<div dir="ltr"><div>I also have not yet read the opinion, but from what little I've read in the news so far, the SCOTUS didn't say government has no business licensing marriage at all. Platform plank 1.4 (among other things) says:<br><br><div style="margin-left:40px">"Government does not have the authority to define, license or restrict personal relationships."<br></div><br>I don't think we can yet say that our position is now the law of the land. The approach that OAI took is a good one.<br><br>-Alicia<br></div><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><br><br></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:29 AM, Nicholas Sarwark <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chair@lp.org" target="_blank">chair@lp.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>The Supreme Court issues opinions, not verdicts (except in trials, of which they have very few).<br><br></div>We will be out with a press release applauding that the position the Libertarian Party has held for over 40 years is not the law of the land.<br><br></div>-Nick<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 7:21 AM, Scott L. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scott73@earthlink.net" target="_blank">scott73@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Before the Libertarian Party congratulates the US Supreme
Court for today’s Gay Marriage “verdict”, the author of that
press release or op-ed should be ask the following question:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">Does this “verdict” mean that Concealed
Weapons Permits issued in <u></u><u></u>Utah<u></u><u></u>
are now automatically valid in the other 49 states and DC?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana">If the answer to that question is “No,”, then I
hope the author of said press release or op-ed will further examine ALL of the
implications of today’s Supreme Court “verdict” before celebrating
this “verdict.”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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