What part of Man & Woman don't you deviated preverts understand
Posted on 09/26/2005 1:56:11 AM PDT by quietolong
Judge: Legislature, Cities Cannot Fight Gay Rights Lawsuit
A judge has decided that the Legislature and several local governments cannot join the fight against a lawsuit seeking taxpayer funded benefits for partners of gay public employees.
Dane County Circuit Judge David Flanagan ruled that state law gives the Department of Justice the authority to defend the state's interests.
The lawsuit was filed by six lesbian state employees and the American Civil Liberties Union in April.
It claims the state's refusal to provide health insurance to their partners violates the equal protection clause of the Wisconsin constitution.
Republican State Representative Mark Gundrum, from New Berlin, argues that this is a unique case that warrants outside counsel because Lautenschlager has expressed support for gay rights.
Lautenschlager has said she can defend the case regardless of her personal opinion.
What part of Man & Woman don't you deviated preverts understand
Jesus said: "And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore, they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." -from THE BIBLE: Matthew 19:4-6
Yet another incidence of "public employees" going far and above acceptable limits for "public employees," not to mention the ACLU.
I'm no attorney but excluding a state legislature from being involved in this issue seems Stalin-esque.
This is from a Dane County Judge.
Think of Dane County & Madison as the San Francisco of WI.
She ruled exclusion of contraceptives from college, university or employer drug coverage benefit was a violation of state law.
CA is currently circulating an initiative to move the 'defense of marriage' into our state's constitution. It's already law here but the statutory ban has been challenged in court and you've probably heard our legislature passed a "gay marriage bill" contrary to the 60%+ majority of voter's will that Arnold has vetoed.
I don't know if you have the initiative process or not. I'm sure your legislators can give you guidance. Maybe one of them can spearhead the effort.
Depends on your definition of "marriage", I suppose. An important clue shoould be, "Do you take this man --(or this woman) -- to be your lawfully wedded WIFE -- (or HUSBAND) " -- etc., etc. Seems pretty clear to me, unless you want to pervert the meaning of the words and everything else...
ACLU PING
Our initiative process is pathertic. It has to be passed by a vote of the people twice and then approved by the legislature. I'm not sure if it additionally needs the signature of the Governor because no measure has gotten that far in my memory since I've lived here -- 18 years!
My husband has been yammering at various State Reps and State Senators and Gubernatorial candidates for severaal years about giving us a REAL right of referendom, but their eyes just start spinning and they start stammering, "Ca-li-for..." So far, no one is willing to take up this issue.
A lot of our problems would disappear if we had a true right of referendum like California and other western states. True, it makes the ballot longer. True, nutty proposals sometimes make it to the ballot. But during the time I lived in California (more than 30 years) the nutty proposals were weeded out by the voters, or ruled unconstitutional by the courts. That is not a bad thing. Overall the right of referendum by th e people is a precious tool.
Another unelected black robed terroist judge overturning the rights of the people by overturning and disregarding the elected legislature? When did judges become legislatures? Why are the cowardly congress not overturning the judges? Is the government become a dictatorship.
These black robed terroriist liberal judges are unconstitutional and should be run out of America and back to a communist nation of their forefathers.
Correct-o-mundo!
Why isn't a defense by the Department of Justice adequate? Do you have a Democrat in charge of the Department of Justice?
Maybe the problem is not the judge, but rather the Attorney General.
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