Pennsylvania?s Attorney General Kathleen Kane, a Democrat, is by all reports expected to refuse to defend her state?s ban on same-sex marriage in court. The move, similar to the Obama administration?s decision several years ago to not defend DOMA in court and California deciding to not defend Prop 8 in court ? which ultimately led to their demise at the Supreme Court last month ? likely will not have long-standing consequences.
That?s because Pennsylvania?s horrendous Republican Governor, Tom Corbett, likely will defend the ban in court.
Noting that ?Pennsylvania, the only state in the northeast without provisions for same-sex civil unions or marriages, was one of the first states with gay marriage bans targeted by a suit in the wake of the Supreme Court?s partial striking of the Defense of Marriage Act,? the Atlantic Wire reports an ACLU lawsuit ?filed late Tuesday, names both Corbett and Kane as defendants. Kane is scheduled to speak to reporters on Thursday afternoon, when, apparently, she?ll announce her decision regarding the suit.?
Corbett, who has been rated the most vulnerable incumbent governor in the country, is extremely disliked. Just consider this headline:
Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA) Calls Pregnant Women and Breast Cancer Patients Healthcare Moochers
So, what do Republicans who are in trouble do? Move right.
In 2010, Corbett?s campaign website read: ?Tom Corbett supports the Pennsylvania Marriage Amendment Act, which defines marriage as that between a man and a woman.?
Don?t expect him to have evolved.
Image of Kathleen Kane via Pennsylvania Attorney General?s Office
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