Supreme Court Schedules Argument in Same-Sex Marriage Case For April 28

[brooklynite]

Source: NBC News

The Supreme Court has set April 28 as the date for historic arguments on gay marriage.

The justices agreed in January to definitively answer whether the Constitution allows states to ban same-sex marriage. A ruling is expected by the end of the term in late June.

The court granted cases from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee. It will decide whether states can refuse to issue marriage licenses to gay couples and whether they can refuse to recognize same-sex marriages legally performed elsewhere.

Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia allow gay marriage. The Alabama Supreme Court this week defied a federal judge and ordered probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.

Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/supreme-court-schedules-argument-same-sex-marriage-case-april-28-n317961

[RKP5637]

1. Excellent! I see this as a good thing. Probably Alabama pushed them to act earlier. n/t

[Kablooie]

2. Look out. This court may not be on your side.

[RKP5637]

3. It will be touch and go I'm sure. My concern is a bifurcated decision. n/t

[SoapBox]

4. Hoping, hoping, hoping...

That the Hate Lawyers, will show up and spew their crazy shit ranting, that will swing whoever, to finally settle this with Marriage Equality for All.

[uppityperson]

5. Take Loving v Virginia and substitute "sexual orientation classificati" for "racial classifications"

"Marriage is one of the 'basic civil rights of man,' fundamental to our very existence and survival.... To deny this fundamental freedom on so unsupportable a basis as the racial classifications embodied in these statutes, classifications so directly subversive of the principle of equality at the heart of the Fourteenth Amendment, is surely to deprive all the State's citizens of liberty without due process of law. The Fourteenth Amendment requires that the freedom of choice to marry not be restricted by invidious racial discriminations. Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not to marry, a person of another race resides with the individual and cannot be infringed by the State."

[Behind the Aegis]

6. Cautiously optimistic while still being pessimistically hopeful.

Expect the worst, hope for the best, and you are not surprised either way.