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Equality news round-up: Will President Obama appoint first ever openly LGBT cabinet member?
December 5, 2012
By Scottie Thomaston
- Tom Goldstein at SCOTUSBlog writes about the gay rights cases at the Supreme Court
- “At 83, Plaintiff in Gay Marriage Case Just ‘Wants to be Alive When She Wins’”
- Atlanta, Georgia supports marriage equality
- The Wall Street Journal discusses three paths the Supreme Court could take on marriage equality
- Boise, Idaho passed a LGBT nondiscrimination ordinance
- President Obama may name the first ever openly LGBT cabinet member
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Straight Ally #3008 | December 5, 2012 at 11:50 am
Looking at the WSJ article and setting aside the "SCOTUS takes neither Prop 8 nor DOMA" scenario and assuming we all want DOMA taken up, I wonder: if you could make the call for the Court, would you have them deny cert or grant cert for the Prop 8 case? The narrowness of the ruling makes me lean to deny, and just give CA equality ASAP….
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Sammy | December 5, 2012 at 1:00 pm
Also in news, Mexican Supreme Court just struck down marriage ban in Oaxaca, the court there cannot just en mass strike down all state laws but this ruling means if challenged the rest of the laws will fall, this is in essence a ruling for same sex marriage nationwide in Mexico!
http://aftermarriageblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/05…
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sfbob | December 5, 2012 at 1:14 pm
Not sure if you're asking Scottie or the general readership. If you're asking whoever might be reading this post, then I agree with you that SCOTUS should not grant cert on the Prop 8 case and let it stand as currently decided. While I would not automatically assume that granting cert on this case would automatically be a bad sign (and there are issues involved in the particular case apart from the obvious question of marriage equality), it seems unlikely that even a favorable Supreme Court decision on the Prop 8 case would, as some hope, overturn all state laws that ban same-sex marriage. This particular Supreme Court simply isn't going to go that far in our direction.
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RepublicanLutz | December 5, 2012 at 3:07 pm
I agree with sfbob's thoughts, but I'd add "at this time" to his comment regarding this particular court overturning all state marriage bans. I can see this same lineup of justices voting for marriage equality in the future once more states have gone that way, but it is very unlikely that they will go there yet.
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Straight Ally #3008 | December 5, 2012 at 3:10 pm
I'm losing track of countries that are poised to get to the equality finish line ahead of us….Mexico, France, Colombia, Uruguay….
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Straight Ally #3008 | December 5, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Yes, definitely putting it out for anyone's thoughts. I also don't think our side has much to gain…at this time…by SCOTUS taking up the Prop 8 case.
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Mike in Baltimore | December 5, 2012 at 5:44 pm
I also found it interesting that the WSJ neglected to mention the District court ruling when discussing the Prop H8 case. What does the WSJ think will happen if SCOTUS likes the decision of the Ninth Circuit, but finds that at least one party doesn't have standing? Does that mean the District Court ruling stands, even if SCOTUS doesn't believe it's the correct ruling? Accept cert, then send the case back to the 9th with instructions to hear it with all parties having standing? Accept cert and rule, with or without acknowledging one or more parties don't have standing? Deny cert in total (thus implicitly stating that all parties have standing?)
Remember, the WSJ is no longer (if it ever was) a 'disinterested' newspaper, not since it was purchased by Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorpse.
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Straight Dave | December 5, 2012 at 6:53 pm
UK, New Zealand… look ready to fall in 2013.
Unless Cameron is just blowing smoke or inadvertently sparks a Tory revolt
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Bob | December 5, 2012 at 10:46 pm
this sums it up real nice
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cheryl-dumesnil/on-…
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Gregory in SLC | December 6, 2012 at 5:11 am
LOL! tx, needed that!
Waiting for the Supreme Court of the United States to issue a decision on California's Proposition 8 can feel like waiting for your alcoholic ex-girlfriend, who also happens to be a pathological liar, to pay back the money she borrowed from you so that she could rent a truck to move her crap out of your basement. She can say she's going to pay you back, but you've heard it all before.
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Gregory in SLC | December 6, 2012 at 5:12 am
LOVED the reaction in Boise…its not much but like in Utah, every little bit of progress in our conservative sister states is celebrated!
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