Appeal Sought in Puerto Rico Gay Marriage Case

[theHandpuppet]

Appeal Sought in Puerto Rico Gay Marriage Case
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Oct 22, 2014, 3:48 PM ET
By DANICA COTO Associated Press

A federal court judge has rejected an attempt to end a ban on same-sex marriages in Puerto Rico, saying political order itself depends on traditional marriage and deriding the logic of courts that have overturned such bans. The five gay couples who filed the suit will appeal, their attorney said Wednesday.

The couples had challenged the constitutionality of several local laws, including a 1902 code that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.

But in a ruling issued late Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Juan Perez-Gimenez upheld the laws, stating people and legislators, not judges, should debate the issue...

...National gay rights group Lambda Legal is representing the group, which includes two couples who seek to marry in Puerto Rico and three couples who live on the island and married elsewhere....

MORE at http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/appeal-sought-puerto-rico-gay-marriage-case-26376676

[shenmue]

1. Awesome!

[LostOne4Ever]

2. How does order depend on traditional marriage?

Don't these fools ever get tired of using the same irrational argument over and over?

Not to mention, how does one become a Judge and not understand rights? You don't get to vote on them...that is why they are called rights in the first place. But what do you expect of a judge who rejects the opinion of the judges before him and across the legal system?