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LGBT News Anti-Gay Group wants 2 Justices to recuse from same-sex marriage case

Discussion in 'Current Events, World News, & LGBT News' started by Skaros, Jan 20, 2015.

  1. Skaros

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    Great, so I suppose we can push for Scalia and Thomas to recuse themselves for their bias?

    Anti-Gay Group Demands Liberal Supreme Court Justices Recuse Themselves From Gay Marriage Case - The New Civil Rights Movement
     
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    The difference is obvious. Opposite sex weddings aren't a legal issue before the court. Also, you can officiate at an opposite sex wedding and it doesn't imply any bias about whether you support same sex marriage or not.

    Regardless, it doesn't matter legally if the two justices might have a bias, just as the other two mentioned has a bias the other way. Any justice presiding is going to have a bias one way or the other on almost anything. The key, regardless of their personal bias is can they put that bias aside and decide that particular case based on its merits and their interpretation of the law and the Constitution.
     
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    When it comes to this issue, any judge is going to have a bias. The AFA just wants the bias in their favor so they do not have to deal with same-sex marriage.
     
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    By that logic, any judge that refuses to conduct same sex marriages must also recuse themselves. But yeah, the AFA has no actual knowledge of how the legal system works, so this doesn't surprise me.
     
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    Amongst the many things the AFA do not understand. Other things they don't understand include America, Family, and Associations.