On 2/14/14, 9:55 PM, KC wrote:
On 2/14/2014 8:18 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Fri, 14 Feb 2014 20:07:14 -0500, FOAD wrote:

On 2/14/14, 7:57 PM, Califbill wrote:
"F.O.A.D." wrote:
Federal Judge Overturns Virginia’s Same-Sex Marriage Ban

By ERIK ECKHOLMFEB. 14, 2014
NY Times


A federal judge on Thursday evening declared that Virginia’s ban on
same-sex marriage was unconstitutional, in the strongest legal
reversal
yet of restrictive marriage amendments that exist throughout the
South.

“Our Constitution declares that ‘all men’ are created equal,” wrote
Judge
Arenda L. Wright Allen of United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, in Norfolk. “Surely this means all of us.”

The ruling, which overturned a constitutional amendment adopted by
Virginia voters in 2006 as well as previous laws, also said that
Virginia
must respect same-sex marriages that were carried out legally in
other states.

But opponents of same-sex marriage have vowed to appeal the
decision to
the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond,
and Judge Wright Allen stayed the execution of Thursday’s ruling
pending the appeal.

This week, a federal judge in Kentucky ruled that the state must honor
same-sex marriages legally performed in other states, but the
ruling did
not address Kentucky’s own ban on such marriages.

If the Court of Appeals upholds Thursday’s decision, the
repercussions in
the South could be wide. Similar amendments limiting marriage to a man
and a woman would most likely be voided in other states of the Fourth
Circuit, including North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia.
(Maryland, the fifth member, approved same-sex marriage in 2012.)

If a person had been convicted of Bigamy, they should immediately
file for
reversal of the conviction. The court is saying the state has no
right to
say what a marriage is. Should be a lot of Southern Utah people
very happy
with the court rulings.



I'm sure you must think you have some sort of logic behind your claim
that bigamy convictions should be reversed. The recent rulings address
the fact that the state has no business limiting marriage to a male and
female...it does not address the issue of whether an individual may be
married to more than one partner at a time.

I think same-sex bigamy or polygamy should be allowed, nay,
encouraged. They also should receive the
Same Sex Union Tax Credit, for their aid in population and global
warming control.


I still don't like the idea of giving up the word marriage... but I
think the times and the constant pounding since the 80's on conservative
thought by the Clintonian thought police has finally taken it's toll on
the country...


"Conservative thought..."

The very definition of oxymoron.