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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBoth Sides Promise More Push on Gay Marriage
http://www.rollcall.com/news/both_sides_promise_more_push_on_gay_marriage-212183-1.htmlInterest groups across the ideological spectrum said they would step up their efforts after the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Californias same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional today.
We will be explaining the ramifications of this across the country, said Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for the anti-gay marriage Focus on the Familys Citizen Link. Judges do not have the right to redefine marriage.
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Todays decision affirms what we all know to be true our Constitution protects the basic civil rights of all Americans, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, HRC President Joe Solmonese said in a statement.
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This is not the end of the road, for this case or for the larger struggle for marriage equality, Solmonese said. We must all continue our work in courthouses and statehouses, in church pews and living rooms until equality is reality for LGBT people and our families everywhere.
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Both Sides Promise More Push on Gay Marriage (Original Post)
cal04
Feb 2012
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justiceischeap
(14,040 posts)1. Where is the definition of marriage being defined?
And why is it one group of people get to define marriage but another doesn't get to be included in that definition? It can't go both ways.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)4. Yeah the courts don't define marriage, they just define divorce!
RKP5637
(67,084 posts)2. The Bigoted Hate Group Focus on the Family speaks. No surprises.
When better hatred can be found, Focus on the Family will bring it ... Focus on the Family just loves hatred in the name of religion.
msongs
(67,347 posts)3. marriage should be a state function. let religions have any services or blessing they want nt
RKP5637
(67,084 posts)5. Exactly!!! And speaking of that, there are something like 4,000 religions
now. There should be absolutely NO connection between government and religion.