For Gov. Scott Walker, this means that the focus has now shifted to “religious liberties.”
The Wisconsin governor explained on Meet the Press Sunday to host Chuck Todd his past comments on the issue. Back in 2014, he said the “debate is over,” with regards to his state.
“It was over in terms of our legal options. We had no other option other than waiting to see what the Supreme Court did. If I’d said anything differently, I’d be misguiding the people of Wisconsin. There was no other option for the state of Wisconsin.”
But on the national level, Walker said, there are things the next president should do.
“The most immediate thing the next president should be– I’ll certainly be involved in, is protecting people’s religious liberties,” he said.
He spoke of how religious liberty is “something that’s inherent in the constitution” and is “part of the Bill of Rights.”
Well, that means you have to have that balance up. That means making sure that we uphold the constitution, which says you have the freedom of religion. Not freedom from religion, the freedom of religion. And that means, I’ll just speak about it, our Justice Department, our I.R.S. and others out there, will uphold that.
Walker’s position seems like a safe and smart one.
Same-sex marriage is now the law of the land, regardless of Walker’s view or anyone else’s. But that does not mean the Supreme Court’s interpretation of marriage should trump the religious liberties of Americans.
In fact, support for religious liberty has actually increased following the Supreme Court ruling.
“The Constitution is very clear about protecting freedom of religion, and the freedom to be able to practice religious beliefs in this country.”........
When the lawyers finally jump on this and the lawsuits start flowing hot and heavy, perhaps those freedoms will once again be returned to We The People. For now, the liberals are in charge.
Every time people use the phrase “law of the land” in this matter, especially in regard to KY, it displays a stunning lack of recognition of what SCOTUS did.
SCOTUS invalidated any law that doesn’t recognize homosexual marriage.
They did not write new laws, although far too many act as though they did.