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April 27, 2015 - The day before
the U.S. Supreme Court took up the issue of gay marriage in Obergefell v. Hodges, a group of
opponents of gay marriage held a "Restrain the Judges" press conference
of the steps of the
Court. Above, Janet (Folger) Porter, president and founder of
Faith2Action holds up one of thousands of "restraining orders" the
group collected. The activists called for Justices Ginsburg and
Kagan to recuse themselves from the case, and lauded H.R.
1968, the "Restrain the Judges on Marriage Act," a bill recently
introduced by U.S. Rep. Steve King (R-IA). In Obergefell v. Hodges, an Ohio case on appeal consolidated with several other cases, the Court is to consider two questions: "1) Does the Fourteenth Amendment
require a state to license a marriage between two people of the same
sex? 2) Does the Fourteenth Amendement require a state to
recognize a marriage between two people of the same sex when their
marriage was lawfully license and performed out-of state?" (>)
Gay marriage has been an issue in the 2016 presidential campaign, with
most Republican candidates and potential candidates against it, and the
leading Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton for it (+). |
Mark Gurley, the great-great
grandson of Phineas D. Gurley, pastor to President Abraham Lincoln,
speaks while holding the pine tree flag. |
Dr. Steven Hotze, president of
Conservative Republicans of Texas. He filed the motion urging
recusal of Justices Ginsburg and Kagan. |
Andy Schlafly, an attorney with
Eagle Forum, and a son of Phyllis Schlafly. |
Scott Lively, president of
Abiding Truth Ministries. |
Greg Quinlan, an ex-homosexual
now active at the New Jersey Family Policy Council. Meanwhile, people continued to wait in line outside the Court to watch the proceedings on Tuesday. At the front of the line are people paid to wait. The line started to form around 8 o'clock on Friday morning (April 24). |
The first people waiting to
attend in person were Jason Hewett from Georgia and Frank Colasonti,
Jr. and James Ryder, a couple from
Michigan. The three met when they were waiting to attend oral
arguments as the Supreme
Court considered California's Proposition 8 on March 26, 2013 (+).
(Below) Staffers from the Democratic Senatorial Committee, which has
offices just around the corner from the Court, brought coffee and
donuts for people waiting in line, thereby distracting the photographer. |