Same-sex marriage coming to Utah

[Northwestcoug]

Plus, that guy is too short to be Manu.

[Pelado]

Plus, that guy is too short to be Manu.

I just thought everyone else was really tall.

[falafel]

I just thought everyone else was really tall.

Definitely possible that this is an NBA and/or WNBA event.

[LVAllen]

The lawnerds might want to review this decision last year by an LDS federal judge in Nevada upholding Nevada's constitutional provision that only marriage between a male and female person shall be recognized and given effect. It is an interesting contrast with the Utah decision. Unlike Judge Shelby who granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs, Judge Jones granted summary judgment in favor of the state. His decision is on appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/fil...393-sevcik.pdf

In a completely unsurprising opinion given that (1) Nevada stopped fighting the constitutionality of the provision of the state constitution, and (2) it was before the bloody Ninth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit invalidated the provision and a similar one in Idaho today.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/242214767...-Opinion-1oday.

[woot]

http://xkcd.com/1431/

[falafel]

In a completely unsurprising opinion given that (1) Nevada stopped fighting the constitutionality of the provision of the state constitution, and (2) it was before the bloody Ninth Circuit, the Ninth Circuit invalidated the provision and a similar one in Idaho today.

https://www.scribd.com/doc/242214767...-Opinion-1oday.

Sort of funny how little press this is getting locally.

[RC Vikings]

Gay marriages resume in Utah. Manu Ginobli attends!

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/58...court.html.csp

I'm a little confused why the gay guy is carrying the gay girl. Maybe those two still aren't sure they want to play for the other team just yet.

[Pelado]

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected gay marriage appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin, in essence allowing lower courts to legalize same-sex couples. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), an institution that has vigorously opposed gay marriage for some time now, conceded that the political battle over marriage is over. “As far as the civil law is concerned,” the Mormon Church admitted, “the courts have spoken.”

Actually, nothing is over until God says it’s over. At least, this is my understanding of how religion operates. So while I don’t want to accuse Mormons of being a bunch of serial quitters, let’s just say this isn’t the first time they’ve folded in the face of adversity. Luckily, every time a door closes …

http://thefederalist.com/2014/10/08/...iage-equality/

[Uncle Ted]

Same-sex couples can now get married in the five most Mormon states

From Alpine, Utah, to Queen Creek, Ariz., same-sex couples can now marry across the “Book of Mormon Belt.”


Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints make up at least 6 percent of the population in five Western states where marriage for same-sex couples has become legal within a 16-day period: Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Wyoming.


Utah, 68 percent Mormon, was the first of the five on Oct. 6, followed by Nevada on the 9th, Idaho on the 15th, Arizona on the 17th, and Wyoming Tuesday morning at 10 a.m.
[...]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...mormon-states/

I guess Texas will be one of the last given it is not very mormon.

[Joe Public]

The 6th Circuit (Mich, Ohio, Kentucky, Tenn) has already heard arguments about same-sex marriage and the court looks to be divided 2-1. The swing vote on the court is a pretty staunch conservative jurist, but one who is a bit unpredictable (he wrote the first opinion upholding Obamacare, for instance).

The 6th Circuit opinion was published yesterday:

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-con...ng-11-6-14.pdf

They went 2-1 in reversing the district court decisions that invalidated the state bans on SSM. It seems the USSC would need to look at the issue now.

On a side note, I notice a Kirton McConkie attorney was in on this.

[imanihonjin]

The 6th Circuit opinion was published yesterday:

http://sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-con...ng-11-6-14.pdf

They went 2-1 in reversing the district court decisions that invalidated the state bans on SSM. It seems the USSC would need to look at the issue now.

On a side note, I notice a Kirton McConkie attorney was in on this.

Alexander Dushku? Is he related to Eliza?

[Jeff Lebowski]

There you go. That settles it.



(this was not in Utah, but I couldn't think of a better thread - DH can correct me)

[Uncle Ted]

There you go. That settles it.



(this was not in Utah, but I couldn't think of a better thread - DH can correct me)

How do we know if the one that is not gay just hasn't made it out of the closet yet?

[Jeff Lebowski]

How do we know if the one that is not gay just hasn't made it out of the closet yet?

Dude. Don't question science.

[Solon]

Dude. Don't question science.

Which one is gay? The dude in the tie? Or is he supposed to be the conservative one?
My gaydar is down, apparently.