Not so fast: Gay marriage on hold again in Nevada

[Newsjock]

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

Justice Anthony Kennedy has issued a new order staying the Ninth Circuit's mandate overturning Nevada's constitutional ban on same sex marriage, capping a day of whipsaw judicial orders that has left couples spinning.

First, Kennedy issued an order this morning staying the Ninth Circuit's decision mandating the legality of same sex marriage in Nevada and Idaho. Then, Kennedy issued an order clarifying that Nevada wasn't subject to the stay, which meant same sex couples could seek a marriage license.

Within an hour of that ruling, the Coalition to Protect Marriage applied for a new stay in Nevada.

That resulted in Kennedy issuing his latest order, which blocks same sex marriage in the state.

Read more: http://www.rgj.com/story/news/2014/10/08/kennedy-blocks-nevada-gay-marriage-ruling/16907673/

[gopiscrap]

1. Damn: I feel bad for same sex couples

being held in limbo like that.

[uppityperson]

2. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Politicalboi]

3. The ONLY state that has legal prostitution

Still won't allow gay marriage.

I would think Vegas would want it to be legal, and without Vegas, Nevada is NOTHING.

[Egnever]

5. Vegas does want it legal

Unfortunately there are enough backwards ass little towns spread around the state to negate what Vegas wants a lot of the time.

[eggplant]

11. I believe that prostitution is technically illegal in Vegas proper.

Not that that impacts on anything, of course.

[rollin74]

16. that is correct

prostitution ILLEGAL in Clark County (Las Vegas area), Washoe County (Reno area), Carson City and Douglas County

only legal in the rural counties

[blkmusclmachine]

4. What. The. Fuck.

[AlinPA]

6. Kennedy. What? Is he telegraphing how he would vote if it all goes to the SC?

[former9thward]

10. No, he is following standard SC procedure.

Kennedy is in charge of the 9th circuit for immediate appeals. He has to allow time for both sides to file briefs in the appeal. It be like demanding the Senate send a bill to the President without voting on it.

[AlinPA]

12. Thanks.

[Ampersand Unicode]

7. The wedding capital of the nation? WTF?

Is this guy on crack or something?

I thought cons said they want to stimulate the economy! A bunch of weddings would pull in more money to the local economy than all the crap tables in Vegas!

Fuck the "moral values" coalition and their stupid hypocritical bullshit. On one hand these cons spout off shit talking points about how Obama's policies are "killing jobs" and ruining the economy. Then when they get an opportunity to STFU and actually practice what they preach, they put the brakes on their economic platform because of something they think would make colicky Jesus start to cry.

Why isn't this court applying the same obvious standards of Loving v. Virginia and giving LGBT people their constitutional right to due process and equal protection under the law? The moral cons said that God would unleash the apocalypse if a white person could marry a black person, and nothing happened. But I bet they're perfectly fine with the fact that George Romney had a gazillion wives.

Seriously, fuck these guys. Fuck them a million ways to Sunday.

[dbackjon]

8. This is fucking stupid. Damn GOP

Tell me again why you won't vote a Dem in the Senate or President if they are not "perfect"?


You get this BS.

[Grassy Knoll]

9. Mormon Money...

...And lots of it.

[defacto7]

17. I don't think people realize

how correct you are.

[totodeinhere]

13. Of course this is only a temporary setback. The toothpaste is already out of the

tube and as they say there's no putting it back. Our brothers and sisters in Nevada and Idaho will get their rights soon.

[blkmusclmachine]

14. Back and forth and back and forth. That's 2 OK's and 2 stays in 1 day from SCOTUS.

[SoapBox]

15. Another WTF moment

When it comes to the Supremes.

[shenmue]

18. They're depriving Elvis impersonators of work

Everybody knows you go to Vegas to get married by an Elvis guy.

[Adrahil]

19. Granting these emergency stays is pretty routine.

I was reading that they are most often granted while the court gets inputs from all parties. According to what I read, a lengthy stay would require the full court and a lengthy stay wouldn't make any sense since they just declined to hear a number of appeals on similar cases.