Friday, July 18, 2014

PA Clerk Appeals Ruling Denying Request To Intervene In Gay Marriage Case

Schuylkill County Register of Wills Theresa Santai-Gaffney has requested an en banc hearing on her request to intervene in a federal case challenging Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage.
On May 20, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones struck down Pennsylvania's ban as unconstitutional. Pennsylvania became the 19th state, in addition to the District of Columbia, to allow gay couples to marry when Republican Governor Tom Corbett decided against appealing Jones' ruling.

A three-judge panel of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia denied Santai-Gaffney's requests to intervene in the case and to stay the ruling.
Earlier this month, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito denied the clerk's request to stay the ruling as she attempts to intervene in the case.
On Thursday, Santai-Gaffney filed a request to have the Third Circuit's ruling denying her request to intervene reviewed by the court's entire 14-judge bench.
In response to Alito's decision, Santai-Gaffney told the Republican Herald that she was not prepared to give up her fight.
“Traditional families are the backbone of this country,” she said. “We adjust our sail to weather the storm but we cannot lose sight of the destination.”

Here's a woman use to getting her way...unfortunately for her, the sails are on fire and her homophobic views are sinking with her ship...glub, glub, glub.

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