Gay Marriage opponents ask SCOTUS to step in and stop CA marriages

[cali]

Less than 24 hours after California started issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, lawyers for the sponsors of the state's gay marriage ban filed an emergency motion Saturday asking the U.S. Supreme Court to step in and stop the weddings.

Attorneys with the Arizona-based Alliance Defending Freedom claim in the petition that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals acted prematurely and unfairly on Friday when it allowed gay marriage to resume by lifting a hold it had placed on same-sex unions while a lawsuit challenging the ban made its way to and through the Supreme Court.

Alliance Defending Freedom Senior Counsel Austin Nimocks says a three-judge 9th Circuit panel acted prematurely and unfairly when it lifted a hold on same-sex marriages it had put in place while a legal challenge to the voter-approved ban made its way through the courts.

Nimocks says the Supreme Court's consideration of the case is not done yet because his clients still have 22 days to ask the justices to reconsider their decision holding that Proposition 8's backers did not have legal authority to defend the ban.

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http://bigstory.ap.org/article/dozens-same-sex-couples-line-be-married

file under fundraising ploy.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. (snort) 'Defending Freedom' Yep, they're doing a great job of that, all right. What idiots.

[Deep13]

2. I think SCOTUS has already answered that question. nt

[Gman]

3. What part of "standing" do these idiots not understand?

[cali]

4. all of it.

but odds are that this is just a fundraising ploy.

[pinboy3niner]

5. "It is the Mother of All Battles and Alliance Defending Freedom is winning!"

[brooklynite]

6. They DO have other legal avenues...

I understand THE PEOPLE'S COURT is looking for participants....

[Tx4obama]

7. The SCOTUS most likely will ignore the request, they've gone into recess

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It's unclear if and/or when the high court might consider this request. Justices recently began a recess after issuing a number of pivotal rulings last week.

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Full article here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/29/justice/california-same-sex-marriage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2