ATTORNEY GENERAL: DECISION “UPHOLDS RULE OF LAW”
By FITSNEWS || The S.C. Supreme Court has waded into the ongoing legal debate over gay marriage in the Palmetto State – further complicating an already convoluted progression of federal rulings.
Specifically, the state’s highest court has ruled that Palmetto judges may not accept marriage licenses until a South Carolina case currently pending before the U.S. Fourth Circuit court of appeals is resolved.
“Today’s action by the state Supreme Court upholds the rule of law in South Carolina,” S.C. Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a statement. “Based on the Court’s decision, I will continue to fulfill my oath as chief legal officer to defend the laws and the Constitution of South Carolina until this issue is resolved by the federal courts.”
South Carolina’s gay marriage ban was passed in 2006 with the support of 78 percent of the electorate – and recent polls show a slight majority of the state’s registered voters continue to oppose same sex marriages.
The latest legal drama over the issue began in late July when the fourth circuit court of appeals – based in Richmond, Virginia – ruled that state’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. This week, the U.S. Supreme Court – without comment – refused to hear such cases, effectively upholding the lower court ruling.
A lesbian couple who were married in Washington, D.C. challenged the Palmetto State’s ban earlier this year. That case – Bradacs v. Haley – was stayed by district judge Michelle Childs in April pending the outcome of the Virginia case, Bostic v. Rainey .
At this point it’s a mere formality that South Carolina’s gay marriage ban will be struck down by the appeals court … which will be the ruling of record given the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal to intervene.
This website’s oft-stated view on this issue is abundantly clear: No government – local, state or federal – should have the ability to ban (or compel) marriage, gay or straight. That’s because marriage isn’t a government institution, it’s a religious one – meaning the question should be left to individual congregations.
As for civil unions, the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment compels government to acknowledge both homosexual and heterosexual unions.
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@fitsnews they are gonna fight to the bitter end
— Bryan Gamble (@BVGamble) October 9, 2014
120 comments
Bad call. Ban is going to get overturned. Why is Wilson tilting at windmills instead of prosecuting legislators and/or cabinet heads?
Because his dad isn’t good friends with a lot of those windmills.
Q: What did one gay sperm say to another?
A: “How do we find an egg in all of this shit?”
His dad is swtheet.
He means he will continue to spend tax dollars until he has no choice but to quit doing so. He should have worked in a sentence or two about the confederate flag as well.
Q: What comes after 69?
A: mouthwash.
Let me guess. You’re standing in B Dalton reading a book of gay jokes.
Do you really believe he’s be standing in a bookstore?
Buttfucking.69 is foreplay.
Agreed
Wrong, sperm !
Whatever it costs, I’m in. Go Alan, GO!!!!!!..The PEOPLE have your back…!!!!.Thank you Mr. AG!!!…You’re doing the peoples’ (and the Lord’s) work.
The price of losing the rule of law, to corrupt political special interests, is MUCH, MUCH higher than any cost to fight you.
How gay…
Did he just write ‘ he has his back?” *snickers*
Sorry, the will of the PEOPLE does not trump the courts when it comes to issues involving civil rights. The world you knew is gone with the wind.
So you’re saying that majority rule, democracy within the USA is over with? Incredible that you’re overt with that statement but seriously, you’re love of a tyrannical minority is something that conservatives have known for a long time.
The gays are coming for you. Lock your doors. Soon you and everyone you know will be gay and forced to marry. Amen.
Was that an attempt at humor? Trust me, there is nothing that I fear about you people… after all, you will bury each other over your hedonism and diminished resources (and in a generation, the current crop of young people that you’ve brainwashed into allies will tire of your grossness and spit you out)… moral/ethical people always survive through the joys of separation.
Quite the contrary, as the world is more enlightened, more people will feel that they can be comfortable being who they really are and not having to hide in a closet. Eventually, bullying will cease, and bullies will be ostracized. Your way will go the way of the dodo bird.
America is a Republic whose government is based on the rule of law, not majority rule. The Attorney General has upheld the law. Judges have a responsibility to uphold the law. There is no right to marriage in the US or SC Constitutions, so this issue should be one that is left to the state legislatures to decide. SC’s law is clear that same-sex marriage is illegal. Opinionated jurisprudence is an oxymoron, yet judges seem to think they are at liberty to rule according to their own ideology, regardless if it supports codified law or not.
