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On Wed, 08 Oct 2014 12:55:40 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

On 10/8/14 12:49 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 06 Oct 2014 15:57:25 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

...sad about The Supreme's ruling to let gay marriages in five states stand.

If you are paying attention, you will know the difference between
"ruling" on and rejecting a case

Some people in Idaho are not all that happy today.

By refusing to cert, the Supremes have now made it possible for gays to
marry in 30 states. The door against gay marriage, if not slammed shut,
is pretty close to it.

The point is that you said they ruled and they did exactly the
opposite. In fact Kennedy (not one of the conservatives) wrote a brief
today informing Idaho that they could not avail themselves of the
Virginia court decision.
It is now up to the 9th circuit to decide.
They will probably knock down the Idaho ban but you never can tell.
It is clear that the SC really wants this to be decided in the lower
courts so they won't have to take a stand on it.
Maybe the liberals are afraid that it might go 5-4 the wrong way if
the case is not made in a way 5 can agree on.

I doubt the SCOTUS will take a case until one of the conservative
courts actually upholds a ban. It would force them to take the case.
A ruling on that would be significant.

Do you see the difference yet?

Only technically. The court can't decide against gay marriage.
Given the widespread acceptance of its "morality," they'd cause no end
of unrest. They've made other bad decisions, but they probably won't
make this mistake.
I don't understand "gayness," but I see the gay point in this matter.
Hell, I don't know any gay people. Of course you don't know what you
don't know.
But I think this is a done deal.