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8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Georgia's governor to ... · 0 replies · +1 points

Glad to hear we might not have to wait on a full district court hearing/ruling/appeal cycle to get this law tossed.

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Open thread · 5 replies · +16 points

This is big. The EEOC just ruled that orientation discrimination falls under sex discrimination, and thus LGBT workers are already covered by the Civil Rights Act. http://www.buzzfeed.com/chrisgeidner/sexual-orien...

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Equality news round-up... · 2 replies · +7 points

7th Circuit - 9 days
9th Circuit - 29 days
4th Circuit - 76 days
10th Circuit - 76 days for Kitchen
10th Circuit - 92 days for Bishop
6th Circuit - 92 days
5th Circuit - 173 days!

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Equality news round-up... · 2 replies · +5 points

Kansas: Governor ShitBrownback is still "reviewing the [SCOTUS] decision." Topeka newspaper

Hey Brownback, re-reading Scalia and Thomas over and over is not "reviewing." With Jindal conceding that Louisiana agencies are recognizing marriages (sorry for the FoxNews link), Kansas is now the dead last state to be holding out on recognition.

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Defending our Marriage... · 4 replies · +2 points

Deh Boh-err

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Defending our Marriage... · 0 replies · +2 points

Thanks for the update. Also, your map link goes awry; here it is.

ETA: So now the second largest holdout (after Lubbock) is #30, Taylor County (Abilene),, but they will begin tomorrow.

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Defending our Marriage... · 7 replies · +5 points

False alarm. Roy Moore is saying that Alabama is stalled, but the Alabama Supreme Court only asked for briefs on the current situation. http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/06/roy_moor...

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - Defending our Marriage... · 2 replies · +5 points

Running through the most populous of Texas' counties, it seem that the most populous county not yet issuing licenses is #18, Lubbock County.

ETA: Second largest straggler is #25, Ellis County.

So the counties ahead of Ellis but subtracting Lubbock add up to 20.04 million people, or 74.3% of Texans. Both Midland and Ector (Odessa) are issuing, and get us past 75%.

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - BREAKING: Supreme Cour... · 1 reply · +4 points

IMO the main stumbling block would be determining what form that recognition would be. Say you have A, B, and C in a poly relationship. Would a marriage of all three be a single A-B-C marriage or a set of three distinct marriages (A-B, B-C, and A-C)? Are the children of A and B also legally the children of C? If C left the marriage would that dissolve A-B as well? Would A's insurance be liable for covering both partners? What if A is in severe condition and B and C disagree on treatment?

I think this would be a fascinating debate, and I wouldn't mind it being opening if not for all the slippery slopers screaming vindication. (My personal take is that it would be easier to treat a poly marriage as forming a set of binary marriages amongst all combinations of the partners.)

8 years ago @ Equality on Trial - BREAKING: Supreme Cour... · 2 replies · +16 points

So I guess the 5th Circuit was willing to drag its feet. For the sake of completeness:

7th Circuit - 9 days
9th Circuit - 29 days
4th Circuit - 76 days
10th Circuit - 76 days for Kitchen
10th Circuit - 92 days for Bishop
6th Circuit - 92 days
5th Circuit - 168 days and SCOTUS renders them irrelevant

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