NM Supreme Court: No immediate ruling on same-sex marriage, but plenty of tough questions

[brooklynite]

Source: Albuquerque Journal

The New Mexico Supreme Court has wrapped up a landmark two-hour hearing on whether gay marriage should be legalized in the state.

Nearly 170 people crammed into the court’s chambers and several overflow rooms for the hearing, while others had to be turned away due to a lack of space.

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During the two-hour oral arguments, several Supreme Court justices had pointed questions for James Campbell, an Arizona-based attorney representing Sharer and other GOP legislators.

At one point, justice Richard Bosson appeared to take issue with Campbell’s argument that the state has an interest in ensuring that marriage remains limited to between one man and one woman.

Read more: http://www.abqjournal.com/287115/politics/nm-supreme-court-no-immediate-ruling-on-same-sex-marriage-but-plenty-of-tough-questions.html

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[Warpy]

1. Since the big cities are already issuing marriage licenses

and the whole thing has been met by a gigantic yawn by everybody but Republicans in offices who are trying to grandstand for the morons back home, I honestly don't see how the state supreme court will rule against it. Besides, anyone who has ever read that document knows it's unequal application of civil law when it's extended only to certain parts of the adult population while denied to others.

[SoapBox]

2. Don't tell me...the SAME stupid fucks from Arizona, that tried this shit in California?

Time to toss them in jail for wasting our time and money.

[SpankMe]

3. Conservative double standard.

When a court finds in their favor, they run with it saying that the judiciary has honorably performed its constitutional duties in maintaining the checks and balances with the legislative.

But, when a court finds against them, it's either a case of judicial activism, or they say it needs to go "directly to the people" (ballot proposition) for a final determination.