What’s with these people? Do the citizens of these backward-facing states understand that it is their taxes which will pay for this pointless lawsuit?<\/p>\n
Here’s the entire Reuters item <\/a>as published in the NYT:<\/p>\n The state attorney general, Chris Koster, filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a county official who had started granting marriage licenses to same-sex couples in violation of the state\u2019s ban on same-sex marriage<\/a>. Sharon Carpenter, the St. Louis County recorder of deeds, was violating the law by issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the suit alleges. Her actions are part of a broad challenge to state bans on same-sex marriage sweeping the United States. \u201cWhile I personally support the goal of marriage equality, my duty as attorney general is to defend the laws of the state of Missouri,\u201d Mr. Koster said in a statement. He said he believed state courts would provide rulings within the next 12 to 18 months on challenges to the state\u2019s same-sex marriage ban.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What’s with these people? Do the citizens of these backward-facing states understand that it is their taxes which will pay for this pointless lawsuit? Here’s the entire Reuters item as published in the NYT: The state attorney general, Chris Koster, … Continue reading