{"id":45668,"date":"2014-10-06T11:42:27","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T17:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/not-with-a-bang-but-a-refusal-to-take-up-an-appeal.html"},"modified":"2014-11-05T14:13:17","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T21:13:17","slug":"not-with-a-bang-but-a-refusal-to-take-up-an-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/10\/06\/not-with-a-bang-but-a-refusal-to-take-up-an-appeal.html","title":{"rendered":"Not with a bang, but a refusal to take up an appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals against those federal circuit courts who have declared a ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional. Which means the states covered in those circuits — including Colorado (http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/outward\/2014\/10\/06\/the_supreme_court_actually_just_allowed_gay_marriage_in_eleven_11_states.html<\/a> for more) have to abide by those circuit court decisions.<\/p>\n

It's an oddly quiet way to resolve the matter, but perhaps a sign that it was an idea whose time had come. Congratulations to all the upcoming happy couples.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nColorado AG says all 64 clerks must issue same-sex marriage licenses<\/a><\/span>
\nColorado Attorney General John Suthers on Monday said all 64 county clerks must begin issuing same-sex marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court decl\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The Supreme Court has declined to hear appeals against those federal circuit courts who have declared a ban on gay marriage to be unconstitutional. Which means the states covered in those circuits — including Colorado (http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/outward\/2014\/10\/06\/the_supreme_court_actually_just_allowed_gay_marriage_in_eleven_11_states.html for more) have to abide by those circuit court decisions. It's an oddly quiet way to resolve the matter, … Continue reading “Not with a bang, but a refusal to take up an appeal”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,25,718,716],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-gay-stuff","category-marriage-equality","category-my-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":47155,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/11\/06\/marriage-equality-looks-likely-to-head-to-the-supreme-court.html","url_meta":{"origin":45668,"position":0},"title":"Marriage Equality looks likely to head to the Supreme Court","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 6-Nov-14 4:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"The 6th Circuit has ruled, 2-1, against a challenge to marriage discrmination laws within its area, the first circuit to have done so. 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