A federal judge on Tuesday struck down Kentucky’s ban on same-sex marriage.
“In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,” U.S. District Judge John G. Heyburn II wrote in the ruling, according to the Courier-Journal.
Heyburn stayed the ruling until the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules on same-sex marriage bans in four states including Kentucky. Oral arguments for that case are scheduled for Aug. 6.
Heyburn ordered Kentucky in February to recognize gay marriages performed in other states.
Read the opinion:
U.S. District Court Ruling: Timothy Love et al v. Steve Beshear
“In America, even sincere and long-hold religious beliefs do not trump the constitutional rights of those who happen to have been out-voted,”
I really wish the SCOTUS operated as if that was true, but I’ll take good news today wherever I can get it. Congrats KY!
OMG, somebody’s really going to make Mrs. Alito cry…
Falling like flies.
(and i don’t mean zippers)
With everything else that seems to be getting worse before it gets better, It’s pretty cheering to a progressive to see this area where the society is making lots of, you know, progress.