State says Nevada’s ban on gay marriage serves legitimate purpose

[Redfairen]

Source: Associated Press

The Sandoval administration urged a federal appeals court to uphold the state's ban on gay marriage, arguing it serves the "legitimate purpose of preserving traditional marriage" and is entrenched in the state's history.

The brief filed by the attorney general's office late Tuesday in the 9th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals comes as federal courts have struck down similar laws in other states. Gay couples in the case argue that Nevada's ban is unconstitutional and that a law allowing domestic partnerships made same-sex couples second-class citizens.

"Nevada law that defines marriage to be between a man and a woman is legitimate, whether measured under equal protection or due process standards," the brief said. "The interest of the state in defining marriage in this manner is motivated by the state's desire to protect and perpetuate traditional marriage."

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He added, "Nevada's statutes evince a strong encouragement of marriage in its traditional form. These laws are not based on policy whimsy; they are grounded in policy as deeply rooted as any that exists in Nevada law.

"They define Nevada society."



Read more: http://lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jan/22/state-says-nevadas-ban-gay-marriage-serves-legitim/

[weissmam]

1. so basically they got nothing and will go down in very expensive flames

no one has told how SSM does anything against traditional marriage , they haven't yet and never will

[AlbertCat]

4. no one has told how SSM does anything against traditional marriage

One can just look at the states that have approved SSM.... and see if it has destroyed, harmed or even reduced male/female marriage.

Uh oh!

[LeftyMom]

2. Nevada believes in the sanctity of drunk, no wait, drive-thru, Elvis-officiated marriage.

Good luck at the Ninth Circuit. In San Francisco.

[JoePhilly]

9. Just as it was in the bible.

[blkmusclmachine]

3. Why does NV have brothels, and divorce? And why does NV permit the infertile, or aged, to marry?

So many lies. And so many deceptions.

[FreeState]

5. "the state's desire to protect and perpetuate traditional marriage"

Let me fix that for you:

"the state's desire to protect and perpetuate discrimination"

[Bossy Monkey]

6. Jeez, why didn't they just say, "Because!"

As noted above, the legalized brothels and the fact that the state has been famous for decades for easy marriage and easy divorce somewhat undercuts the argument, even such as it is.

[MrScorpio]

7. Why aren't they outlawing divorce?

Divorce is the greatest "threat" to "traditional marriage" EVER!

[Gothmog]

8. This argument is weak

The courts have rejected theory more than once

[sinkingfeeling]

10. Why does the state have a 'desire to protect and perpetuate traditional marriage'?

What does 'marriage' do for a state?

[Herself]

11. if you are gopTea and you want the gay marriage issue to go away before election cycle, file weak

argument..

Slavery was entrenched too, but it didn't make it constitutional.

They want this to go away before this midterm cycle.

I'm thinking that the resistance to legal or medical marijuana is political self serving interets too
#1 Revenue. The gop wants another war, to pay back all that corporate sponsored campaign debt

#2 - Hopes of legal voter apathy. People smoke pot, they get high, they stay home, they don't vote. Low voter turnout means less campaign revenue required to buy an election.