@ramblinman: good

@Wolf1966:lol...yeah i do understand about judge not...but it doesnt mean calling a white colour black..

"Likely to rule" has turned into "The Supreme Court WILL rule....

"" WASHINGTON — The Supreme
Court on Friday agreed to decide
whether all 50 states must allow
gay and lesbian couples to marry,
positioning it to resolve one of the
great civil rights questions in a
generation before its current term
ends in June.
The decision came just months
after the justices ducked the issue,
refusing in October to hear appeals
from rulings allowing same-sex
marriage in five states. That
decision, which was considered a
major surprise, delivered a tacit
victory for gay rights, immediately
expanding the number of states
with same-sex marriage to 24,
along with the District of Columbia,
up from 19.
Largely as a consequence of the
Supreme Court’s decision not to
act, the number of states allowing
same-sex marriage has since
grown to 36, and more than 70
percent of Americans live in places
where gay couples can marry.
The cases the Supreme Court
agreed to hear on Friday were
brought by some 15 same-sex
couples in four states. The
plaintiffs said they have a
fundamental right to marry and to
be treated as opposite-sex couples
are, adding that bans they
challenged demeaned their dignity,
imposed countless practical
difficulties and inflicted particular
harm on their children.
The pace of change on same-sex
marriage, in both popular opinion
and in the courts, has no parallel
in the nation’s history.
Gay rights advocates hailed the
court’s move on Friday as one of
the final steps in a decades-long
journey toward equal treatment,
and they expressed confidence they
would prevail.
“We are finally within sight of the
day when same-sex couples across
the country will be able to share
equally in the joys, protections and
responsibilities of marriage,” said
Jon W. Davidson, the legal director
of Lambda Legal.
Supporters of traditional marriage
said the Supreme Court now has a
chance to return the issue to
voters and legislators.
“Lower court judges have robbed
millions of people of their voice
and vote on society’s most
fundamental relationship —
marriage,” said Tony Perkins, the
president of the Family Research
Council, a conservative policy and
lobbying group. “There is nothing
in the Constitution that empowers
the courts to silence the people and
impose a nationwide redefinition
of marriage.”"

"" The court said it will hear two and
a half hours of argument, probably
in the last week of April. The first
90 minutes will be devoted to the
question of whether the
Constitution requires states “to
license a marriage between two
people of the same sex.”
The last hour will concern a
question that will be moot if the
answer to the first one is yes:
whether states must “recognize a
marriage between two people of
the same sex when their marriage
was lawfully licensed and
performed out of state.”"
NY TIMES Article.