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US judge strikes down Okla. same-sex marriage ban

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TULSA, Okla. — A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Oklahoma’s gay marriage ban, ruling that it violates the U.S. Constitution.
U.S. District Judge Terrence Kern handed down the ruling in a lawsuit filed by two same-sex couples. Kern immediately stayed his ruling pending appeals, meaning gay marriages won’t happen in Oklahoma right away.


The gay couples had sued for the right to marry and to have a marriage from another jurisdiction recognized in Oklahoma.
Kern ruled on a constitutional amendment approved by Oklahoma voters in 2004 that says marriage in the state shall consist only of the union of one man and one woman. He said the measure violates the U.S. Constitution’s equal protection clause by precluding same-sex couples from receiving an Oklahoma marriage license.
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s office did not immediately have a comment on the ruling.




Read more @: US judge strikes down Okla. same-sex marriage ban - The Washington Post


Yes! Another state moving in the right direction! :applaud:applaud
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Does anyone else notice Oklahoma kind looks like a ragged meat cleaver?
 
"The Oklahoma judge cited that case (Utah) in staying his ruling."

Haha.
 
The chips are falling faster and faster. Another win for the good guys....freedom loving Americans and those who oppose bigotry and discrimination. America is continue on her progression to fully become the land of the free.
 
Hopefully such an intrusion of rights will be repealed and reversed. Turning voters that have issues with changing the definition of marriage into second class citizens in lieu of social changes and progressives/liberals wanting to declare perversion as a protected right worthy enough to completely redefine the English language is not something that should happen. When in doubt, when politics don't go your way just file with the courts and hope some activist judges will give your opinion on a political/social issue legal protection :shrug: everyone does it.

If this insanity is upheld I sincerely hope that there is a revolt and maybe even a split of the union. For far too long the rights of people have been eroded by this progressive philosophy of anit-religion and anti-voter's rights/sate's when issues are not popular among secular liberals/progressives. Such a sweeping change of hundreds of years of marital practice should not happen due to perversion becoming more socially acceptable, especially not without a Constitutional Amendment that removes the rights of states to define marriage.
 
Hopefully such an intrusion of rights will be repealed and reversed. Turning voters into second class citizens in leu of social changes and butthurt progressives wanting to declare perversion as a protected right worthy enough to completely redefine the English language is not something that should happen.

If this insanity is upheld I sincerely hope that there is a revolt and maybe even a split of the union. For far too long the rights of people have been eroded by this progressive philosophy of anit-religion and anti-voters rights when issues are not popular among secular liberals/progressives. Such a sweeping change of hundreds of years of marital practice should not happen due to perversion becoming more socially acceptable, especially not without a Constitutional Amendment that removes the rights of states to define marriage.
What were you saying about butthurt progressives? :lol: "If I don't get my way, Civil War?" Meanwhile, your notion of "second class citizens" is once again a complete laughingstock.
 
Hopefully such an intrusion of rights will be repealed and reversed. Turning voters that have issues with changing the definition of marriage into second class citizens in lieu of social changes and progressives/liberals wanting to declare perversion as a protected right worthy enough to completely redefine the English language is not something that should happen. When in doubt, when politics don't go your way just file with the courts and hope some activist judges will give your opinion on a political/social issue legal protection :shrug: everyone does it.

If this insanity is upheld I sincerely hope that there is a revolt and maybe even a split of the union. For far too long the rights of people have been eroded by this progressive philosophy of anit-religion and anti-voter's rights/sate's when issues are not popular among secular liberals/progressives. Such a sweeping change of hundreds of years of marital practice should not happen due to perversion becoming more socially acceptable, especially not without a Constitutional Amendment that removes the rights of states to define marriage.
Giving LGT community rights won't turn anyone into a second class citizen just as giving blacks and women rights didn't turn white men into second class citizens.
 
What were you saying about butthurt progressives? :lol: "If I don't get my way, Civil War?" Meanwhile, your nonsense about "second class citizens" is once again a complete laughingstock.

I edited that, was a tad too harsh.

