Colorado's Judge Crabtree's Summary Judgment Order re Same Sex Marriages:

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So proud to have worked on this!

http://www.rplaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2014-07-09-Consolidated-Summary-Judgment-Order.pdf

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1. "This argument is the legal equivalent of grasping at straws."

Gotta love how this Order summarized the state's faulty position.

It continues (bolding mine):

The State’s argument ignores the fact under its definition of “government” marriage, it still allows, and always has allowed, couples to marry who have neither the intent nor the ability to procreate. Unwed couples are as free to procreate after the Marriage Bans were enacted as they were before. The State’s definition of marriage flies in the face of Supreme Court decisions defining the real meaning of marriage.

and (bolding mine)

The Marriage Bans cannot withstand Equal Protection scrutiny under any standard of review.

and (again, bolding mine)

The sole basis for precluding same-sex marriage is self-evident—the parties are of the same sex and for that reason alone do not possess the same right to marry (or remain married) as opposite-sex couples. The Court holds that the Marriage Bans are unconstitutional because they violate plaintiffs’ equal protection rights.

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2. LOVE this Judge!

At the oral argument when the assistant attorney general was arguing, "The only reason for people to get married is to procreate," Judge Crabtree (appointed to his judgeship by GOP Governor Bill Owens in 2001) replied, "I have two 65-year old friends who are getting married in two weeks. I can guarantee you that they will not be procreating." We all LOL'd. Doofus State of Colorado. Ha!

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3. Thanks Good work!