Doma Lawyers Back Out.

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Originally Posted by BullsLawDan

Threatened and coerced by who? Do you have evidence of this?

Representing criminal defendants is absolutely honorable. What does that have to do with this thread???

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Are terrorists criminal defendants?

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Originally Posted by Revere

Are terrorists criminal defendants?

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They are. Or, well, they should be. Not sure how that's relevant to this thread, though.

It certainly does not change my position that defending the criminally accused is an absolutely honorable thing to do.

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Originally Posted by greatamerican128

1950: Can't have those black judges ruling on black civil rights!

2011: Can't have those gay judges ruling on gay civil rights!


1950: Can't have marriage between two people of different skin colors! That's unnatural and expands the definition of marriage!

2011: Can't have marriage between two people of the same gender! That's unnatural and expands the definition of marriage!

I'm seeing a pattern here.

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That is stupid comparison.
When anti-miscegenation laws were struck down, people of all races were allowed to marry each other.
When insane judges invented gay marriage, marriage rights were extended to homosexuals only.

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Originally Posted by kreo

That is stupid comparison.
When anti-miscegenation laws were struck down, people of all races were allowed to marry each other.
When insane judges invented gay marriage, marriage rights were extended to homosexuals only.

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So two heterosexual male friends will not be allowed to marry if they wish?
Or are you just making things up to go along.
Answer the question...

This is a very old thread!

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Originally Posted by Colombine

The trouble with these outfits is that their animus and hatred (not to mention incompetence vis Prop eight) is well documented and is, therefore, all the more likely to make judges consider the cases under the review standard of heightened scrutiny which, in my opinion, makes a loss almost inevitable for the defendants.

I predict this facet of DOMA will fail and fail fast.

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Using the same theory as the other cases that many of you deny. Using the animus directed towards gays as the sole purpose of marriages limitation to heterosexuals. A constitutional right to what animus towards a minority has denied.

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Originally Posted by cd8ed

So two heterosexual male friends will not be allowed to marry if they wish?
Or are you just making things up to go along.
Answer the question...

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You seems to suggest that they can marry without sex. If so why close-relative of the same gender can't get married. Why you deprive them equality?

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Originally Posted by dixon76710

Using the same theory as the other cases that many of you deny. Using the animus directed towards gays as the sole purpose of marriages limitation to heterosexuals. A constitutional right to what animus towards a minority has denied.

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You did notice I said (a very long time ago) "not to mention incompetence". The only argument the Prop 8 defense forwarded was cuz, cuz, cuz, cuz that's the way it's always been and cuz, cuz, cuz, they're GAY!!!!!!!!

Add that to a clear basis in animus and it's easy to see that they just didn't have a case.

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Originally Posted by Colombine

You did notice I said (a very long time ago) "not to mention incompetence". The only argument the Prop 8 defense forwarded was cuz, cuz, cuz, cuz that's the way it's always been and cuz, cuz, cuz, they're GAY!!!!!!!!

Add that to a clear basis in animus and it's easy to see that they just didn't have a case.

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Noooooo, those are the only arguments the gay judge chose to address, summarily dismissing all others. Declared as a finding of fact that marriage has no relation to procreation and insisted upon other justifications.

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Originally Posted by dixon76710

Noooooo, those are the only arguments the gay judge chose to address, summarily dismissing all others. Declared as a finding of fact that marriage has no relation to procreation and insisted upon other justifications.

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The other arguments are weak at best as we've established repeatedly on here.