And yes, maybe not a war but at least rebellion and a split of the union. In America the Constitution has been used to legalize and protect abortion, and now they are wanting to try and use it to protect perverted definitions of marriage coupled with moronic rulings and lawsuits against "religion" on government property and whatnot. I would hope that this is the last straw that breaks the camel's back if it is upheld. I for one do not want to live in a nation that restricts my freedoms to vote on social issues, legalizes things with Constitution protection that I consider to be the biggest ethical evil of our time (abortion) and backs the secular while restricting the rights of expression of the religious. Tyranny due to social change is wrong, especially without new Amendments to the Constitution. I know many may think my opinions or beliefs on the issue are extreme or harsh, but they are. As a citizen I'm sick of such things happening and it worries me to see that the Constitution of this country wants to protect such evils, it's inhumane and should not be tolerated by people of like mind up to the point of rebellion and separation from the union.
Giving LGT community rights won't turn anyone into a second class citizen just as giving blacks and women rights didn't turn white men into second class citizens.

Incorrect. Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong. Telling people that they have no right to make or enforce marriage laws like upholding traditional marriage does turn a voting class of people into second class citizens and restricts their freedoms.

And don't try to correlate this with women's rights or minority rights, totally separate issues.
 
I couldn't be more happier. These atrocious laws are going down so quickly, it's only a matter of time, I say 5 years at most, before the whole country has marriage equality. I'm so surprised it is going so well; it's like a set of dominoes, all the pieces are coming down and it's beautiful.
 
Loss of state rights, abuse of voter rights yadda yadda yadda...

yep those will be the failed rehashed and strawman arguments from the few that are dishonest or severely uneducated about this topic and every time they bring them up they get destroyed by many many posters and facts.

I guess bigotry and or discrimination is hard to let go of.
 
Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong.
That's quite the statement. Many minority groups would still be out in cold with that attitude. This might-makes-right attitude is entirely antithetical to the freedom and equal citizenship you apparently hold in such high regard.
 
The Feds/district judges have no right to do that.....

This is spawning an authoritarian government (not that our present government(s)) for the most part aren't already authoritarian.

Hell, I suppose in this case totalitarian would be a better word.

giving more rights to people=authoritarian? What world do you live in?
 
Incorrect. Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong. Telling people that they have no right to make or enforce marriage laws like upholding traditional marriage does turn a voting class of people into second class citizens and restricts their freedoms.

And don't try to correlate this with women's rights or minority rights, totally separate issues.

This is one of the most ridiculous posts I've ever seen on this board, and that's saying a lot.

You don't get to vote in an unconstitutional law that takes away someone else's rights. Sorry if that bothers you so much. Wait, no I'm not.
 
I'm not gay, evangelical, or live in OK, so please stop flaunting your bedroom practices in my face by making threads like these. It's non of anyone's business and I'll thank you to keep it that way.

1.)I'm not gay or evangelical
2.)This isnt a bedroom practice this is marriage
3.)How is reporting a court ruling "flaunting it in your face" if you dont like news then dont read it.
 
The Feds/district judges have no right to do that.....

This is spawning an authoritarian government (not that our present government(s)) for the most part aren't already authoritarian.

Hell, I suppose in this case totalitarian would be a better word.

LOL....your attempts to spin this as an example of "Authoritarian Government" is laughable. This is an example of the Court upholding the rights of the citizens of this great country to enjoy the freedom to love and marry and be free of discrimination by the state.
 
giving more rights to people=authoritarian? What world do you live in?

Marriage isn't a right first off all and secondly marriage is a state recognized contract..

Want to argue with that?

Why not just argue for anarchy and abolish the entire Bill of Rights and Constitution while we're at it or are you just selective in which rights you recognize and those you don't?

As far as I'm concerned the State and Feds shouldn't be involved in the "marriage businesses" for numerous reasons.
 
This isnt a bedroom practice this is marriage.
Thank you. That's the quote I needed for future use. The next time I object to some random pro-SSM argument, I will inevitable be accused of trying to put the government in the bedroom, or some similar nonsense. I trust you won't mind my quoting you so as to set them straight (no pun intended).

