Appeals Court Upholds One-Man, One-Woman Marriage in Tennessee!

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Appeals court upholds one-man, one-woman state marriage laws for first time


posted at 8:41 am on November 7, 2014 by Ed Morrissey





A month ago, the Supreme Court upholding traditional-marriage definitions in four states:

A federal appeals court panel upheld bans on same-sex marriage in four states Thursday, a break with other federal courts that makes it almost certain the Supreme Court must take up the issue of whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.

A panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit in Cincinnati ruled 2 to 1 that although same-sex marriage across the nation is practically inevitable, in the words of U.S. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton, it should be settled through the democratic process and not the judicial one.

The decision overturned lower-court rulings in Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee and Kentucky and makes the 6th Circuit the first appeals court to uphold state bans since the Supreme Court struck down part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013.

The Washington Post's Robert Barnes notes a remark from Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after the demurral last month that the court didn't see the need to take up cases that didn't spark disagreement in lower circuits. Now Ginsburg and her colleagues have the disagreement, and will have to take up the case. The ruling itself challenges whether the judiciary itself should even be involved in the question, and the Supreme Court will have to be the final arbiter of that question as well.

The high court could hope that an en banc reversal of this ruling could get them off the hook, but it seems neither side in the case is interested in playing at the appellate level any longer:

[T]he next question is whether the process moves quickly enough that the court takes up the issue this term, which would mean a decision by early summer.

Both winners and losers in the cases­ said they were eager to expedite the process to let the high court have its say.

The decision to pass on the issue at the beginning of the court's session in October wasn't exactly a Profile in Courage moment. This question is significant enough in legal, cultural, and political weight to expect some kind of final judgment from the Supreme Court, and delay is not inconsequential. If the court reverses the lower courts, there will be a number of substantial problems with the status of those who got married during the interim period while the court dithered. In fact, that particular consequence of delay will almost certainly have to factor into considerations of equal-treatment arguments that will be made about the laws themselves, thanks to the reluctance of the Supreme Court to address the issue.

The Supreme Court can no longer avoid the issue. However, it may still be possible for them to punt it in some way. Given their track record thus far, that's a likely outcome even if they immediately move to grant cert on DeBoer et al v Snyder et al.

 

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Genesis 2:22-24


Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, ' for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.


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Proverbs 5:18-19


May your fountain be blessed, and may you rejoice in the wife of your youth. A loving doe, a graceful deer-- may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be captivated by her love.


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Proverbs 12:4


A wife of noble character is her husband's crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.


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Proverbs 18:22


He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the LORD.


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Proverbs 19:14


Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.


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Proverbs 20:6-7


Many a man claims to have unfailing love, but a faithful man who can find? The righteous man leads a blameless life; blessed are his children after him.


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Proverbs 30:18-19


"There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand: the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.


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Proverbs 31:10


A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.


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Deuteronomy 24:5


If a man has recently married, he must not be sent to war or have any other duty laid on him. For one year he is to be free to stay at home and bring happiness to the wife he has married.


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Matthew 19:4-6


"Haven't you read," he replied, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' and said, 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh' ? So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."


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1 Corinthians 7:1-16


Now for the matters you wrote about: It is good for a man not to marry. But since there is so much immorality, each man should have his own wife, and each woman her own husband. The husband should fulfill his marital duty to his wife, and likewise the wife to her husband. The wife's body does not belong to her alone but also to her husband. In the same way, the husband's body does not belong to him alone but also to his wife. Do not deprive each other except by mutual consent and for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control. I say this as a concession, not as a command. I wish that all men were as I am. But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. To the married I give this command (not I, but the Lord): A wife must not separate from her husband. But if she does, she must remain unmarried or else be reconciled to her husband. And a husband must not divorce his wife. To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If any brother has a wife who is not a believer and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her. And if a woman has a husband who is not a believer and he is willing to live with her, she must not divorce him. For the unbelieving husband has been sanctified through his wife, and the unbelieving wife has been sanctified through her believing husband. Otherwise your children would be unclean, but as it is, they are holy. But if the unbeliever leaves, let him do so. A believing man or woman is not bound in such circumstances; God has called us to live in peace. How do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or, how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?


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Colossians 3:18-19


Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.


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Hebrews 13:4-7


Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you." So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?" Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.


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Mark 10:6-9


"But at the beginning of creation God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.' So they are no longer two, but one. Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate."


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Ephesians 5:22-33


Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior. Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything. Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church-- for we are members of his body. "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh." This is a profound mystery--but I am talking about Christ and the church. However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
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