The Prop 8 advocates have filed their request that the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rehear their appeal.
After you get through their "substantive" arguments, they continue to flog one of the most beloved arguments of civil rights opponents of all times and persuasions: give a group some rights and they will leave the majority's cupboard stripped bare:
...[T]they argue today:
Never mind that Judge Walker- a Reagan nominee- retired from the bench last year and so far has failed to take advantage of the right he conferred upon himself by marrying his partner.
When Mecklenburg County (NC) Superior Court judge and long-time Republican Ray Warren came out in 1998, the state Republican Party immediately denounced him for having- in their view- only pretended to be a good Christian, and a variety of groups began calling for Warren to recuse himself from practically all cases: anything where anyone might have anything to do with anything gay. Warren, couldn't after all, be fair to straight people.
When Multnomah County (OR) granted of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, the Oregon Christian Coalition targeted openly gay supreme court justice Rives Kistler, arguing he could not hear the marriage equality case fairly.
Which, as Kistler said at the time, made about as much sense as
...asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to recuse herself on cases involving sexual discrimination, or asking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is black, to recuse himself on affirmative action cases.
Or, one assumes, straight judges to treat gay people fairly. Like these judges.
After you get through their "substantive" arguments, they continue to flog one of the most beloved arguments of civil rights opponents of all times and persuasions: give a group some rights and they will leave the majority's cupboard stripped bare:
...[T]they argue today:
Unbeknownst to the parties, at all times while presiding over and entering judgment in this case, former Judge Walker, like Plaintiffs, was a "resident[ ] of California ... involved in [a] long-term ... relationship with [an] individual[ ] of the same sex."
They argue: "Judge Walker effectively conferred upon himself and his partner the right to marry."Never mind that Judge Walker- a Reagan nominee- retired from the bench last year and so far has failed to take advantage of the right he conferred upon himself by marrying his partner.
When Mecklenburg County (NC) Superior Court judge and long-time Republican Ray Warren came out in 1998, the state Republican Party immediately denounced him for having- in their view- only pretended to be a good Christian, and a variety of groups began calling for Warren to recuse himself from practically all cases: anything where anyone might have anything to do with anything gay. Warren, couldn't after all, be fair to straight people.
When Multnomah County (OR) granted of marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, the Oregon Christian Coalition targeted openly gay supreme court justice Rives Kistler, arguing he could not hear the marriage equality case fairly.
Which, as Kistler said at the time, made about as much sense as
...asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to recuse herself on cases involving sexual discrimination, or asking Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, who is black, to recuse himself on affirmative action cases.
Or, one assumes, straight judges to treat gay people fairly. Like these judges.
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