Posted on 06/26/2013 1:19:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I agree with you that something smells about this result. But to put this into context:
1. Courts are least likely to intervene when there is a political solution available. If elected officials ignore the will of the voters, they can be recalled, impeached, or (most commonly) not re-elected. Gov. Brown and AG Harris are getting away with this only because California public opinion has shifted since 2008. If there were still broad-based opposition to gay marriage in California, the Republicans in the legislature would be screaming about this and holding impeachment hearings.
2. This is part of a broader pattern in which executive branch officials have numerous means at their disposal to disregard laws they don't like. Law enforcement can simply decline to make arrests (look at the county sheriffs in Colorado who are saying they won't enforce the state's new gun control laws); prosecutors can decline to prosecute people even if the police make arrests (in many cities, prosecutors have policies of not prosecuting small-quantity drug possession cases); Governors can issue pardons; etc.
“Im interested in your thoughts on the next to last question you posed.”
a.) the Pulpit is for the most part silent on important issues of the day and b.) because the church seems to embrace a faulty interpretation of Romans 13, that civil authority trumps God, family authority, church authority and individual authority in everything.
We can resolve the gay “marriage” debate in less than a generation, if Christians home school their children or insist on a private Christian education (in addition to insisting on a rebate of our public “school” tax dollars).
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