4th Circuit Court confirms VA decision in favor of SSM

[Likely Voter]

So that means 2 appeals to SCOTUS. I still suspect they wont do anything until one of the appeals courts rules in favor of SSM. So this might not get decided before the 2016 election.

[Likely Voter]

So that means 2 appeals to SCOTUS. I still suspect they wont do anything until one of the appeals courts rules in favor of SSM. So this might not get decided before the 2016 election.

You mean doesn't rule in favor?

Yes I meant in favor of SSM ban. The point being that SCOTUS like to take cases with split decisions. So far every decision is going in favor of repealing SSM bans. But eventually some judge or appellate court is going to uphold a SSM ban (probably for TX) and then SCOTUS will step in...and likely they will make SSM legal everywhere.

So the question is, how long will this take? Will they take it up next session? If not then this will be bigger issue for 2016 presidential campaign.

[Likely Voter]

Speaking of which today Greg Abbott filed his appeal. He is going for the same "responsible procreation" argument that has been literally laughed at by other courts, including SCOTUS.

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The problem is that all the usual arguments about god and 'tradition' the generally 'icky' factor have no legal basis so they are left with this completely ludicrous argument.