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发帖数: 4453 | 1 Texas attorney general calls court's gay marriage decision 'a lawless ruling'
有个视频，和白宫的架势差不多
http://news.yahoo.com/texas-attorney-general-calls-courts-gay-m
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he will defend state officials
refusing to grant same-sex marriage licenses or perform weddings based on
religious beliefs.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defended the religious liberty of state
employees in a statement Sunday, saying they would not have to issue
marriage licenses or perform weddings for same-sex couples and called the
Supreme Court’s Friday decision “a lawless ruling.”
While critics see this as short-lived political posturing, some
conservatives see it as the start of a state's rights movement against the
US high court's decision on gay marriages.
The court's landmark 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges declared same-sex
marriage a constitutional right, but Attorney General Paxton said in a
statement that the ruling “stops at the door of the First Amendment” and
cannot touch religious freedom.
He added that lawyers would be made available to anti-same-sex marriage
officials who face legal consequences for religiously motivated actions.
“A ruling by the US Supreme Court is considered the law of the land, but a
judge-made edict that is not based in the law or the Constitution diminishes
faith in our system of government and the rule of law,” Paxton said.
His condemnation of the decision echoes similar remarks by Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott (R), who said in a statement Friday that no “adverse action” may be
taken against state officials acting – or refusing to act – on their
religious beliefs.
“Texans of all faiths must be absolutely secure in the knowledge that their
religious freedom is beyond the reach of government,” Gov. Abbott said. “
Renewing and reinforcing that promise is all the more important in light of
the Supreme Court’s decision in Obergefell v. Hodges. The government must
never pressure a person to abandon or violate his or her sincerely held
religious beliefs regarding a topic such as marriage.”
As The Christian Science Monitor reported, lawmakers in Tennessee are
drafting a "Pastor Protection" bill in response to the Supreme Court
decisions. And some other Republican states have been dragging their feet on
implementing the court's decision.
In Louisiana, officials won’t be granting marriage licenses to same-sex
couples just yet, according to LGBTQ Nation. The Louisiana Clerks
Association advised clerks to wait until the end of a 25-day period for the
high court to consider a rehearing. In 2004, voters approved a
constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in the state, which a federal judge
upheld last year.
Rebecca Robertson, legal and policy director for the ACLU of Texas said in a
statement Friday, following the Supreme Court decision and Abbott’s
statement as well as initial remarks made by Paxton, “there is little that
Ken Paxton or Greg Abbott can do today to quell the joy of so many Texans
celebrating their constitutional right to marry.”
However, while some counties in Texas immediately began issuing marriage
licenses to the crowds of same-sex couples lining up in county clerks’
offices Friday, others held off, The Texas Tribune reported. They were
awaiting further notice from Paxton, who anticipated the court ruling by
advising county clerks Thursday not to act until he gave them the go-ahead.
Denton County clerk Juli Luke refused to grant any same-sex marriage
licenses Friday, according to the Denton Record-Chronicle. She first claimed
she was waiting to hear from District Attorney Paul Johnson, then said that
computer software updates prevented the office from issuing licenses.
Denton County judge Mary Horn also said she would refuse to wed same-sex
couples.
In Mississippi, state house judiciary chairman Andy Gipson (R) said the
state may remove the marriage license requirement altogether in light of the
ruling, according to The Clarion-Ledger.
Paxton’s statement of exemption based on religious belief extends beyond
those with the power to issue marriage licenses, reaching judges and
justices of the peace in the capacity to officiate weddings.
Ms. Robertson said while the Constitution prevents the curtailment of
religious freedom, government officials should still be responsible for
carrying out the law.
“Religious liberty is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment,
but that doesn’t mean that government officials can use their personal
religious beliefs to avoid following the law regarding marriage,” she said.
“Government officials who take an oath to uphold the law are required to
treat all Texans equally, regardless of who they are or whom they love.” | s********e
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发帖数: 24887 | | d*b
发帖数: 4453 | 4 难说，13个州现在输了官司，估计一肚子的火。再说现比较同性恋是少数，反对的是多
数，说明了大家对一个人绑架了全美国的意志很不爽。 加上和宗教搅和在一起，又是
大选年，不折腾都得折腾。
【在 D**S 的大作中提到】
: 这B地方从来无非就是逞口舌之快而已。
| c*9
发帖数: 3241 | 5
很有意思。。。。
米国建国时也是13个州。。。。
【在 d*b 的大作中提到】
: 难说，13个州现在输了官司，估计一肚子的火。再说现比较同性恋是少数，反对的是多
: 数，说明了大家对一个人绑架了全美国的意志很不爽。 加上和宗教搅和在一起，又是
: 大选年，不折腾都得折腾。
| D**S
发帖数: 24887 | 6 一个傻逼白红脖杀了Charleston九个黑人导致南方政府不能悬挂他们那心肝宝贝傻X旗
，你说火不是更大？咋样？不还是咽下去。南方就是那B样。有能耐就分裂。The
United States will be so much better off without these losers!
【在 d*b 的大作中提到】
: 难说，13个州现在输了官司，估计一肚子的火。再说现比较同性恋是少数，反对的是多
: 数，说明了大家对一个人绑架了全美国的意志很不爽。 加上和宗教搅和在一起，又是
: 大选年，不折腾都得折腾。
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