High court delays action on same-sex marriage cases

So if the court decides not to hear the case then the 9th Circuits ruling stands, Prop 8 is null and void and gay marriage is legal in California. Where are the other cases If SCOTUS chooses not to hear them. Are the latest rulings pro-gay marriage or against gay Marriage?

So if the court decides not to hear the case then the 9th Circuits ruling stands, Prop 8 is null and void and gay marriage is legal in California. Where are the other cases If SCOTUS chooses not to hear them. Are the latest rulings pro-gay marriage or against gay Marriage?

I can’t imagine them not addressing DOMA at some point soon. The civil rights implications are huge.

DOMA is toast, thank God. When ever the government refuses to defend its own law in court…. and its new lawyer is some bible-thumping teabagger out of Kentucky….. that’s the definition of toast. DOMA’s time has passed. Time to move on and end the discrimination.

Clinton was correct to create DOMA to protect marriage. He has changed his position due to pressure from his own party. The Supreme Court will do the correct thing and keep marriage protected between a man and a woman. Civil unions can give homosexuals their federal benefits.

The Civil Rights Conclusions of the 1960s struck down the “equal but separate” states laws. So what else is different between “Civil Unions” and “Marriage” status, other than in name, as long as laws treat both equally. A name is a name and nothing more?

@Frazier, anytime you have different rights for one group of people over the other, with the exception of felons (they commited an actual crime), then by definition you are institutionalizing racism against that group. that is no different then the ‘separate but equal’ argument the racists tried in the whole civil rights campaigns.

I was in a same-sex marriage. Had the same old sex, once every month with my wife for over 20 years. We both finally re-gained our senses and moved on :)

for the love of god just make a decision…quit wasting our time and money with all the talk…how many years does this take? I would rather see a decision made one way or the other instead of discussion that goes on endlessly clogging up the government and the courts…this is a rather minor issue when you look at the whole list of problems of this country…every day spent on this, is a day not spent on the other stuff..

Jerryball, a couple of significant things are different. Inheritance laws for one. If a couple is hertero, and married, s/he can inherit up to 7 mill without paying a dime in inheritance taxes. Nice huh? Not so if you have a same sex legal union, or civil union. Then you pay the exact same taxes as anybody else who is biologically unrelated. Big diff. Two. Hetero marriages are recognized nation-wide. Civil unions are not. So if a same sex couple travels to Texas, and is in a car wreck, the civil union partner is not considered next of kin, and can be legally prevented from entering to visit ICU,s medical decisions, etc. Three. No Survivor Benefits from Social Security, and all the related things there. Four. No joint filing of taxes, and the related breaks either. No, Civil Unions are not the same. And they are not equal. They aren’t even close.

Your headline is misleading at best. So the story is that the Supreme Court did nothing??? Even Fox News had a more fair and balanced than this.

JerryBaal – The problem is that the laws as defined separately by the states do NOT treat them equally. The SCOTUS will undoubtedly either refuse to hear the appeals from a lower court that previously established equalities as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, or overturn those that ruled against said equalities.

If civil union statutes truly established equal treatment under the law in EVERY instance, we wouldn’t be having this argument. The problem is that the disparate laws are inconsistent.

People who practice sodomy do not make up a valid minority group and are not entitled to special protection under the law or the right to legally marry. The public has, however, unintentionally given people who practice sodomy recognition as a minority group by referring to them as gays, lesbians, and homosexuals. The best way for our society to deal with this issue would be to stop embracing the premise of the issue by NOT referring to people who practice sodomy as gays, lesbians, and homosexuals.