[Vision2020] Not so fast, there...

Wed Oct 8 14:07:04 PDT 2014

<As the numbers of those who support same-sex marriage grow (70+ percent 
at last poll), I would make this an election year topic and dare Otter 
to publicly speak out against it.>

70+ percent in favor (or against) is moot.  Rights guaranteed by the Constitution aren't subject to popular vote.  Since Otter is running for office in one of the reddest if the red states, it might get him some votes to vow 'I will do everything in my power to ensure that marriage remains between one man and one woman'.  It's akin to Obama saying he'll do everything in his power to ban assault weapons.

Congratulations.  Same sex marriage ban don't deprive same sex couples from being in their same sex relationship.  At issue is gender discrimination that denies equal rights, benefits, and protections that are afforded to married opposite sex couples.  Such denial violates the 14th amendment equal protection and 5th amendment equal liberty which is why bans will ultimately be struck down nationwide.

From: moscowcares at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2014 13:55:16 -0700
To: suehovey at moscow.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Not so fast, there...

As the numbers of those who support same-sex marriage grow (70+ percent at last poll), I would make this an election year topic and dare Otter to publicly speak out against it.
Oops.  I almost forgot . . .
Jus' like Raul Labrador during election year, Butch avoids cameras and microphones in October.
Let me repeat what I have said before . . .
My significant other and I, in the not-too-distant past, have celebrated our 40th anniversary . . . celebrating forty of the most wonderful years in my life (if you overlook that one Saturday in Wrightstown, New Jersey).  To deprive any two individuals of such a wonderful experience extends beyond ignorance.
As Americans we are guaranteed three things . . . LIFE . . . LIBERTY . . . and (what was that third item?)
Seeya at the polls, Moscow, because . . .
"Moscow Cares"http://www.MoscowCares.com  Tom "Free to Be You and Me" HansenMoscow, Idaho  
On Oct 8, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Sue Hovey <suehovey at moscow.com> wrote:

Wonder what that means for the folks who got them when the offices opened 
at 8:00AM?

Sue H. 

From: Ron Force 
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2014 8:18 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com 
Subject: [Vision2020] Not so fast, there...

Kennedy's having second 
thoughts...

Supreme 
Court Temporarily Blocks Gay Marriage In Idaho, Nevada

by 
KRISHNADEV 
CALAMUR
October 
08, 201411:11 
AM ET

Supreme 
Court Justice Anthony 
Kennedy has temporary 
blocked Tuesday's appeals 
court decision that struck down bans on same-sex marriage in Idaho and 
Nevada.
Officials 
in Idaho had filed a last-minute 
appeal to the Supreme Court following Tuesday's appeals court decision. In 
his order, Kennedy gave lawyers representing same-sex couples until 5 p.m. 
Thursday to respond to the appeal.
"The 
order means that gay and lesbian couples will not be able to obtain marriage 
licenses in that state in the meantime," Lyle 
Denniston of the SCOTUSblog notes.
The 
Associated Press adds that the order also applies to Nevada.
As 
we reported Tuesday, the appeals court ruling itself came a 
day after the Supreme Court gave tacit approval to similar decisions by 
three other circuit courts. The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of those 
rulings, thereby making same-sex marriage legal in 11 states. Gay marriage is 
now permitted in 30 U.S. states.
The 
AP adds that the delay in Idaho and Nevada could last just a few days.
"The 
full court almost certainly would weigh in to extend the delay much beyond the 
weekend," the news service said. "That has been the justices' practice in other 
cases in which a single justice initially blocked a ruling from taking 
effect."

=======================================================
List services made 
available by First Step Internet,
serving the communities of the Palouse 
since 
1994.

http://www.fsr.net

mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
=======================================================
=======================================================
 List services made available by First Step Internet,
 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
               http://www.fsr.net
          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
=======================================================
=======================================================
 List services made available by First Step Internet,
 serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.
               http://www.fsr.net
          mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
======================================================= 		 	   		  
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mailman.fsr.com/pipermail/vision2020/attachments/20141008/4cb69bb0/attachment-0001.html>