Well you obviously know nothing about Constitutional law, and don’t even understand the debate.
Oh. Obviously. I’m glad to see you stepped up to the plate to debate the issue rather than offer empty criticism. Coward.
One reason courts exist is to protect a minority from the majority. And if you want to debate numbers, take a look around the United States. The people have spoken as well. As long as South Carolina continues as part of the United States (and as long as it receives tremendous amounts of federal aid) it is bound to observe the laws of the land.
So basically, courts exists to protect minority rule? Well duh, tell something that we right wingers don’t already know. Anyway, so if the numbers are in your favor, than surely you’d not mind if we had a national referendum on gay marriage, abortion, affirmative action, etc., etc? Oh I’m sorry, that’s “one person-one vote” again and that is taboo. My advice?… enjoy your little tyrannical government before the bullets start flying. Tyrannical governments always fail.
The bullets have already flown, and the South was put down.
Loving v. Virginia (1967); Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942): Marriage is one of the “basic civil rights of man.” Take a look at Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) as well.
Zablocki v. Redhail (1978) declared that marriage is a “fundamental right.” Even Scalia endorsed that view in 1987, in Turner v. Safley.
So when you speak about the Republic, the rule of law and the US Constitution, you are wrong. SC’s law is clear that same-sex marriage is illegal, but SC’s law is inferior to US law under the Constitution that created the Republic you mentioned. There is, in fact, an entire Clause of the document dedicated to that.
South Carolina’s prohibition will officially be gone within a few weeks.
Bravo.
This is not a democracy but a democratic republic.
I see what you did there…
Sexual preference is NOT a Civil Right you Dumb@$$ Liberal Cliche. You are protected as an American, equally. But to give you special dispensation as a gay American, is extra protection under the law, and un-Constitutional.
If you are protected for being Gay, then Christian churches would be FORCED to perform Gay marriages, and they should be, if it is a civil right…but homosexuality is NOT a protected civil right. Stopping you from being gay would violate your rights, but NO ONE is doing that. No one is stopping gays from marrying either. It’s just not sanctioned by the government. And it should not be redefined to be.
You ignorant F*#ks go around reciting leftwing talking points, and and have NO F*#king idea what you are talking about.
And the judges your corrupt politicians put in place, are as F*#king stupid – or dishonest -as the rank and file liberal.
Not a civil right? So far in 30 states it is…
“If you are protected for being Gay, then Christian churches would be FORCED to perform Gay marriages, and they should be, if it is a civil right…but homosexuality is NOT a protected civil right.”
You’re right, it isn’t. However, equal (not superior) treatment under the law is and should be protected. Why should gay couples who work just as hard as anyone else be denied the benefits of marriage, to include being noted as next-of-kin if a spouse is sick or dying, Social Security, etc? Churches have the right to refuse to marry straight people if they don’t want to, such as if one party has been divorced and they have a big hang up about that. They would likewise retain the right to refuse to marry gay couples if they so desired, as it should be.
Because they do not meet the definition of marriage. If you marry your pet, and you have a job, should the pet get your SSI after you die?
Just because the gay lobby has brainwashed the Dumb@$$#$ into believing they should be able to ride the gravy train, is not a reason to redefine marriage in America.
And, as usual, the debate slides into ridiculousness. It appears to be one of the few weapons you possess. Inane scenarios do nothing to support your case.
Yeah: like claiming that failure to grant extra privileges based on sexual preference is akin to slavery…Dumb@$$…
Leave it at this: Your political special interest group has no right to redefine marriage based on your whim. Sorry. We built this country, and all you low-life liberals want to do is tear it down, because you don’t have the character to do anything positive w/ your miserable, doped-up lives.
you have to have CONSENT to marry dumbass. Animals can’t give that unless you have a really smart goat…and I think you aren’t one.
Poor little Emily, never left her crappy hometown, angry at the world and a ugly little dog to boot. Life is so sad for you..ooopisies guess karmas a bitch huh Emily?
Just because you won’t ride less than 7″ ,doesn’t mean anything.
Last time we were alone,I had to include a humongous dildo,side by side in your cavernous ass,with my nine-incher.
