GOP Governors Refusing To Allow Same-Sex Marriage Despite Supreme Court Announcement

[MohRokTah]

This is just downright meanness. Also, these assholes may end up costing the taxpayers a lot of money because these actions could end up being determined to be punitive, and thus damaging to same sex couples wishing to marry. That could end up in federal court as a civil matter to adjudicate those damages. Looks like Kansas, South Carolina, Wyoming, and Oklahoma have decided to punish same sex couples by refusing t follow the law:

GOP Governors Refusing To Allow Same-Sex Marriage Despite Supreme Court Announcement

Despite yesterday's announcement from the Supreme Court and rulings at the appellate court level, Republican governors are refusing to follow the law on same-sex marriage.

When the Supreme Court declined to review any of seven same-sex marriage case from five states, rulings by the appellate courts became the final ruling and all stays the Supreme Court and the appellate courts had place on those rulings were lifted.

The immediate effect was that same-sex couples in Virginia, Utah, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma were allowed to marry, and they did.

But the next effect is that all states in the same judicial circuit, or region, as those cases were in, must follow the ruling of that Circuit Court.

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[peace13]

1. Ohio still proudly refuses to follow the law! Nt

[MohRokTah]

2. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals could rule any day now.

That would affect Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

[peace13]

3. Good news.

The issue has been used to pack the polls here...and not in a good way!

[Delphinus]

4. Pence, of Indiana,

is following the ruling - surprisingly enough.

[HockeyMom]

5. If a stay was issued pending an appeal,

but an appeal hasn't been filed yet, what does that mean? Florida Fraud Governor and his Traditional Marriage Lover (married 3 times) Attorney General are up for re-election. "See what the SC rulling is", was said. Well, methinks they wanted to wait until after the state election. Anyway, what happens now with this? Stay is still in effect until an appeal is filed?

[MohRokTah]

6. I'm not sure if the 11th Circuit Court has weighed in yet.

The 11th covers Florida, Alabama, and Georgia.