(Florida) Attorney General Pam Bondi: Let the U.S. Supreme Court decide gay marriage, not Florida co

[unhappycamper]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/08/08/4278983/attorney-general-pam-bondi-let.html



Wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule nationally on gay marriage, Attorney General Pam Bondi asks a Florida appeals court.

Attorney General Pam Bondi: Let the U.S. Supreme Court decide gay marriage, not Florida courts
BY STEVE ROTHAUS
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Attorney General Pam Bondi said late Thursday that Florida should stop fighting the gay-marriage battle at the state level and wait until the U.S. Supreme Court settles the issue nationally, once and for all.

“Neither this Court nor the Florida Supreme Court can decide this federal issue with finality,” Bondi wrote to the state’s 3rd District Court of Appeal. “The United States Supreme Court, however, ‘has the final word on the United States Constitution.’”

Bondi told the appeals court she expects the U.S. Supreme Court will act soon on the gay marriage issue. She cited filings this week from the states of Utah and Oklahoma asking their gay-marriage cases be heard by the nation’s highest court.

“A ruling from the United States Supreme Court would end the constitutional debate, end this appeal, and end all related cases,” Bondi wrote. “The State of Florida will respect the United States Supreme Court’s final word. In the meantime, this Court should preserve taxpayer and judicial resources by staying briefing until the United States Supreme Court rules.”

[avebury]

1. In other words, let other states fight the battle and use

their financial resources. Too bad Oklahoma would never take that tack. There is no law stupid enough, unconstitutional enough that the AG of Oklahoma won't fight a battle over it. If you lose one battle, take the loser fight to the next level, tax payer money (and constitutional rights) be damned.