Alabama Chief Justice: Fed court has no authority on 'definition of marriage'

[spanone]

what an arrogant POS.

(CNN) - Same-sex marriage became legal in Alabama on Monday, but some gay couples remain in limbo.

Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore issued an order forbidding probate judges from issuing marriage licenses to gay couples despite the federal ruling, effectively throwing the state into judicial chaos.

Moore talked with CNN's Chris Cuomo on Thursday.

"I think that gay marriage is an alteration of the definition of marriage, and the United States Supreme Court does not have the authority, or the federal courts do not have the authority, to interpret a word that disputes the Constitution," Moore said.

Read more: http://www.wsmv.com/story/28093137/al-chief-justice-fed-court-has-no-authority-on-definition-of-marriage#ixzz3RYbMs55L

[misterhighwasted]

1. I believe Separation of Church & State would proove Judge Moore is full of himself.

Your god doesn't trump my god.

[jwirr]

2. Dear judgy: marriage is a government civil law. It can be done totally without any input from the

church and still be legal. The only time the church has anything to say about it is when the wedding is being held in a church. And then it is only about the wedding. Some churches also require marriage counseling before the wedding and many only allow members to be wed in the church. But these are not government laws. They are church laws.

So you are wrong. The SCOTUS has spoken. You know - Supreme as in the highest court in our country.

[Archae]

3. I just saw an article that ties Moore closely to the racist neo-confederate Michael Peroutka.

http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/roy-moores-showdown-courts-over-gay-marriage-tied-work-neo-confederate-leader

[Terra Alta]

4. SCOTUS is the law of the land.

The sooner Moore and other asshat judges realize it, the better.

[Oilwellian]

5. Take away the benefits government gives us for being married

and I bet that attitude would end very quickly.