Persistent as always, the National Organization For Marriage (theirs, not yours) has launched a last minute campaign to stop marriage equality in Pennsylvania by petitioning Governor Corbett to appeal Judge Jones' ruling (that the state's marriage ban is unconstitutional) to the Third Circuit. He would need to appeal by June 20, 2014.
From NOM:
Our friends at Pennsylvania Pastors' Network have been working with PA Representative Metcalfe and Pennsylvania Senator Eichelberger to draft and support House Resolution 891 and Senate Resolution 403 urging Governor Corbett to appeal Judge Jones' May 20 ruling invalidating Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act.
Please take time today to join in this effort by sending messages to your State Representative and your Senator, urging them to support these Resolutions, and to Governor Corbett urging him to appeal this horrendous ruling.
And also:
The people of Pennsylvania have been denied due process on so many levels when it comes to the marriage debate — it must stop. Take the time today to join our friends at the Pennsylvania Pastors' Network in urging support for resolutions spearheaded by Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R.-Butler) in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Sen. John Eichelberger (R.-Hollidaysburg) in the Senate calling for the Corbett Administration to appeal the recent court decision that invalidated Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act. While the State Legislature, with the support of the people, approved the state's Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman, since then the people have been roundly ignored and law of the land flouted. The people, through their elected officials, have repeatedly asked for the right to vote and enshrine the definition of marriage in the State's constitution.
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In addition, I wrote a diary day before yesterday about a county clerk in Pennsylvania who is requesting that the Court allow her to intervene and appeal the ruling. You can read that diary here.
The county clerk is Schuylkill County’s Clerk of the Orphan’s Court, Theresa Santai-Gaffney.