I implore you to think strategically about how best to stop Obergefell from being overturned and keep publication about this to a minimum. I am an attorney and I volunteer with a nonprofit that focuses on stopping anti-lgbtq policy from being implemented. If Obergefell goes, Windsor is next, then maybe even Lawrence v. Texas.
The amount of media attention a case receives is nearly perfectly correlated with which cases are granted cert. This Supreme Court likes being in the news.
There is no possible benefit from screaming about this from the mountaintops before SCOTUS decides whether to grant certiorari. By ignoring it, we may avoid giving anti-queer extremists an opportunity to undue all of the rights and privileges that flow from the right to get married. If they grant certiorari, we can still raise 10 kinds of hell in a moment when it may be more impactful.
A woman, knew deep in court costs and fines from her last loss has decided to go to SCOTUS to try to get out of paying the blessed fine? Can you say your family will still be paying these fees after you're gone?
No, the Heritage Foundation, Liberty Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom and the Thomas More Society have all paid for Kim Davis' bills and helped her fundraise big $$$. This is a cash machine for her, which is important because she's otherwise essentially unemployable. She stands to make $3MM+ if the GOPSCROTUS grants certiorari and sets a date.
I implore you to think strategically about how best to stop Obergefell from being overturned and keep publication about this to a minimum. I am an attorney and I volunteer with a nonprofit that focuses on stopping anti-lgbtq policy from being implemented. If Obergefell goes, Windsor is next, then maybe even Lawrence v. Texas.
The amount of media attention a case receives is nearly perfectly correlated with which cases are granted cert. This Supreme Court likes being in the news.
There is no possible benefit from screaming about this from the mountaintops before SCOTUS decides whether to grant certiorari. By ignoring it, we may avoid giving anti-queer extremists an opportunity to undue all of the rights and privileges that flow from the right to get married. If they grant certiorari, we can still raise 10 kinds of hell in a moment when it may be more impactful.
A woman, knew deep in court costs and fines from her last loss has decided to go to SCOTUS to try to get out of paying the blessed fine? Can you say your family will still be paying these fees after you're gone?
No, the Heritage Foundation, Liberty Counsel, Alliance Defending Freedom and the Thomas More Society have all paid for Kim Davis' bills and helped her fundraise big $$$. This is a cash machine for her, which is important because she's otherwise essentially unemployable. She stands to make $3MM+ if the GOPSCROTUS grants certiorari and sets a date.