If you can’t act right,we’re never going here,again!
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/6956/659/400/bigdickshalfwayinn.jpg
As suspected, Bigt/GT/SCPD still thinks a marriage license is primarily a permit to have sex.
No, I’m outing you for making this about sex, love or marriage. You are doing all that if you’re gay, and nobody is stopping you.
Your attack is about the definition of marriage, and you not being allowed to pervert it for your political special interest whims.
Just because you can’t find anyone, male or female, to marry you, doesn’t mean you should hate on other people who can find love. Look at the bright side, maybe this will open up the doors to you marrying some other closeted, unemployed, benefit checking getting, failed blogger.
He can’t help it,Do you remember that song,’Don’t Give Up On Us,Baby’.It’s on youtube.Google,listen,and try not to cry…
Why have states at all? I mean, if everything is about Federal Laws – and said Federal laws trump state laws and constitutions – than seriously, let’s just get rid of the states. After all, the North won the “civil war” basically over the concept of one central government; thus, why don’t we have that 150 years later? Think of all the waste associated with the rubber stamping, no power multi-layers of state and local government?
“… Think of all the waste associated with the rubber stamping, no power multi-layers of state and local government? …”
Is thus and ever shall be. Central Planning run amok, is biz as usual, SOP at the fed level. BOHICA …
yea sure, why don’t we just get rid of all counties, cities, and municipalities while we’re at it… just one level of government! brilliant! *cough* sorry, choking on my own sarcasm
let’s get rid of universes,too
State statutes that conflict with the federal constitution are invalid. High school social studies covers that.
I know, right? I mean, remember when states could decide for themselves if slavery should be legal? Fucking federal government oppressing us all!
Not sure how the federal government getting rid of slavery equates to them being oppressive… But anyway, thanks for halfway making my point.
Dude, think sarcasm. Under you theory, the Federal Government had no right to end slavery..
Q: What does a homo say to another gay going on vacation?
A: Can I help you pack your shit?
Q: What was the Number 1 pickup line in gay bars across America this week?
A: “Can I push your stool in for you?”
U dicks are too hard for me, LOL.
The bigger the federal government the better, right Smirks?
Can you show us one time in recent history a republican has shrunk the size of the government? I didn’t think so. Now shut up.
Actually, the Supreme Court suspended licenses until the DISTRICT court rules, not the 4th circuit court of appeals. District judge Childs has given the parties until October 15 to brief the issue.
Like father like son.
Q: How do you fit three homosexuals on one barstool?
A: Turn it upside-down!
How do you pick out the sociopath at a war rally?
marriage = civil union
Parse all you want.It doesn’t change anything.
How much is this little grandstanding stunt costing us? The war is lost, but let’s continue the battle a little longer?
That should be the new state motto. Translated into Pig Latin, of course.
Q: What do you call a homosexual dentist?
A: Tooth fairy
Maybe we can come up with another license plate to go to court over after this one finally dies?
PMS 24-7
How much will it cost if we let this leftist political special interest groups blow a hole in the Constitution, w/o a fierce fight. Of course that what you America-hating, Obama @$$-kisser wants, is it not?..Bring it!!!!…
PS: Hitler liked homosexuals too, until they were boffing so much, he could not kill at the rate he wanted. They were too busy getting it on, to be efficient. Then they became the enemy. What makes you think you’ll be any different this time around Obama’s leftwing, neo-American Gestapo?
How much are your gov’t assistance checks costing the SC taxpayer?
I really don’t care about the issue that much. My point is the 4th circuit has decided and the Supremes have decided not to rule on it, so for all practical purposes in the 4th circuit the fight is over and SC lost. Why continue to fight the last battle when the war is lost. Kinda like the British at New Orleans in 1814/1815, you just like getting your ass kicked that much more? Puzzling wast of our money.
An ignorant F*#k like you worried about spending government money…???…That’s funny…
I ELECTED Wilson and Haley to fight NAZI judge pieces of $#!* who do the bidding for Scum like you. You’re a F*#king parasite on society. You contribute only disorder and hatred. You have bankrupted this country fiscally and spiritually. I hope they Cram Gay marriage down your throat…Worthless B@$t@*ds like you are as bad as America gets.
You are the parasite. How much in gov’t assistance do you suck from the taxpayer every month? Pretty quite on that issue….
