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icon13.gif Religion and equality under the law...  [message #62546] Sun, 30 May 2010 23:30 Go to next message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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I cannot imagine being a gay man seeking justice in the courtrooms of California, at least not if these people have their way.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37426719/ns/politics

My question would be if the matter before the court dealt with gay issues would these judges be required to recuse themselves? I would think any judge that campaigned on the basis of their religious beliefs would be in danger of seeming biased.

If they were at the Superior Court level then the next level up would be the Supreme Court of the state. I can well imagine the higher court would take a dim view of constantly reviewing such cases, not to mention the cost to the state.


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Re: Religion and equality under the law...  [message #62547 is a reply to message #62546] Sun, 30 May 2010 23:56 Go to previous message
saben is currently offline  saben

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This is the problem with elected judges.

Democracy is a tyranny of its own sometimes.


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