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William769

(55,147 posts)
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 07:56 PM Oct 2013

Retired SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Officiates Gay Wedding at Supreme Court

Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor became the second justice (joining Ruth Bader Ginsburg) to marry a gay couple at the Supreme Court when she officiated the marriage on Tuesday of Jeff Trammel and Stuart Serkin.

Bloomberg reports:

The ceremony took place in the lawyer’s lounge of the court, according to court spokeswoman Kathy Arberg. That is just off the courtroom where the sitting justices delivered a pair of 5-4 decisions in June that stopped short of legalizing gay marriage across the country yet struck down a federal law barring benefits for spouses in same-sex marriages.

WKZO adds:

It was not the first gay wedding ceremony at the court building. Over the weekend, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg presided over the wedding there of New York couple Ralph Lee Pellecchio and James Carter Wernz, according to a wedding announcement in the New York Times. In August, Ginsburg became the first justice to officiate at the wedding of a gay couple.

http://www.towleroad.com/2013/10/retired-scotus-justice-sandra-day-oconnor-officiates-gay-wedding-at-supreme-court.html

Damn I hope Scalia was in the building. Would love to have been a fly on that wall.

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Retired SCOTUS Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Officiates Gay Wedding at Supreme Court (Original Post) William769 Oct 2013 OP
Verify the legality of the marriage Submariner Oct 2013 #1
Yay! Props to all SCJs who are implementing new laws babylonsister Oct 2013 #2
I'll give you a AMEN on that! William769 Oct 2013 #3
Some more comments on the link below if anyone is interested Tx4obama Oct 2013 #4
Damn it. I did it again. William769 Oct 2013 #5
It's okay - the other thread is in a different forum. The more the merrier :) Tx4obama Oct 2013 #6
Did you see the NEW news about Hawaii? link below Tx4obama Oct 2013 #7
Yes but not from your link. I was going to post that here also. William769 Oct 2013 #8

Submariner

(12,504 posts)
1. Verify the legality of the marriage
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:04 PM
Oct 2013

because if I was an "honest" Justice Sandra Day O'Connor I would have disbarred myself and disappeared in disgrace for throwing away the peoples vote in the 2000 election and installing a blithering idiot as president.

She set her legacy with that stupid decision.

babylonsister

(171,065 posts)
2. Yay! Props to all SCJs who are implementing new laws
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 08:09 PM
Oct 2013

that were too long a time coming. Gay love and marriage are here to stay!

William769

(55,147 posts)
8. Yes but not from your link. I was going to post that here also.
Wed Oct 30, 2013, 09:51 PM
Oct 2013

I think I just need to follow you but I don't want to be labeled a stalker.

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