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Texas Gay Marriage Ban Latest to Be Struck Down[W:97]

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Texas Gay Marriage Ban Latest to Be Struck Down - ABC News
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Texas Gay Marriage Ban Latest to Be Struck Down
AUSTIN, Texas February 26, 2014 (AP)

A federal judge declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional on Wednesday, but will allow the nation's second-most populous state to enforce the law pending an appeal that will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court.Judge Orlando Garcia issued the preliminary injunction after two gay couples challenged a state constitutional amendment and a longstanding law. His ruling is the latest in a tangled web of lawsuits across the country expected to end up in the Supreme Court next year.[/COLOR]
"Without a rational relation to a legitimate governmental purpose, state-imposed inequality can find no refuge in our United States Constitution," Garcia wrote. "These Texas laws deny plaintiffs access to the institution of marriage and its numerous rights, privileges, and responsibilities for the sole reason that Plaintiffs wish to be married to a person of the same sex."Garcia said the couples are likely to win their case and the ban should be lifted, but said he would not enforce his ruling pending a ruling by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, which already is hearing two other states' cases. He also will give Texas time to appeal to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans.
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Texas Gay Marriage Ban - NBC News
Federal judge strikes down Texas ban on gay marriage, postpones action pending appeal | Fox News
Judge Calls Texas Ban on Gay Marriage Unconstitutional - WSJ.com
Judge Rules Texas' Gay Marriage Ban is Unconstitutional | The Texas Tribune

Wooooowhooooo and another one goes down
2/26/14 Version 5.2

22 States with Equal Rights (4 pending)

Massachusetts - May 17, 2004
Connecticut - November 12, 2008
Iowa - April 27, 2009
Vermont - September 1, 2009
New Hampshire - January 1, 2010
Washing D.C. - March 9, 2010
FALL OF DADT Dec 18, 2010
New York - July 24, 2011
Washington - December 6, 2012
Maine - December 29, 2012
Maryland - January 1, 2013
FALL OF DOMA - June 26, 2013
California - June 28, 2013
Delaware - July 1, 2013
Rhode Island - August 1, 2013
Minnesota - August 1, 2013
New Jersey - October 21, 2013
Hawaii - December 2, 2013
New Mexico – December 19, 2013
Utah – December 20. 2013 Currently Stayed and wiil be ruled on with OK)
Oklahoma - Currently Stayed and wiil be ruled on with UT)
GSK v. Abbott Laboratories - Janurary 21, 2014 (could be huge in gay rights, discrimination/heightened scrutiny)
Kentucky - Feburary 2/14/14 (Must recognize out-of-state marriages) which will lead to their ban being defeated
Virgina - Feburary 2/14/14 (Stayed)
Texas - Feburary 2/26/2014 (pening 10th Circuit Court of Appeals)
Illinois - June 1, 2014 effective

18 States Working Towards Equal Rights

10 States with Pending Court Cases to Establish Equal Rights
Alaska (Suit to be filed this month)
Idaho
Louisiana
Michigan (Feb 2014 Trial)
Mississippi
North Carolina
Pennsylvania (June 14 Trial)
South Carolina
Tennessee (Direct US Constitution Challenge)
West Virginia

4 States with Court Case(s) and Legislation to establish Equal Rights
Arizona
Arkansas (Decesion Pending and 2016 ballot)
Nevada
Ohio (December 2013 trial) Trial had narrow ruling that ohio will recognize OTHER state marriages but didn’t impact bans. New cases expected.

3 States with Legislation to Establish Equal Rights
Colorado
Florida
Oregon

thats 39 states that could have equal rights by 2016 and some much sooner!

Also 3 State Attorney Generals no longer defending the constitutionality of bans, joining the case against them or reviewing their constitutionality
Nevada
Oregon
Pennsylvania

#EqualRightsAreWinning!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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I was shocked to hear about this. I mean, TEXAS!
 
Oh no, Texans will be forced to get gay married :(
 
wolfsgirl said:
I was shocked to hear about this. I mean, TEXAS!
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its going to keep happening until SCOTUS fixes the illegal discrimination

even in texas many many many people respect equal, human and civil rights
 
:applaud good job texas an unexpected step in the right direction
 
AgentJ, you've gotten all the blue states you're going to get.
 
