Indiana won't recognize same-sex marriages performed last month

[Contrary1]

Just thinking about how much good might have been accomplished with the $$$ spent by Indiana Repubs on this nonsense makes me sad.

"To the state of Indiana, the hundreds of same-sex marriages performed statewide after a federal judge overturned Indiana's gay marriage ban aren't legal now.

The decision of Gov. Mike Pence's administration to not recognize the marriages, outlined in a memo issued this week, sparked a contentious debate over whether the governor was taking a political stance that was legally wrong, or taking the only legal path available to him.

For some same sex couples, the governor's decision leaves such things as health benefits, state income tax joint filings and possibly hospital visitation rights hanging in the balance as the gay marriage issue is resolved in the courts.

The problem began when U.S. District Judge Richard Young struck down Indiana's gay marriage ban on June 25, and hundreds of gay couples, including about 550 in Marion County, rushed to county clerks' offices to get married. That window closed three days later, on June 27, when the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals stayed Young's ruling, restoring Indiana's law while the state's appeal moved forward.

The governor contends that ruling leaves him no choice..."

"no choice". Right.

http://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/2014/07/09/indiana-recognize-sex-marriages/12410207/

[longship]

1. Another domino moving inexorably to the the front of the inevitable cascade.

Go ahead and stay the inevitable. But the dominoes are all lined up and the first fell long ago. They are tumbling, tumbling towards the inevitable. Staying this case against the tumble will not stop it from falling.

Even SCOTUS Alito agrees... Today.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014842823

Oh! Almost forgot.
R&

[conservaphobe]

2. Pencehead strikes again.