Page 4 - Matthew Breen News Today

Robert shelby ruled that the states same-sex ban violated the constitution of the united states which is a pretty remarkable ruling. then the tenth circuit court of appeals refused to offer a temporary stay to that ruling three times which meant upon issuance of the decision and for a 17-day period, plenty of scenes like this unfolded in salt lake city. allowing hundreds of utah gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses. it also meant the u.s. supreme court had to weigh in and today the h...

Of those thousand marriage licenses that are already out there. they remain perfectly valid. >> that is a big -- there are two issues on the table right now, right, matthew? the question of what about those couples? and the question about the law more broadly. i want to play utah attorney general sean reyes talking about what the stay means for those couples. take a listen. >> we dont know the answer yet as to the marriages that have taken place already. theres no precedence, i believe, for this...

Licenses that are already out there. they remain perfectly valid. >> that is a big -- there are two issues on the table right now, right, matthew? the question of what about those couples? and the question about the law more broadly. i want to play utah attorney general sean reyes talking about what the stay means for those couples. take a listen. >> we dont know the answer yet as to the marriages that have taken place already. theres no precedence, i believe, for this. and this is precisely the...

Removing the right did not invalidate the marriages that already happened. i dont see -- im not a legal expert. i dont see any reason that the people who are legally married should be unmarried. >> absolutely. >> camilla, it seems to me it would be an incredible assertion of state authority to go -- to reach into the lives of a thousand married couples and tell them they are no longer married. >> absolutely. i think its very clear that those marriages are valid, and there are, of course, 17 othe...

The constitution of the united states which is a pretty remarkable ruling. then the tenth circuit court of appeals refused to offer a temporary stay to that ruling three times which meant upon issuance of the decision and for a 17-day period, plenty of scenes like this unfolded in salt lake city. allowing hundreds of utah gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses. it also meant the u.s. supreme court had to weigh in and today the highest court in the land stepped in and said, no more. no ...

Invalidate the marriages that already happened. i dont see -- im not a legal expert. i dont see any reason that the people who are legally married should be unmarried. >> absolutely. >> camilla, it seems to me it would be an incredible assertion of state authority to go -- to reach into the lives of a thousand married couples and tell them they are no longer married. >> absolutely. i think its very clear that those marriages are valid, and there are, of course, 17 other states in the country and...

States same-sex ban violated the constitution of the united states which is a pretty remarkable ruling. then the tenth circuit court of appeals refused to offer a temporary stay to that ruling three times which meant upon issuance of the decision and for a 17-day period, plenty of scenes like this unfolded in salt lake city. allowing hundreds of utah gay and lesbian couples to get marriage licenses. it also meant the u.s. supreme court had to weigh in and today the highest court in the land step...

0 a check is the right prescription for that problem is wrong. i think theres a lot of really great ideas out there as to how to address this issue. the american enterprise institute has done fabulous work on this. some ways to look at this system, and continue to have a safety net that actually encourages workers and allows people to search for a job and rewards them for doing so. >> heres what i will agree with you. it is necessary to continue these benefits for these folks. it is not sufficie...

0 there are lots of ships that are comfortable in an icy environment. like, for example, this russian research and tourism ship. it makes regular trips to antarctic waters. its comfortable in an icy environment. but you know, when the pack ice gets really thick, gets more than a few feet thick, this kind of ship really does not have capacity to cut through the ice or break through the ice in any way. and so it was on christmas morning when that tough little russian ship, which is seaworthy in ic...

0 in ice it cannot get out of. now, when we last reported on this story on friday night, it kind of seemed like that might happen. they were worried about it happening on friday. but on saturday morning, according to one reporter onboard the chinese ship, "an iceberg appeared overnight." they woke up to a brand new iceberg right in their faces and the chinese ship is stuck. now, that australian ship down there, too, is more powerful and can break through thicker ice than the chinese ship, and it...