Deuce said:
AgentJ, you've gotten all the blue states you're going to get.
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:lamo now THATS funny i remember hearing that when the number was under 12 its almost doubled
 
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
 
WCH said:
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
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lol your personal subjective opinions about god/religion on this matter are meaningless, have no impact and just get laughed at when brought up as an argument to deny equal rights and i say that as a christian

your post fails
 
I'm heartened by this.

A federal judge declared a same-sex marriage ban in deeply conservative Texas unconstitutional on Wednesday, but will allow the nation's second-most populous state to enforce the law pending an appeal that will likely go to the U.S. Supreme Court.Judge Orlando Garcia issued the preliminary injunction after two gay couples challenged a state constitutional amendment and a longstanding law. His ruling is the latest in a tangled web of lawsuits across the country expected to end up in the Supreme Court next year
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That's how it should be with lower court decisions in this matter and maybe now the SCOTUS will finally have the stones to rule directly upon the matter.
 
AGENT J said:
lol your personal subjective opinions about god/religion on this matter are meaningless, have no impact and just get laughed at when brought up as an argument to deny equal rights and i say that as a christian

your post fails
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You mean pretend Christian? If you do not believe the word and mock it with laughter,
you are not a Christian.

Making sinful acts acts legal serves only to putting another nail in the coffin.

Have at it.
 
WCH said:
You mean pretend Christian? If you do not believe the word you are not a Christian.

Making sinful acts acts legal serves only to putting another nail in the coffin.

Have at it.
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Is it not a sin to worship other Gods? I suppose you want to make it illegal to be anything but Christian.
 
WCH said:
1.)You mean pretend Christian?
2.) If you do not believe the word and mock it with laughter,
3.) you are not a Christian.
4.) Making sinful acts acts legal serves only to putting another nail in the coffin.
5.)Have at it.
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1.) LOL you are free to have this OPINION but again its meaningless and nobody cares
2.) i mocked YOUR POST with laughter and the false mentally retarded logic tying it to legal equal rights. Not the words, nice try but this is another fail.
3.) see #1
4.) see #1
5.) nothing to have anymore victory has already been had by me and facts
 
CriticalThought said:
Is it not a sin to worship other Gods? I suppose you want to make it illegal to be anything but Christian.
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What I would like is activist judges to stay the hell out of my state's business.

You other folks in other states want to deny God, be my guest.
 
WCH said:
You mean pretend Christian? If you do not believe the word and mock it with laughter,
you are not a Christian.

Making sinful acts acts legal serves only to putting another nail in the coffin.

Have at it.
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Whatever you're feeling now, I hope you like it. It's going to be a very familiar feeling.
 
What I want to know is when will Texas secede? I can hardly wait.
 
AGENT J said:
1.) LOL you are free to have this OPINION but again its meaningless and nobody cares
2.) i mocked YOUR POST with laughter and the false mentally retarded logic tying it to legal equal rights. Not the words, nice try but this is another fail.
3.) see #1
4.) see #1
5.) nothing to have anymore victory has already been had by me and facts
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MY POST was from the Bible. So who's the mental retard here?

You lose.
 
Grand Mal said:
Whatever you're feeling now, I hope you like it. It's going to be a very familiar feeling.
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You might of noticed nothing is set in stone. This is just one Leftist judges opinion.
 
WCH said:
MY POST was from the Bible. So who's the mental retard here?

You lose.
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once again you fail

never called anybody a mental retard
never said your post wasnt from the bible

lets look at what was actually said lol

AGENT J said:
i mocked YOUR POST with laughter and the false mentally retarded logic tying it to legal equal rights. Not the words, nice try but this is another fail.
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do you understand what this says, it says i was mocking the mentally retarded logic trying to tie words from the bible to legal equal rights

now tell us all that cool line about who lost since facts just proved your post wrong again

Facts win again
 
WCH said:
God's Wrath on Unrighteousness

18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[a] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.
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If god wants to be an asshole, **** him. Treating people like **** for stupid reasons does not sound to godly to me.
 
AGENT J said:
once again you fail

never called anybody a mental retard
never said your post wasnt from the bible

lets look at what was actually said lol



do you understand what this says, it says i was mocking the mentally retarded logic trying to tie words from the bible to legal equal rights

now tell us all that cool line about who lost since facts just proved your post wrong again

Facts win again
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No YOU suggested my logic [which was actually from the Bible] was mentally retard . I can even read through your lazy phone pecking ;)
 
WCH said:
What I would like is activist judges to stay the hell out of my state's business.

You other folks in other states want to deny God, be my guest.
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Sorry, but we have this pesky US Constitution...
 
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