[Federalist 78]

The states, no longer capable of self-governance, are increasingly importing dictates from federal courts. The federal courts, not designed for the task, are beginning to import ideas from Europe to govern the states. Seems the states ought to bypass the middleman and have a world court help them run their daily affairs.

The Sovereignty Implications of Two Recent Supreme Court Decisions The Supreme Court, in two recent cases (Lawrence v. Texas and Atkins v. Virginia) is continuing a trend of citations of foreign and international law, particularly European law, as supporting evidence for the validity of its decisions. This use of international sources in cases involving purely domestic concerns is alien to the American legal system, historically, and, if unchecked, will produce a further erosion of American sovereignty, in addition to the mischief already done by these cases.

[Eala]

One wonders if there was any point in Rome's collapse that seemed to be as quick as this, with the end not yet in sight...

[EdReform]

Bump & Ping

[microgood]

I really think marriage will outlive all these idiots (SCOTUS and friends) and will be around even after this republic is gone. As hard as government tries, there are things they cannot do.

[omega4412]

Agreed. As the Declaration of Independence put it, "He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws..."

[RightWhale]

Marriage is irrational? What is irrational about the bottomless pit of matrimony except the act of entering voluntarily?

[xzins]

What is really the logical conclusion to that decision?If marriage between a man and a woman who are very apt to have offspring does not "bear a real and substantial relation to any cognizable public interest" what exactly is the state interest in issuing marriage licenses in the first place? In fact, why should the state be involved in ANY sexual matter? If there is no State interest in protecting possible future children that might be born to a woman and a man, what state interest can there possibly be in the State selling a marriage license to, or refusing to sell a marriage license to, a man and a man or a woman and a woman, or a man and a dog, a man and his daughter, or a man and three women? What is the point of having ANY form of state approved marriage if there is no actual state interest in the subject?

Excellent question, actually. If the state has "no interest," then why are they selling licenses?

The state also has no interest in outdoor, summer barbeques. Can we expect that to be licensed here shortly?

No amount of logic, no constitutional formulation (no matter how stunning), and no new expansion in civil rights can possibly span the ‘unbridgeable difference´ between a marital union and homosexual relationships….. Biology, not destructive stereotypes, has decreed that children spring from one union and not the other.

Another awesome point.

There is very good reason for pastors to begin marrying within the church and ignoring the state.

Holy matrimony is a heavenly act that is simply not dependent on the state.