{"id":28811,"date":"2014-01-23T15:47:11","date_gmt":"2014-01-23T20:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/?p=28811"},"modified":"2014-01-23T15:47:11","modified_gmt":"2014-01-23T20:47:11","slug":"good-news-for-gene-schaerr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/2014\/01\/good-news-for-gene-schaerr\/","title":{"rendered":"Good news for Gene Schaerr"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.concurringopinions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Anillos-300x160.jpg\" alt=\"Anillos\" width=\"300\" height=\"160\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-82362\" hspace=5 \/>As reported by outlets including Above the Law, well-known LDS attorney Gene Schaerr is leaving his law firm for a new post at the State of Utah. His <a href=\"http:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2014\/01\/departure-gospel-of-the-day\/\">departure e-mail<\/a> describes his new role as &#8220;defending the constitutionality of traditional marriage.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>This certainly seems like a worthwhile endeavor. It would be terrible if male-female marriage (which is often described as &#8220;traditional marriage&#8221;) were found unconstitutional, barring straight folks from marrying. <\/p>\n<p>I have good news, though. A careful perusal of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/192796334\/Federal-Court-Decision-in-Kitchen-v-Herbert\">Kitchen v. Herbert opinion<\/a> reveals that <em>male-female marriage remains completely constitutional in Utah<\/em>. In fact, based on anecdotal reports, male-female marriages are still taking place in Utah, even after Judge Shelby&#8217;s court ruling, and apparently without triggering any constitutional crisis. <\/p>\n<p>It looks like traditional marriage is still constitutional in Utah. And since that&#8217;s the case, I guess we can all go home now. <\/p>\n<p>(Image: Wikicommons.) <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As reported by outlets including Above the Law, well-known LDS attorney Gene Schaerr is leaving his law firm for a new post at the State of Utah. His departure e-mail describes his new role as &#8220;defending the constitutionality of traditional marriage.&#8221; This certainly seems like a worthwhile endeavor. It would be terrible if male-female marriage (which is often described as &#8220;traditional marriage&#8221;) were found unconstitutional, barring straight folks from marrying. I have good news, though. A careful perusal of the Kitchen v. Herbert opinion reveals that male-female marriage remains completely constitutional in Utah. In fact, based on anecdotal reports, male-female marriages are still taking place in Utah, even after Judge Shelby&#8217;s court ruling, and apparently without triggering any constitutional crisis. It looks like traditional marriage is still constitutional in Utah. And since that&#8217;s the case, I guess we can all go home now. (Image: Wikicommons.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28812,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28811\/revisions\/28812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/timesandseasons.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}