BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Declines to Stay Florida Marriage Ruling. Same-Sex Marriages Will Begin Janua

[William769]

Source: Human rights Campaign via Twitter

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Read more: https://twitter.com/HRC/status/546093003912146944/photo/1

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HOT DAMN! WATCH OUT, I"M GOING HUSBAND HUNTING!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. F A N T A S T I C

Scalia must be shaking with fury, wishing he could destroy gay lives but now cant

[pnwmom]

2. How many states is this now? I think we've already hit the turning point.

[shenmue]

45. 98

[CBGLuthier]

3. Dear Florida. Welcome to the human race.

From Oklahoma which actually beat you on this one.

[RKP5637]

9. And that, was a Guinness World Record! LOL!!! I had thought OK would

be among the last. Congrats to OK too!!!

[William769]

15. Yes you did.

And good for you all.

[m-lekktor]

4. YAY! good luck on your quest!! nt

[marym625]

5. YAY!!!!!!!!!

Fuck yes!

K&R!

[monmouth4]

6. And a pointy middle finger to Pam Bondi...YAY!!!!!

[William769]

12. She's been getting that all along from me.

[BlueJazz]

13. Amen to That !

[genxlib]

41. Better late than never

PAM BONDI - Fighting for the sanctity of marriage while on her third one. Practice makes perfect!

I would say I am proud of my home state but it is getting dragged into the future against its will. Whatever it takes.

[24601]

49. Attorneys General are supposed to fight for their state's (or nation's) laws. Suppose in 2017, the

next US Attorney General refuses to defend ACA in a new case and the challenger then wins by default because nobody with standing enters a defense of the law (or appeal of an adverse District Court).

[William769]

51. Sorry your feeling's got hurt over this decision

but there's a difference. I won't try to explain it to you because it will fall on deaf ears.

So I will just say WE WIN! GET OVER IT.

[24601]

53. Hurt feelings? My feelings aren't hurt over this ruling. So there is no need for you to apologize

over that. But since you did use up an apology, I'll just apply it differently and accept if instead for your ignorance over my feelings.

I do wish my adopted state had adopted this via the elected branches because those decisions tend to be less contentious over the long run.

[William769]

55. If you knew anything of your adopted State you would know

The ban would never end. I believe my apology was used correctly the first time.

[24601]

57. I know precisely Florida's statutes and constitutional provisions. Your apology wasn't even in the

right ballpark.

[RKP5637]

7. YEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!! This is great! I was worried what SCOTUS would do! WOW!!!

[William769]

11. Keep the faith my brother.

[RKP5637]

17. ...

[SoapBox]

8. Look out!

William769 is husband hunting!

LOL

[William769]

10. And I come with a dowry.

[greatauntoftriplets]

14. Woo hoo!!!

Happy hunting!

[William769]

16. I already have a few in mind.

[greatauntoftriplets]

20. I hope that your dowry is more attractive than a few goats.

[William769]

21. ROFLMGAO!

It is.

[greatauntoftriplets]

22. Excellent!

[William769]

24. Oh, and FYI, the G above does not stand for goat.

[greatauntoftriplets]

25. I knew that.

[underpants]

18. Yes!

[sheshe2]

19. This is Fan-Effing-Tastic News William!

Happy New Year Florida! You did it!

Lol~ Happy Hunting as well~

[William769]

23. Thanks love.

[sheshe2]

28. You are so welcome sweet William~

[LiberalElite]

26. .

[Ruby the Liberal]

27. Has SCOTUS agreed to hear any appeals?

Would really be nice to have this decided federally. Lots of taxpayers ponying up lots of cash to prop up these inane arguments from the wrong side of history.

[William769]

33. They will be deciding on some cares whether to hear or not on Jan 9th.

Given that the 6th circuit has gone against the grain and has upheld marriages bans in their respective States, SCOTUS may now intervene.

[Ruby the Liberal]

39. Thanks for the update!

[William769]

47. Anytime.

[DonCoquixote]

29. take that Rick Scott

sad thing is Jeb and Rick will be the first to make money when all these people move here to get married. All of Dixie LGBT and Half of Latin America will move here just for that reason, because they know Miami ios a pocket of culture that does not care what Dixie thinks.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. "HOT DAMN! WATCH OUT, I"M GOING HUSBAND HUNTING!"

Bear hunting season opened?

[Stryst]

31. Aww... I was going to buy Avernum 2 in January!

Now I guess I'll be paying for a marriage license. ^_^

[kydo]

32. Crazy Awesome!

At least my state finally got something right. Thank God The U.S. Supreme Court declined to take it up.

Good luck on the hubby hunting.

[darkangel218]

34. AWESOME!!!!!

For once our state did good.

[Baitball Blogger]

35. May Ms. Bondi have more terrible weeks.

[William769]

36. I guess she's getting coal in her stocking.

[darkangel218]

37. Have you seen her huge billboard on 408??

Ewwww!! It makes me nauseous

[Baitball Blogger]

38. Haven't been that way in a while.

Couldn't be worse than all those anti-choice boards you see driving west of Gainesville.

[darkangel218]

46. Those are the worst.

Luckily I don't go on 75 north much, last time I went that way was 2 years ago. But I remember them clearly..

[Cha]

59. Not the sharpest tool in the bag.

[herding cats]

40. The tide has turned and equality is almost a national right, finally!

I'm so happy for you, William769! We're almost all there!

[uppityperson]

42. Congratulations!

[tomm2thumbs]

43. welp

Over 64% of the U.S. population lives in a state currently issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples state-wide. * I believe this was the figure BEFORE Florida... Yay!





gonna have to get my red crayon out....

[tomm2thumbs]

44. someone at CNN needs to update their map

http://www.cnn.com/interactive/us/map-same-sex-marriage/

[ashling]

48. The remarkable thing is the Justice that she applied to was

Clarence Thomas

[former9thward]

50. Not remarkable at all.

Thomas is a self described libertarian. Libertarians do not want government interference in personal lives.

[William769]

52. That makes no sense.

He is one of the two that wanted the stay to stay in effect.

Scalia was the other asshole that wanted the stay to stay in effect.

[24601]

56. You apply to the Justice assigned to cover the circuit from where the appeal originates. The court

has written guidance for emergency stay criteria. [http://www.supremecourt.gov/publicinfo/reportersguide.pdf]

And they follow it - not their personal preference.

[Cha]

60. that is amazing knowing Clarence like we do.

[riversedge]

54. congrats

[Cha]

58. WOW.. THanks SCOTUS! Mahalo William.. Congratulations for Florida!

[hifiguy]

61. I predicted this last week.

The SCOTUS ain't gonna touch this issue with a ten-foot law clerk. It's far easier to let the Courts of Appeal act. Roberts wants no part of this. It's not anything that advances or retards the march of corporatism, which is the issue nearest and dearest to his heart, and it's gonna happen anyway, so why get the SCOTUS involved. And no one on the court save for the Terrible Three wants to come face to face with that thermonuclear opinion that Posner wrote for the Seventh Circuit. That opinion was a gigantic "fuck you in the ear" from Posner to Fat Tony and Uncle Ruckus.

Guarantee the vote to grant cert/injunction was 6-3. Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kennedy, Kagan and Sotomayor voting "no" and Soapy Sam, Fat Tony and Uncle Ruckus voting "yea."

[davidpdx]

62. I hope you are able to find your one and only