Matters of public policy are everyone's business. It doesn't need to directly effect you in any way for you to have a say as a tax-paying voter.
 
Incorrect. Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong.

You do realize that Jim Crow laws were the legally held beliefs of many people, yes? And that those laws were deemed to violate the constitution, yes? And that those laws were held for many years and were changed due to changes in public opinion, yes? Here, take a course in American history:

https://www.google.com.mx/search?q=...nnel=fflb&gws_rd=cr&ei=6c7VUrihO9jdoATZl4GYBw
 
Hopefully such an intrusion of rights will be repealed and reversed. Turning voters that have issues with changing the definition of marriage into second class citizens in lieu of social changes and progressives/liberals wanting to declare perversion as a protected right worthy enough to completely redefine the English language is not something that should happen. When in doubt, when politics don't go your way just file with the courts and hope some activist judges will give your opinion on a political/social issue legal protection :shrug: everyone does it.

If this insanity is upheld I sincerely hope that there is a revolt and maybe even a split of the union. For far too long the rights of people have been eroded by this progressive philosophy of anti-religion and anti-voter's rights/sate's when issues are not popular among secular liberals/progressives. Such a sweeping change of hundreds of years of marital practice should not happen due to perversion becoming more socially acceptable, especially not without a Constitutional Amendment that removes the rights of states to define marriage.

every time you post this hyperbolic, spite fueled lie and rhetoric that has been destroyed by many many posters it makes me laugh

sorry human, equal and civil rights wins again and bigotry and/or the want to discriminant loses again

this is awesome and has most americans proud, its great im actually living in a time when america fixes one of its wrongs. There was a time when i thought i wouldnt be alive to see the bigotry and illegal discrimination lose to equal rights on this issue bandut that thought is long gone. Victory is on the horizon, equal rights is on the horizon and it makes me joyful and proud to witness such greatness and to see these violation of human, civil and equal rights be fixed and removed!

Anybody that feels like you do(bloded above), i hope that happens too. Now mind you its not what i WANT to happen though. But if people are crazy, ignorant and anti-equal rights enough to want to revolt that would be awesome. That way they can be easily identified and dealt witht . There will be no split of the union though, only bigots and or people that support illegal discrimination losing.

people that against human/equal/civil rights will never be happy in america anyway.

#EqualityIsWinning
 
As far as I'm concerned the State and Feds shouldn't be involved in the "marriage businesses" for numerous reasons.

A belief you never once expressed until it became clear same-sex marriage was a fight you were losing.
 
I edited that, was a tad too harsh.

And yes, maybe not a war but at least rebellion and a split of the union. In America the Constitution has been used to legalize and protect abortion, and now they are wanting to try and use it to protect perverted definitions of marriage coupled with moronic rulings and lawsuits against "religion" on government property and whatnot. I would hope that this is the last straw that breaks the camel's back if it is upheld. I for one do not want to live in a nation that restricts my freedoms to vote on social issues, legalizes things with Constitution protection that I consider to be the biggest ethical evil of our time (abortion) and backs the secular while restricting the rights of expression of the religious. Tyranny due to social change is wrong, especially without new Amendments to the Constitution. I know many may think my opinions or beliefs on the issue are extreme or harsh, but they are. As a citizen I'm sick of such things happening and it worries me to see that the Constitution of this country wants to protect such evils, it's inhumane and should not be tolerated by people of like mind up to the point of rebellion and separation from the union.


Incorrect. Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong. Telling people that they have no right to make or enforce marriage laws like upholding traditional marriage does turn a voting class of people into second class citizens and restricts their freedoms.

And don't try to correlate this with women's rights or minority rights, totally separate issues.

Was it wrong with inter-racial marriage as well Digs? Afterall....Saying to an entire voting block and class of people that their legally held beliefs and laws can no longer be on the books because they "violate the Constitution" and forcing those laws, that have been held for many years and wanting to be changed due to changes in public opinion, is wrong. Telling people that they have no right to make or enforce marriage laws like upholding traditional homogenous marriage does turn a voting class of people into second class citizens and restricts their freedoms, correct?
 
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