Obama Pushing SCOTUS to Help the Gays

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Obama urges court to overturn gay marriage ban

WASHINGTON — In a historic argument for gay rights, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn California's same-sex marriage ban and turn a skeptical eye on similar prohibitions across the country.

The Obama administration's friend-of-the-court brief marked the first time a U.S. president has urged the high court to expand the right of gays and lesbians to wed. The filing unequivocally calls on the justices to strike down California's Proposition 8 ballot measure, although it stops short of the soaring rhetoric on marriage equality Obama expressed in his inaugural address in January.

"They establish homes and lives together, support each other financially, share the joys and burdens of raising children, and provide care through illness and comfort at the moment of death," the administration wrote.

The brief marks the president's most expansive view of gay marriage and signals that he is moving away from his previous assertion that states should determine their own marriage laws. Obama, a former constitutional law professor, signed off on the administration's legal argument last week following lengthy discussions with Attorney General Eric Holder and Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.

In a statement following the filing, Holder said "the government seeks to vindicate the defining constitutional ideal of equal treatment under the law."

Friend-of-the-court briefs are not legally binding.

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[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Good.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Open marriage to homosexuals. I doubt they will call it gay after that

[MyLittlePony 340]

F that i hope same sex marriage is not passed.

[aaron2020 11,651]

F that i hope same sex marriage is not passed.

Why? Because heterosexuals are so good at marriage?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

F that i hope same sex marriage is not passed.

Why? How would it impact your life?

I mean, judging from your other posts, you're likely just trolling, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I don't expect an actual response.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Why? How would it impact your life?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

One of my favorites.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

F that i hope same sex marriage is not passed.

The govt should get out of the Marriage biz all together. Let people define marriage however they wish and each unto thine own.

[MyLittlePony 340]

The govt should get out of the Marriage biz all together. Let people define marriage however they wish and each unto thine own.

I wont let my son join if the scouts let gay scouts join.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

I wont let my son join if the scouts let gay scouts join.

What does that have to do with marriage?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I wont let my son join if the scouts let gay scouts join.

Will you let your son go to school if they let gay kids go to school? He could catch the gay at school, you know?

[Novembro 1,763]

Whole lotta homophobia coursing through this thread.

[james&olya 1,121]

The govt should get out of the Marriage biz all together. Let people define marriage however they wish and each unto thine own.

On this I have to agree with you. Have a civil union that is open to all and confers legal benefits. Have 'marriage' as a sacred ceremony and status as defined by individuals, couples, and their chosen religions. Allow people to live together with either status, both statuses (stati?) together, or with neither. This way we maximize individual freedom and keep government out of matters that are considered sacred by many.

[MyLittlePony 340]

Why? How would it impact your life?

I mean, judging from your other posts, you're likely just trolling, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I don't expect an actual response.

I am the troll who walked the vj pages.