It looks like judges are definitely sitting up and taking notice of the surge in legal challenges to marriage equality bans. The Sixth Circuit just announced that they’ll consolidate five different challenges into one mega-oral-argument day on August 6th.
This means that lawyers from a whole bunch of different cases and states are all going to descend on the Sixth Circuit courthouse in Cincinnati. Ohio, Tennessee, Michigan and Kentucky all have pending appeals. Scheduling them all together will save everyone a lot of logistical work.
The big question, of course, is whether the court will issue a ruling on every case all at once, and whether those rulings will be essentially identical, or whether each decision will be different. Each case raises different issues (some are about out-of-state licenses, others about death certificates) so the judges will have a lot to wade through.
And of course, the second-biggest question is whether the National Organization for Marriage will even bother to put in an appearance. Every time there’s a major court event, organizations from both sides will hold press conferences or rallies. But NOM’s been having a rough couple of months, so they might just decide to sit this one out. It’ll be interesting to see just who shows up from the opposition.
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Dakotahgeo
If NOM had any common sense or intelligence, they may want to sit out all further discussion regarding marriage of any kind and save the third level non-intelligent sponsors a LOT of money! Think of how all that right wing money wasted could have helped the less fortunate in life?!But NOM will double- or triple down on their fake IQ and make themselves look even more self-serving. We will be most happy to oblige!
Teeth
I think it will go well, also.. But I am also aware of the potential for an uptick in backlash. We need to celebrate our progress, but stay aware of each others safety too.
lstacyb
It’s sad that none of the national LGBT orgs stepped up to help us in Kentucky.
out91394
I don’t know why you are so surprised about Kentucky being thrown under the bus nobody seems to think there are gay people in MY Old Kentucky Home or even care for that matter.
AzLights
@Teeth: Amen to that!