In re Levenson, 587 F.3d at 932 (emphasis in original). This is forbidden by the Constitution. See Romer, 517 U.S. at 634-35, 116 S.Ct. 1620. “Discouraging gay marriage serves only to force gay couples to live in a ‘state of sin’ rather than in a lawfully-recognized ‘state of connubial bliss’ that encourages a long-enduring permanent relationship that, in turn, serves as the basis of a state-recognized family.” In re Levenson, 587 F.3d at 932. The promotion of morality is not a cognizable governmental interest furthered by the denial of federal benefits and protections. Similarly, the Court does not find the justification of preserving the government fisc satisfies rational basis review. See Lyng v. International Union, 485 U.S. 360, 376-77, 108 S.Ct. 1184, 99 L.Ed.2d 380 (1988) (<HOLDING>). Ostensible savings to the government fisc
holding something more than denial of receipt is required holding that plaintiffs statistics did not shed any light on the legally relevant issue because they did not indicate the group of applicants who were interviewed or even the group of applicants found qualified or the group of all applicants holding that previous cases make clear that something more than an invocation of the public fisc is necessary to demonstrate the rationality of selecting one group rather than some other group to suffer the burden of costcutting legislation holding that something more than a mere error of law is required to constitute misconduct holding that probable cause is something more than mere suspicion