman. There is no compelling government interest to do otherwise.
Another verdict from the Left Coast that will be reversed.
Another verdict from a conservative judge appointed by George Bush?
And government interest means preventing a harm to the people. For instance, it serves a government interest to ban blind people from driving. Answer me this - what harm is done to the people by allowing married homosexuals couples to access the federal rights of civil marriage in the same manner married heterosexual couples can?
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