Tennessee Judge Rules Against Couple's Divorce, Cites SCOTUS SSM Ruling

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.-- In the wake of the Supreme Court's decision to make same-s-x marriage legal and Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis' refusal to issue gays marriage licenses, a Chattanooga Chancellor is now using the Supreme Court decision to deny a divorce.

Chancellor Jeffrey M. Atherton says he could not rule on the divorce of a couple in their 60s because “With the U.S. Supreme Court having defined what must be recognized as a marriage, it would appear that Tennessee’s judiciary must now await the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court as to what is not a marriage, or better stated, when a marriage is no longer a marriage.”

Chancellor Atherton added "The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces."

Seven witnesses and 77 exhibits were admitted into evidence in the divorce case of Pamela and Thomas Bumgardner, but Chancellor Atherton stated the evidence presented was "mixed at best" and added they did not prove "inappropriate marital conduct by a preponderance of the evidence."

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When will the hissy fits over equality stop?

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what a childish thing to say and do, why are adults throwing their toys out of their pram because of EQUALITY, like why are Americans in particular so bitter that non-white  and non-cishet people are actually being viewed as humans. Idiots.

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Bum Gardner? 

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what a childish thing to say and do, why are adults throwing their toys out of their pram because of EQUALITY, like why are Americans in particular so bitter that non-white  and non-cishet people are actually being viewed as humans. Idiots.

American politics continue to be an example of adult Kindergarten