LGBT News Opening arguments heard in Oklahoma same-sex marriage case

Skaros · Apr 17, 2014

Again... this can be a close one! It might not even matter what the ruling is. This will very likely make it to the Supreme court. Marriage or no marriage.

Appeals court hears case for gay marriage in Oklahoma | MSNBC

A three-judge panel on the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to overturn Oklahoma’s ban on same-sex nuptials.

The hearing marks the second time a marriage equality case has reached the appellate level since June, when the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two landmark victories for the movement. Exactly one week ago, the same three judges presented a divided front during questioning over Amendment 3, Utah’s voter-approved definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.

As with oral arguments last Thursday, Judge Jerome Holmes – a 2006 President Bush appointee – appeared to once again be the swing. Holmes had tough questions for the plaintiffs, but hinted that he agreed marriage equality amounted to a constitutional right based on Supreme Court precedent. Last June, the nation’s highest court struck down a central provision of the Defense of Marriage Act, which barred federal recognition of same-sex nuptials, on the grounds that it violated basic equality and human dignity. No argument for prohibiting gay couples from marrying has survived in state or federal court since.

“The state cannot define marriage in any way that it wants,” said Holmes, “and trample constitutional rights.”
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BryanM · Apr 17, 2014

We have the potential swing vote on our side in Anthony Kennedy if it goes to SCOTUS.

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