Originally Posted By: tnshootistSupreme court ruled that the people of TN have no say in how we run our state.Our constitution and amendments mean nothing.Gay people have more rights than the whole rest of the state.The amendment voted on and passed by the people of the state means nothing.If all the other stuff going on now makes good cover for the all powerful government to promote gay agenda,the most important issue at hand.
Man, there's some misinformed people out there that talk about the constitution and amendments, even though they obviously don't know squat about either one. Read and learn.
First, the Supreme Court didn't rule on anything to do with Tennessee. Look it up. All the Supreme Court's rulings are online. Show me the one where they ruled against Tennessee's ban on gay marriage.
If you took the time to actually educate yourself a little about something you should have learned in school before the age of 12, you will, in fact, discover that the Supreme Court refused to hear cases related to gay marriage bans in 5 states. None of which were TN, by the way.
Everybody with me so far? Good. Read on and learn.
This refusal to take up the cases is NOT the same as ruling on them. In these cases, the Supreme Court's refusal to hear the case, essentially leaves the verdict of the lower Circuit Court of Appeals ruling intact. So in the case of the 5 state-level bans that had already been ruled unconstitutional by the circuit court of appeals, the Supreme Courts refusal to hear the cases means the rulings stand. For now.
Many people of limited intelligence are confused by this, because refusing to hear a case seems (to them at least) to have the same effect as "ruling in favor". But it does not.
The Supreme Court ONLY rules on the constitutionality of laws. There are still over 25 challenges to various gay marriage bans working their way through the various Appeals courts. These challenges currently are spread across over 12 different areas of the Constitution. To date, the only appeals that have found their way to the Supreme Court are challenging the ban on gay marriage based on the 14th Amendment's "equal protection clause". By refusing to hear the cases, the Court is essentially saying, "nothing there", the lower court is right, equal protection extends to marriage and the Constitution of the United States does not say anything about equal protection under the law except if you want to marry someone that's the same sex as you.
So that leaves appeals in play based on about 11 other Constitutional angles that the Supreme Court could still hear and rule upon. Including Tennessee's ban.
See? You were completely wrong, but you learned something didn't you?
Grouse