A Tennessee state judge is taking the next logical
step when it comes to marriages and divorces.
Judge Jeffrey Atherton dismissed a case by Pamela E.
Bumgardner against Thomas A. Bumgardner because, he said, the Supreme Court's
ruling that gay marriage must be allowed everywhere "preempted state
courts from addressing marriage/divorce litigation altogether."
"With the U.S. Supreme Court having defined what must be
recognized as a marriage, it would appear that Tennessee's judiciary must now
await the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court as to what is not a marriage, or better
stated, when a marriage is no longer a marriage,"
Altherton said, according to Chattanoogan.com
Here’s the money quote:
Altherton also said in
his opinion that the Supreme Court's way of doing things these days, "with its iron fist and limp wrist,"
is making things hard on state-level courts.
Hell, I’m waiting for a ruling from the Supreme
Court dictating how many sheets of toilet paper a person can use at one
sitting. Why not? I’m sure they can divine this absurdity in
the 14th Amendment as well.
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