Tennessee: judge refuses divorce for straight couple, cites gay marriage ruling

[shenmue]

Gay Star News article here

From the article:

Atherton said the Supreme Court needed to clarify ‘when a marriage is no longer a marriage.’

‘The conclusion reached by this court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the US Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces,’ he wrote in his judgment.

Here's another idiot who thinks Obergefell took away his religious binky. Get ready to be sued, dumbass.

[Liberal_in_LA]

1. wow

[RKP5637]

2. Another damn fool! n/t

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Awwww, sounds like Judge Jeffwey needs a nap.

He seems a bit kwanky.

[struggle4progress]

4. I expect the parties to the suit can appeal. And (assuming the reporting here is correct)

I hope that there will be some movement to sanction Judge Atherton, since he seems here to make the consenting parties in a divorce action the innocent victims of his displeasure at the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, although said case cannot be regarded as on-point here, breaking no new ground regarding divorce