Indiana appeals gay marriage ruling in U.S. Supreme Court
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The State of Indiana filed today in the United States Supreme Court an appeal of a 7th Circuit ruling last week that invalidated Indiana's marriage statute.
In filing its appeal, the State asks the nation's highest court to reverse the lower court and reinstate Indiana's longstanding legal definition of marriage.
“Less than six months after my office first entered our appearance in trial court to defend our state client from this lawsuit, our case now is knocking on the door of the United States Supreme Court, timing that is lightning speed by the standards of the federal court system," said Indiana Attorney General Greg Zoeller. "Our state, nation and all persons involved need a final, unambiguous and conclusive answer from the Supreme Court on the legal authority of states to license marriages, and we ask the Court to take up this question through either our case or another case at its earliest opportunity and end the uncertainty."
Three other states have appealed federal circuit rulings in legal challenges to their marriage laws — Utah, Oklahoma and Virginia.
Sad how hard people fight to cling onto these dying ideals. They can repeal equal marriage every day, eventually it's going to stay. Eventually it's going to stick. Eventually it will be legal in every state of the country.
One more on the list after Oklahoma, Virginia, Utah, Wisconsin and soon Idaho since the 9th Circuit Of Appeals already grilled the state on the ban. I hope they pick Utah to legalize it nationwide since the Mormon Church funded Prop 8
Actually 17 submitted a brief asking the court to keep the bans. This is number 18. Keep wasting money on a lost battle I guess.
No one wants their taxpayer money being used to support something as pointless as this.
