Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage Appeals From 5 States

[suzifrommd]

Supreme Court Rejects Gay Marriage Appeals From 5 States

Huffington Post: 10/06/2014

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/06/supreme-court-gay-marriage_n_5938854.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

The Supreme Court turned away appeals Monday from five states seeking to prohibit same-sex marriages, paving the way for an immediate expansion of gay and lesbian unions.

The justices on Monday did not comment in rejecting appeals from Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. No other state cases were currently pending with the high court, but the justices stopped short of resolving for now the question of same-sex marriage nationwide.

The court's order immediately ends delays on marriage in those states.

[Jill F]

Why is it that my marriage was still good all along?  Apparently being beyond queer was fine, but being just run-of-the-mill queer wasn't?  WTF???

Suck it, haters.  You lose again.

[Shantel]

Probably because they know it's a states rights issue. I'd like to see the Federal Government bow out of all of the stuff concerning personal human decisions anyway. There is nothing in the US Constitution that authorizes the US Government to have overreaching power into controlling a person's body, gender or sexual preferences, what constitutes a marriage, abortion, birth control or any of that.

[ImagineKate]

SCOTUS seems to be primarily a conflict resolution body based on recent grants. There is no conflict in the lower courts with regard to marriage. SCOTUS did the right thing by denying certiorari. Justice Ginsburg hinted at that. State supremes and circuit courts have been using US vs Windsor (DOMA case) as precedent for knocking down same sex marriage bans. And when you look at it, it's an equal protection issue, period.

[Marcia]

I see this as a calculated victory. By turning down this appeal the Supreme Court let gay marriage be legal in 30 states. Now if the judges in the 6th circuit turn down gay marriage it will be easier to take up the appeal in that district and by having gay marriage legal in over half the states it will be easier to rule in favor of gay marriage. Also by turning down the appeal if the 6th circuit rules against gay marriage it will automatically trigger a review by the Supreme Court as we will have 2 different verdicts for the same thing. 

[Kaelin]

I don't see this as a states-rights issue.  The equal protection clause should apply, and the US Constitution (14th Amendment) trumps basically everything else.  Loving v/ Virginia on interracial was decided unanimously on the same grounds.  The court even had the the courage to do it when interracial marriage was deeply unpopular, whereas same-sex marriage already receives majority support.