(USA Today) A federal appeals court placed same-sex weddings in California on hold indefinitely Monday while it considers the constitutionality of the state's ban on gay marriages. The decision, issued by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, trumps a lower-court judge's order that would have allowed county clerks to begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples on Wednesday. Lawyers for the two homosexual couples that challenged the 2008 voter-approved state measure banning gay marriage said they wouldn't appeal the panel's decision on the stay to the Supreme Court.
Andy Pugno, general counsel for ProtectMarriage.com, defendants in the case, praised the panel's decision. "California voters spoke clearly on Prop. 8 and we're glad to see their votes will remain valid while the legal challenges work their way up through the courts," Pugno said. "Invalidating the people's vote based on just one judge's opinion . . . would have shaken the people's confidence in our elections." Proposition 8 passed with 52% of the vote. In it's two-page order granting the stay, the 9th Circuit agreed to expedite its consideration of the Proposition 8 case. The court plans to hear the case during the week of December 6 after moving up deadlines for both sides to file their written arguments by November 1. "We are gratified that the 9th Circuit has recognized the importance and the pressing nature of this case by issuing this extremely expedited briefing schedule," said Ted Boutrous, a member of the plaintiff's legal team. San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom issued a statement saying that although the appeals court's decision was disappointing, "I am heartened by the court's decision to resolve the appeal on an expedited schedule. Today, I am more confident than ever that justice and equal rights under the law will ultimately prevail." Newsom, a Democrat, is running for lieutenant governor. A different three-judge panel than the one that issued Monday's decision will decide the constitutional question.
Chief U.S. District Court Judge Vaughn Walker decided last week to allow gay marriages to go forward after ruling the ban violated equal protection and due process rights of homosexuals and lesbians guaranteed under the "U.S. Constitution." How can one say that homosexual marriage is protected under the U.S. Constitution? It's not. It was a right created by the judges in black robes. It was the influence of the homosexual mafia that made this ruling possible a couple of weeks ago. The Proposition 8 legal team quickly appealed Walker's ruling in the case, which could come before the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently, homosexuals can legally wed in Connecticut, Iowa, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Washington, D.C.
Praise the Lord for the federal appeals court that placed homosexual weddings on hold in California for the time being. Sadly, I believe that homosexual weddings will be allowed to be performed in California. As thankful I am for the appeal, I'm afraid the three-judge panel will rule to allow weddings for homosexuals to proceed. This is the sad state America is in. California is a very corrupt state. The elected officials and judges in California are corrupt to the core. They're also probably perverts as well. There's nothing in the Constitution that guarantees homosexual couples the right to marry. When the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787, America was a sane country. Nobody would've thought of such stupidity as our elected elite today. Anybody that would propose such perversion would be thrown out of town. America had a strong Christian consensus during the early years of our country. Today our elected officials, courts, and many Americans have rejected God and the Holy Bible. This kind of thinking is the result of a people that have become reprobate. You can read about reprobation in Romans chapter 1. Not only does the Bible condemn sodomy, but nature teaches homosexuality is an abomination. God intended for both male and female to come together to marry and produce children. If everyone were to suddenly become a homosexual, the population would come to a grinding halt. Homosexuals can't reproduce. When you read the Bible in Genesis, God told Adam to populate the earth and God told Noah to replenish the earth following the flood. You can't produce future generations through homosexuality. Homosexual marriage is an abomination. Thank God that homosexual weddings in California are placed on hold for the time being--however long that is. I'm fearful that Judge Walker's ruling will be stayed and homosexual weddings will be allowed. If not legally, then it will illegally through such people as San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. He illegally tried to perform homosexual marriages in 2004. Somebody is going to do the bidding of the homosexual mafia--legally or illegally.
No comments:
Post a Comment