Tennessee Judge Won’t Grant Straight Divorce Because Of Gay Marriage

Posted by | September 8, 2015 07:00 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Hamilton County Judge Jeffrey Atherton has some twisted logic.

“The conclusion reached by this Court is that Tennesseans have been deemed by the U.S. Supreme Court to be incompetent to define and address such keystone/central institutions such as marriage, and, thereby, at minimum, contested divorces,” Atherton said.

Apparently, Atherton does not understand the word ‘marriage’ nor does he care to and is using his bigotry to deny the couple a divorce.

Well a divorce would be when a married couple no longer wishes to remain married. There, did we clear that up for him?

The couple — Thomas Bumgardner, 65, and his wife, Pamela, 61 — were married in November 2002 and had no children together during that time. The couple filed for divorce in September 2014, citing irreconcilable differences, according to Times Free Press.

“I don’t know for sure,” said attorney Mike Richardson, “but I suspect the U.S. Supreme Court did not intend to preempt divorce law.”

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13 responses to Tennessee Judge Won’t Grant Straight Divorce Because Of Gay Marriage

  1. Maxx44 September 8th, 2015 at 07:13

    His tin foil hat suffered a direct hit.

  2. Chris September 8th, 2015 at 07:15

    Applesauce!

  3. Larry Schmitt September 8th, 2015 at 07:18

    See, all those people were right, gay marriage has ruined everything. No, wait, it’s one idiot judge doing that. Gay marriage has nothing to do with this.

  4. Obewon September 8th, 2015 at 07:27

    ‘All I know I learnt from Limbaugh’-Hamilton County Judge Jeffrey Atherton has some twisted logic.

  5. allison1050 September 8th, 2015 at 08:26

    Why does it ALWAYS have to be a southern ass why I’m asking?

    • mrbigstuff September 8th, 2015 at 11:19

      I grew up in the South they are still fighting the Civil War there’s no such thing to them as laws unless they say it is

  6. Budda September 8th, 2015 at 09:29

    The judge is obviously mentally unfit to hold his seat on the bench.

  7. Tommie September 8th, 2015 at 11:04

    So everybody must suffer because of his backward a$$ thinking! Real nice!

  8. Mike September 8th, 2015 at 11:21

    Huh….???

  9. Merlin September 8th, 2015 at 12:17

    Tennesseian Judge power trips!

    • Dwendt44 September 8th, 2015 at 12:31

      He should be reported for judicial misconduct.

  10. illinoisboy1977 September 8th, 2015 at 14:14

    Well… A judge isn’t required to grant a divorce. He’s only required to hear the petition and make a decision. Technically, he’s only guilty of misconduct if he subverts the law to inequitably assign financial gain or criminal sanction. Refusal to dissolve a marriage is completely the judge’s prerogative. Still, he’s being a tool.

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