Idaho gay marriage fight appealed to Supreme Court

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP-Excite

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho's governor and attorney general have filed separate petitions to the U.S. Supreme Court, fighting against gay marriage and arguing that the state's case has national consequences.

Same-sex marriage has been legal in Idaho since an October ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which has struck down bans across the West.

Attorney General Lawrence Wasden's filing Friday states that the issue is a matter of a state's right to define marriage without the federal government's involvement.

"This case presents the Court with the opportunity to resolve a divisive split on a question of nationwide importance: Whether the United States Constitution now prohibits states from maintaining the traditional definition of civil marriage, i.e., between one man and one woman," Wasden said in the petition.

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Read more: http://apnews.excite.com/article/20150103/us--gay_marriage-petition-74c620e189.html

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1. acting on behalf of the mormon church are they? nt

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2. Do as I say, not as I do Otter

In 1964, Otter married Gay Simplot, daughter of J. R. Simplot. After 28 years of marriage, the couple amicably divorced in 1992. On August 18, 2006, Otter married his longtime girlfriend and former Miss Idaho USA Lori Easley in Meridian. (from WikipediA)

So much for stable heterosexual relationships.

Otter you are a git.

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3. It seems ludicrous to say every state can define marriage differently

When they were trying to maintain DOMA and keep same-sex marriage illegal everywhere, they at least had some legal consistency. But saying you can be married in one state, drive across the state line and not be married, and then drive into the next state and be married again is utter nonsense.