American Family Association asks Justices Kagan and Bader Ginsburg to leave marriage equality case

[shenmue]

Story here

The American Family Association has requested that Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg recuse themselves from this year's scheduled hearing of a case on marriage equality.

From the article:

Last week, the highest court in the US announced it would review rulings on same-sex marriage bans from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee – and a ruling could cement equality across the U.S.

However, the anti-gay American Family Association has called for two of the justices on the court – Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan – to recuse themselves from the case, as they have both performed same-sex weddings.

[Turbineguy]

1. Uggghhhhh... let's see..... I wonder.....

are these idiots worried about somebody getting equal rights?

[Autumn]

2. Fuck the American Family Association

[PeaceNikki]

3. pffffffffffft. PeaceNikki asks AFA to STFU

[Renew Deal]

4. The American Family Association is an extremist hate group

http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/american-family-association

[PeaceNikki]

5. I suggest that any justice who has NOT performed a same sex wedding recuse themselves.

[jberryhill]

6. Lol

That's absurd. Whether they officiated in a jurisdiction which recognizes marriage equality has no bearing on the case.

[rurallib]

7. How about Tony? He's got a boy that is a Catholic priest

no doubt that will influence him.

[jmowreader]

8. I'd be willing to deal on this

Kagan and Ginsburg, who have officiated at same-sex weddings, can recuse themselves the second Alito, Scalia, Thomas and Roberts all recuse THEMselves.

[belzabubba333]

9. just like a.scolera did when cheney's case came before him

while scaila and cheney are avid hunters and longtime friends, seveal experts in legal ethics questioned the timing of their trip and said it raised doubtsabout scalia's ability to judge the case impartially , the newspaper pointed out.

but scalia rejected that concern friday, telling the times,"i do not think my impartiality could reasonably be questioned."

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/scalia-cheney-trip-raises-eyebrows/

[Thinkingabout]

10. Okay good idea, then the rest could excuse themselves except for Sotomayor

And let her rule, now this would be fair huh. I have a feeling it will hinge on all are created equally and therefore any two can get married. Once this happens then perhaps some of the state houses can get back to doing needed business.

[beam me up scottie]

11. More religion bashing on DU...

K&R

[BrotherIvan]

13. Yes, we must never say anything bad about religion

Because the world is so much better when they are in charge. Ah, the good old days...

[hatrack]

12. AFA - Oh yeah, "One Guy With A Computer And An Office"

Whoopie.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

14. Shouldn't the justices who have performed "traditional" marriages recuse themselves because

they are "biased" in the opposite direction?

[Scuba]

16. Ding, ding, ding. We have a winner.

[Initech]

15. Gee why ask the two females on the bench?

Could they possibly get any more disgusting?

[Art_from_Ark]

17. Where were these guys in 2000,

when "Justice" Scalia didn't recuse himself from bu$h vs. Gore, even though he was a duck-hunting buddy with someone who could benefit directly from the court's decision?

[Bluenorthwest]

18. Ah, religious groups. It seems like just yesterday it was the Pope hurling invective about equality

and now this next batch of highly devout individuals chime in. Which religious group will trash talk gay people with denigrating public insults tomorrow? It's a daily effort for them and quite stressful as they also have to spend lots of energy claiming to be oppressed victims living in a hostile secular wasteland.
Do they meet to organized their efforts, or is all of the viciousness just spontaneous?

[Skittles]

19. fuck the AFA

bigoted assholes