LGBTQ+ Rights and America

I think it was the founder of GO Proud who left the party.

Federal judge strikes down Texas gay marriage ban

This is from USA Today, not The Onion.

It's been left in place pending the appeal though

I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT SO SOON.

And I suppose I'll just keep not expecting that until it's finalized, but if marriage does get legalized in my state...

Maybe I won't move.

An Onion article would probably be along the lines of, "Federal Court imposes universal gay marriage," or maybe "Federal Court finds all marriage unconstitutional."

I like the second one.

Crossposting from Yack Fest's LGBT thread: Holy shit, progress for my state. Well it's so freaking cold here that I guess Hell really has frozen over :P

As I said in the U.S. Politics thread, I suspect that if there is sufficient unanimity of opinion among state and federal judges, SCOTUS may defer to them in lieu of being forced to make a decisive national ruling on gay marriage.

Have any gay marriage bans or similar legislation been upheld?

edited 26th Feb '14 1:38:25 PM by Fighteer

A Republican lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill which would allow businesses to cite religious belief as a legal justification for refusing service to gays.

One month later, a Missouri judge will strike down its gay marriage ban.

Please let that happen.

Interesting.

Because the one in Arizona just got vetoed.

Not the best picture of the Governor.

This Melvin character is cruisin' for a loosin' though.

This is a really backwards step for the Republicans. Clearly, this raft of bills is a back-against-the-wall move by the religious right who know that the tide is turning against them. But the Arizona one in particular has actually galvanisd their opponents against them, much as we discussed a few pages ago in this very thread. By being so extreme, a lot of unwanted attention has come at them from sources that usually wouldn't so much as bat an eye at the state.

They're also risking alienating some of their own followers, since they have now a proven history of going back on their own policies. Though that risk is probably negligible given that people who are annoyed at such things are hardly going to vote Democrat, they'll stick with them because of no real alternatives.

Brewer doing this is a case of a stopped clock being right twice a day by my reckoning, but the result is what matters and I won't look this gift horse in the mouth.

The one I like best on Facebook points out that the AZ law would permit a business from denying service to any woman not wearing a full burqa and hijab. Which it would have, only the idiots that wrote it never figured that part out.

How about letting a Jain or a Quaker refuse service to a veteran or a gun owner? Imagine how that would go.

Poorly for the Quaker, I'd imagine.

My religious beliefs prevent me from offering services to evangelical Christians or Republicans.

edited 27th Feb '14 11:13:01 AM by Fighteer

I do love the Arizona restaurant that had the sign up saying "We reserve the right to refuse service to members of the Arizona legislature" (the picture is easily googleable).

I really wish that the LGBT Rights and America thread would merge with the LGBT Rights and Religion thread...because when the topics inevitably converge, there's always the chance of a mod yelling NO RELIGION in here.

So, I'll crosspost.

Right now there's a three-way, since the Arizona bill has also been covered in the general US politics thread.

So to stay on topic, is it gay in a three-way?

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2014/02/27/kentucky_ordered_to_recognize_gay_marriage.html

Kentucky has 24 hours to start recognizing Same Sex Marriages.

Why does a Democratic AG want the court to postpone that ruling?

"Because it's Kentucky", too obvious an answer?

Probably "We don't want to lose the Midterms as harshly, it just adds fuel to the fire of Kentucky Republicans, who are probably on ultra edge mode with this and the Kentucky Obamacare set-up doing so well.".