[Vision2020] Otter seeks full panel review of gay marriage ruling

[Scott Dredge]

It's not a black and white issue.  It's an issue of so called 'religious freedom'.  If necessary, the the courts would need to determine the tie breaker between the party claiming "it's our 14th Amendment Constitutional right to hold our wedding at the Hitching Post" vs the owners / employees of the Hitching post claiming "It's our 1st Amendment Constitutional right to be protected from being forced by the government to perform same sex weddings".  It would basically be a repeat of Hobby Lobby.

From: suehovey at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:59:08 -0700
To: janesta at gmail.com
CC: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Otter seeks full panel review of gay marriage	ruling

Do you really believe a private  business should be able to serve only those of whom they  approve? That doesn't read like  you, so maybe It's tongue-in-cheek. Growing up in Texas I remember those signs so very well. Of course they applied to racial issues. I guess we just have a lot of growing to do.  

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On Oct 22, 2014, at 8:22 AM, Janesta <janesta at gmail.com> wrote:

Butch needs to give it a rest.

The Hitching Post is a private business and should have the freedotom and right to serve whomever they want. There is a BOOMING business in Arizona for "clearing houses" for business which same gender friendly. Perhaps someone should start one in Coeur d' Alene
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
Courtesy of today's (October 22, 2014) Spokesman-Review.
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Otter seeks full panel review of gay marriage rulingBOISE – Idaho Gov. Butch Otter wants a larger group of judges to reconsider the recent decision that overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage. “I will continue defending Idahoans’ self-determination and the will of Idaho voters who decided that traditional marriage is a core principle of our society,” Otter said.The governor on Tuesday announced that he would file a petition seeking a review at the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals by an 11-judge panel. A three-judge panel made the earlier decision ruling that Idaho’s ban on same-sex marriage was unconstitutional. Otter and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden earlier requested that the 9th Circuit assign a full 11-judge panel to hear Idaho’s case, rather than a three-judge panel. That request was denied. Wasden didn’t join with Otter in Tuesday’s petition. However, his spokesman, Todd Dvorak, said Wasden plans to file an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in the coming weeks.Deborah Ferguson, attorney for the four Idaho couples who successfully sued to overturn Idaho’s same-sex marriage ban, said, “If necessary, we will continue to defend the District Court and 9th Circuit decision.”Otter, in a news release, warned of “increased religious strife” because “unaccountable judges,” not the “democratic process,” were making the call on gay marriage.“One of the key arguments against the Idaho Constitution’s defense of traditional marriage has been that redefining it to include same-sex couples would not harm anyone.  But the Hitching Post example shows the fallacy of that position,” he said.The Hitching Post wedding chapel in Coeur d’Alene has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Coeur d’Alene, saying the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance would force its owners to perform marriages that they object to on religious grounds. That prompted a fundamentalist Christian group in Mississippi to claim that the city of Coeur d’Alene has threatened to arrest the two ordained ministers who own the chapel – but there was no such threat.The city has asked that the lawsuit be withdrawn; the chapel recently filed to become a religious corporation, which would exempt it from the city ordinance.Otter is in the midst of campaigning for a third term; his two leading opponents, Democrat A.J. Balukoff and Libertarian John Bujak, oppose continuing Idaho’s court fight against same-sex marriage, which became legal in Idaho last week.-------------------------------------

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