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Title: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: MadelineB on July 01, 2012, 06:44:03 AM
Post by: MadelineB on July 01, 2012, 06:44:03 AM
http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/06/29/breaking-boehner-appeals-doma-cases-to-supreme-court/ (http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/06/29/breaking-boehner-appeals-doma-cases-to-supreme-court/)
By Chris Johnson on June 29, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) attorneys on Friday formally appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court an appeals court decision determining the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional.
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The court ruling that was appealed was the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the cases of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management... and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health & Human Services. On May 31, the appellate court issued a decision that Section 3 of DOMA, which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional as a result of both cases.
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[T]he court is in summer recess.
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The cost cap to pay for House expenses in defending the law was set at $1.5 million.
By Chris Johnson on June 29, 2012
House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) attorneys on Friday formally appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court an appeals court decision determining the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional.
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The court ruling that was appealed was the First Circuit Court of Appeals decision in the cases of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management... and Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Department of Health & Human Services. On May 31, the appellate court issued a decision that Section 3 of DOMA, which prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriage, was unconstitutional as a result of both cases.
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[T]he court is in summer recess.
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The cost cap to pay for House expenses in defending the law was set at $1.5 million.
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: Hikari on July 01, 2012, 11:13:31 AM
Post by: Hikari on July 01, 2012, 11:13:31 AM
These people just wont be happy with lgbt people having rights. This is the sad reality that we have to fight against.
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 06:59:59 PM
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 06:59:59 PM
Yet another reason to vote against them!
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:06:20 PM
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:06:20 PM
Another reminder as to why we should not vote for them. If it was up to them we will be in jail, concentration camps, psychiatric wards, or death
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:09:56 PM
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:09:56 PM
We should remember that it was these kind of people who plunged western civilizations into the dark ages.
If they would have not taken over, the human race would be colonizing the stars by now.
If they would have not taken over, the human race would be colonizing the stars by now.
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: GhostTown11 on July 01, 2012, 07:12:41 PM
Post by: GhostTown11 on July 01, 2012, 07:12:41 PM
Quote from: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:09:56 PM
We should remember that it was these kind of people who plunged western civilizations into the dark ages.
If they would have not taken over, the human race would be colonizing the stars by now.
The...elves?
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: crazy old bat on July 01, 2012, 07:45:15 PM
Post by: crazy old bat on July 01, 2012, 07:45:15 PM
Quote from: peky on July 01, 2012, 07:09:56 PMSo they not only blocked development of FTL drives, but they hampered our evolution into extremely high heat resistant beings? The bastards!
We should remember that it was these kind of people who plunged western civilizations into the dark ages.
If they would have not taken over, the human race would be colonizing the stars by now.
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 08:04:32 PM
Post by: peky on July 01, 2012, 08:04:32 PM
Imagine the Industrial revolution taking place in the fifth century instead of the eighteen century! Where would technology would be?
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: crazy old bat on July 01, 2012, 08:35:05 PM
Post by: crazy old bat on July 01, 2012, 08:35:05 PM
1300 years further into global climate change?
Title: Re: US - BREAKING: Boehner appeals DOMA cases to Supreme Court
Post by: Alexis on July 01, 2012, 08:44:07 PM
Post by: Alexis on July 01, 2012, 08:44:07 PM
Quote from: Jaime on July 01, 2012, 08:35:05 PMWait...I thought global warming wasn't real :P
1300 years further into global climate change?
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