Myth much?…LMAO…
You realize you can type out the naughty words, right? Is Mom looking over your shoulder?
Just like your sorry ass it’s a LOST CAUSE! It no longer matters what you believe, think is right, etc. It’s over, you lost unless you consider secession as an option, all VIABLE options are off the table. All Justice Jean and Babyface Wilson are doing is spending money on a delay tactic that might be good for two weeks tops. Is two weeks really worth it?
The AG seems to think differently than you, and the Gay Gestapo.
And the Gay Marriages have been halted on account of it. So I’d say that’s a win for me and Alan. And a big fat plug up your @$$…LMAO…
Emily you are truly nothing but a troll twat. Who hides behind her keyboard judging and calling people names. I think I can say with a fair amount of comfort that from all of us to you Emily..Go fuck yourself!!
I take that as HIGH praise when it’s delivered by an un-American low-life, who deserves to live in China, where you can find out how people like you manifest…
You elected Nazi’s dumb one !
It’s worth it’s weight in political ads for the bigot voting block who love these frauds.
Just wasting money and delaying the inevitable!
You are a demon for satan. Fuck you.
And you sound like a really good Christian. NOT! Quite a bad example of one it would appear.
The only real issue with Gay marriage is insurance benefits, retirement, SS etc.. Now that Obama has solved that for us all, who cares. Blue Cross Blue Shield and the like?
This is wonderful. Satan is having his own shit rubbed back in his face. HAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!
Psst! Satan’s not real.
Prove it!
So it’s not a born trait?
Poll of 34,000 ….. 71% favor Gay Marriage Band. Say civil union is more appropriate.
Q: What’s the difference between a refridgerator and a homo?
A: The fridge doesn’t fart when you pull the meat out!
Q: What is the special of the day at the gay-oriented Chinese restaurant?
A: “cream of sum yung gai”
“71% favor Gay Marriage Band . . . .”
What kind of music does that band play anyway?
All Queen, all the time, except when they do their tribute to Culture Club and Abba’s “Dancing Queen”
Naaaaah
Happy Birthday,Thelonious Monk!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KshrtLXBdl8
YMCA by Village People? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAAzxdBkAdM
Easy on the People there Eastern!
Q: Why can’t gays drive faster than 68mph?
A: Because at 69 they blow a rod.
Whatever it costs, I’m in. Go Alan, GO!!!!!!..The PEOPLE have your back…!!!!.
Where do I send the check to help the cause against redefining marriage based on a political special interest group?
I thank Alan Wilson. He is sworn to uphold the Constitution of the United States, even from liberal activist judges. The price of losing the rule of law, to corrupt political special interests, is MUCH MUCH higher than any cost to fight you.To quote fellow Christian Dabo: We’re ALL IN!!!!
“The price of losing the rule of law, to corrupt political special interests, is MUCH MUCH higher than any cost to fight you.”
You mean like his dad’s friends in the Lexington Crime Ring?
Lexington crime ring got indicted, Dumb@$$, in accordance with the rule of law..So try again you FITS-lackey, alcohol-drenched Liberal-tarian, Obama-enabling lemming.
Less than a handful of the LCR were indicted. I believe the most prominent of those (if not all of them) were FEDERAL indictments. Where are the state indictments for all the crap they have been getting away with for years?
Oh Yeah, the Illuminati. I forgot about them…. (:
I’ll have to ask Boz what he knows about it…LMAO….
You’re still angry about the ugly little rat dog huh Emily?
Lawd, with the incessant name calling. Never fails. If name calling is your best argument, you should really stay out of the debate.
Your money would be more well-spent helping those less fortunate; but then you’re a Republican and don’t believe in handouts.
Unless it’s from me….
Hmm…50 million more people on food stamps now, than when Bush was president. 93 million people not working. Those w/ jobs are drastically under-employed. Food and gas prices have skyrocketed, along w/ healthcare costs under Obama. Harvest Hope Food bank in Columbia is cutting staff and closing its doors to the hungry, because it can’t feed the needy at the level of demand???
But you criticize Republicans over the less fortunate? You Democrats have created a lot more poor people, it seems. And Obama does not seem to care at all.
Can you explain your comment? It does not make sense.
