Posted on 08/16/2010 2:36:00 PM PDT by dscott8186
The shocking actions of Judge Walker in raising specious rationalizations as to why gay marriage is a civil right has put the liberal agenda front and center to the body politic. In his zeal to create rights out of the whole cloth where they never before existed, Judge Walker may have actually set the country on the path to dictatorship. Not only it seems liberals have finally destroyed the concept of marriage as a union between one man and one woman as has been recognized by Law for over 200+ years in this Republic, he has also put the whole concept of self governance into question.
Some have made the remark that “marriage” is not mentioned in the US Constitution and thus gave an out to the destruction of marriage, as we knew it. It is implied under the 10th Amendment:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The States have the right under the US Constitution to regulate, i.e. license the activities of its citizenry within reasonable limits as set by the US Constitution. Under the practice of English Common Law local authorities regulated who could and could not be married and to whom. The Federal Government has no right to infringe upon these State’s rights as this judge has done so when the Law is settled. I will not debate the issue of gay marriage itself here since that is another issue unto itself entirely and not the focus of this article. Many, in my opinion are missing the real issue here; gay marriage imposed via the courts is a RED HERRING.
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“Red Herring” or just a “Queer Herring”?
Da Judge is quite wrong about his ruling not being subject to appeal.
It will not stand. The family will.
Bet on it.
This is the third time that the will of the people of California has been over turned by a single person in a black robe. The only other people who have this kind of power are tyrants and dictators. I hope that the people get their revenge this November.
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