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Thursday, August 21, 2014

Giggle du Jour

First, from the inimitable Brian Brown, via Joe.My.God.:
After winning many lawsuits in lower federal courts presided over by hand-picked, liberal, activist judges, the momentum behind the marriage redefinition agenda is waning. Remember, in addition to the Supreme Court's intervention in Utah and Virginia, federal judges in states like Wisconsin are taking notice and issuing stays on their own decisions to allow the legal process to play out. Much, much more importantly, we recently won a case at the lower level in Tennessee! You might not know about it because the media is doing everything it can to ignore the facts. The rush to judgment declaring marriage to be unconstitutional is not only premature — it's flat out wrong! Won't you please give a generous donation today to help NOM continue fighting to defend marriage and the faith communities that sustain it?

We'll not dwell on the many howlers in this short quote (the best being "The rush to judgment declaring marriage to be unconstitutional. . . ." WTF?), because you can spot them easily enough.

And now, the punchline:

Via the ACLU of Florida:

Today, a federal district court judge in Tallahassee held that Florida’s discriminatory marriage ban cannot be enforced in accordance with the U.S. Constitution. The ruling applies both to the granting of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in Florida and the recognition of the marriages of same-sex couples performed outside of the state.

Here's the full ruling.

The judge issued a stay pending appeal. Any bets on Brian Brown being back tomorrow calling that routine stay a "victory"?





2 comments:

PietB said...

I do think it's hilarious that Brian and his co-whiners keep complaining about "hand-picked, liberal, activist judges" when in fact all but a couple of the judges have been Republican appointees and it's not possible to *choose* a judge when you file suit, at least it isn't possible in California. You get the judge you get, and you deal with the decision s/he hands down. Sorry, Bri, not a valid complaint.

Hunter said...

I think the "hand-picked" is supposed to refer to the process of appointment and confirmation -- after all, it's a well-known fact in Brown's universe that only "liberals" appoint judges.