Pretty simple, really. You said you would put your money behind a movement to keep the ban on gay marriage in place. My point – Is it not better spent in helping others rather than being spent on politics? Personally, I would rather contribute to charity than political maneuvering, especially on a lost cause.
We feed people and uphold the Constitution. Ain’t it funny how the God-fearing MORAL, prosper. Ya’ll oughta try it.
And you still did not defend Democrat’s failure of the suffering American poor.
You elect Democrats, who have people STARVING.
Money Spent UPHOLDING the Constitution, is better for poor people. Though liberals have no ability to understand REAL equality. You only want to feed selfish pop-culture whims.
How much money has the Gay lobby, and Democrat donors, spent going to courts to force the redefining of marriage to include a leftwing special interest group???…Why have you not spent that money on the poor?
When you have so bankrupted the country, and added to the needy, where we governed over abundance, your wasting money is egregious. Ours is being used justly. And we have been rewarded for our obedience to God. And we will always be. It’s why America is GREAT enough to tolerate hateful bigots, and takers like you.
Quite a harangue that does not even address my question. I’m a bigot??? How so? I’M a taker? Where does your info come from that you could make such an assumption? I was not talking about the government or any other organization. My question was addressed to you. It was really quite simple. Politicians don’t need any more money. They get enough from PACs funded by millionaires and lobbyists.
Wow! You and Dabo are fellow Christains? Wouldn’t have known that given all the hate you have spewed about him (your brother in Christ) over the years on this cock-loving blog.
So stupid yet so predictable!
Gee, now would be a good time, Gov Haley, to recall the General Assembly back to Columbia and pass new legislation to be signed by you…next Thursday?
Tax gay marriages at 5 million per certificate is what I am thinking. This will buy us some time for lawsuits to go through, like in 2017? By then we cam reamend our state constitution or something?
You are not serious are you?
We can’t afford the bennies we’re giving out now, thanks to Obama’s HORRIBLE management of the economy.
Aside from that: Gays can get married all the want. There are some “Churches” that will do the ceremony. Except most homosexuals I know got into the lifestyle (especially the men) because they know they can get sex, any time, with any other male in the gay community….The LAST thing they want is a FAITHFUL relationship..Marriage = Buzz Kill… Duh!!!
This is ALL a government handout money grab for a leftwing political special interest group, when we can LEAST afford it (thanks to their president.)
So the the answer is not just NO…It’s H#!! No..now STFU, and go home.
This reminds me of George Wallace standing in the schoolhouse door.
An exercise in futility.
Not a bad move though for a guy running for Governor in 2018.
I remember in a former life South Carolina taking the same stance about some other issue, oh yeah, civil rights, equal education and slavery. Oh well, once stuck in the mud – stay stuck in the mud.
Wilson IS just follwong SC law, and he’s being ravaged for it. See SCPSD, to get the REAL story the media – and FITS – is trying to hide from you.
The state is covered with closeted gay men and women. And openly gay too. Most people under 30 don’t give a hoot about your orientation. Most gay people in the south are too afraid to be themselves. In the past, most gay people would move to another state to live bec. SC is so narrow-minded. Gays are good for the economy, they pay taxes like everyone, they vote, they buy from the same stores you do, and are equal to heterosexuals in every respect.
Gays will be able to marry in SC and I for one applaud that. Like Martin Luther King said, look to the content of a person’s character. Look at the straight men who beat their wives. Here in the Upstate a white guy killed all 5 of his kids. So don’t tell me being gay is the worse thing in the world.
Slapstick Comedy Team:https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&ei=yPA3VP7uIYzKggTTxYCQAQ&url=http://www.live5news.com/story/26740009/sen-lindsey-graham-and-rep-mark-sanford-discuss-same-sex-marriage-isis&ved=0CCMQqQIoADAD&usg=AFQjCNHaTzNFyIfsaBef-X7417es1yp7Dw
The brilliant Alan Wilson will continue to waste taxpayer dollars. He is a fartblossom.
After a few thousand years of one group telling another how to live their lives, one would think we should have figured out that our individual lives are not the concern of others. Humans mate. Some folks are homosexual, maybe one or few in your family past or present. So what. We could all benefit from the practice of privacy. Stop inviting ridicule and scorn and let’s all mind our own business.