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| March 20, 2004
| WorldNetDaily.com
Posted on 03/20/2004 3:27:48 PM PST by baltimoreman
Lawmaker wants to impeach 'activist' judge Jurist ordered mom can't teach child homosexual behavior wrong
Responding to "judicial activism," a Colorado lawmaker wants to impeach a judge who ordered a former lesbian in a child custody case not to teach her daughter homosexual behavior is wrong.
Republican state Rep. Greg Brophy introduced a resolution yesterday to begin impeachment proceedings against Denver District Judge John Coughlin.
As WorldNetDaily reported, Cheryl Clark, a convert to Christianity, was ordered by Coughlin to "make sure that there is nothing in the religious upbringing or teaching that the minor child is exposed to that can be considered homophobic."
The directive arose from a decision to award joint parenting responsibilities for her daughter to a practicing homosexual.
Clark and Elsey McLeod were in a lesbian relationship that broke up after Clark became a Christian and concluded homosexual behavior was wrong.
The Denver court gave McLeod joint custody of Clark's adopted daughter, Emma, even though McLeod had no legal relationship to the girl.
Brophy said Coughlin's ruling completely disregards the state and federal constitutions and could set a precedent allowing people with no legal relationship to a child to fight for custody.
Coughlin's clerk said the judge had no comment, according to the Associated Press.
Although the ruling is under appeal, Brophy insists the case requires immediate action.
"If you look at the First Amendment of the Constitution, how can you not say this is a case where a judge has stolen the religious liberty of someone?" he said, according to the AP.
Brophy says his resolution has the support of half of the state House's Republican leadership, but is opposed by top GOP leaders, Senate President John Andrews and Gov. Bill Owens. He also has not won the endorsement of House Speaker Lola Spradley.
"Impeachment is a last resort for cases of gross wrongdoing or clear unfitness of character," Andrews said, according to the AP. "It should not be used to settle policy differences, even something as highly charged as this case."
The governor acknowledged concern about judicial activism, but called Brophy's resolution "inappropriate, excessive and uncalled for."
The Christian Coalition of Colorado, however, is working to gain support for the measure through its members and churches.
The group's president, Chuck Gosnell, said Coughlin "has clearly shown that the tyranny of the black robe must be stopped here in Colorado."
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To: little jeremiah
Colorado lawmaker wants to impeach a judge who ordered a former lesbian in a child custody case not to teach her daughter homosexual behavior is wrong. Unbelievable.
To: PistolPaknMama
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5. Defendant Wilhelm Keitel, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the International Military Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
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7. Defendant Alfred Rosenberg, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the International Military Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
8. Defendant Hans Frank, on the counts of the Indictment on which you have been convicted, the International Military Tribunal sentences you to death by hanging.
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posted on
03/21/2004 3:52:32 AM PST
by
archy
(Concrete shoes, cyanide, TNT! Done dirt cheap! Neckties, contracts, high voltage...Done dirt cheap!)
To: BenLurkin
I fear we are fast approaching the day when SCOTUS declares the Constitution to be "unconstitutional". They're accomplishing this in increments. Whatever happened to our "system of checks and balances." The government was set up so that one branch could not invoke tyranny, and we are way past that with the judiciary system. And the other two branches just turn a blind eye.
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03/21/2004 8:22:09 AM PST
by
PistolPaknMama
(pro gun Mother's Day 2004! www.2asisters.org)
To: baltimoreman
Impeachment, nullification, interposition, and the use of Article III, Sec. 2 of the Constitution all need to be considered.
We need to hold these officials accountable through impeachment, recall, nullification, interposition and arrest where necessary.
I am so seek of this endless deference to judicial tyranny.
When oh when will some elected executive officer in some state or federal capacity, in fulfilling his constitutional duty to honestly interpet the constitution (federal or state) just disregard the unconstitutional rulings of any court and dare the legislature to impeach him for it? When will some legislature impeach just ONE judge for an unconstitutional ruling?
To say that the courts have the final word on the constitutionality of a law NO MATTER WHAT THEY RULE is to say that the system of checks and balances envisioned by the founders does not exist any more.
Alan Keyes gave the best summation of this issue that I've heard yet. He said that every branch of government has a duty to honestly interpret the constitution. If the president honestly feels the courts make an unconstitutional and lawless ruling, then the president should disregard that ruling and refuse to enforce the provisions that he felt were blatantly unconstitutional. If the Congress felt the president was wrong in this decision, then it was their duty to impeach him for it. If the electorate felt that the Congress was wrong for impeaching the president or the failure to impeach him, they can remove them at the next election, as well as the president for any presidential actions that they considered wrongful. Congress can and should impeach federal judges for blatently unconstitutional rulings that manufacture law.
Lest anyone consider this formula has a recipe for chaos, then I submit to you there is no chaos worse than an unchecked oligarchic Judiciary. We are not living under the rule of law when judges make law up to suit their whims has they engage in objective based adjudication.
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:58:47 AM PST
by
DMZFrank
To: *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; saradippity; ...
Homosexual Agenda Ping + Judicial Activism and why it will ruin our country completely unless it is stopped Alert.
Some very good comments on this thread, and another article posted about SCOTUS Justice O'Connor who desperately needs to retire and let someone better fill her spot. (She's not the only one who needs to retire, though.)
Let me know if anyone wants on/off this pinglist.
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posted on
03/21/2004 2:51:37 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: little jeremiah
Do others find this too or am I the only one, but after reading a few comments in FR, I feel I need a shower.
Help me to understand how hate and bigotry can be allied with a free republic.
At the bottom of this page I read: Please: NO profanity, NO personal attacks, NO racism or violence in posts.
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posted on
03/21/2004 5:16:50 PM PST
by
archhee
To: archhee
What kind of hate and bigotry do you see? On this thread, or elsewhere?
Are you talking about the articles, or the comments?
Kindly enlighten me.
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posted on
03/21/2004 8:52:19 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: little jeremiah
Looks like somebody got banned...
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posted on
03/21/2004 9:08:48 PM PST
by
scripter
(Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
To: scripter
Well, after archee (?) complained to me about "bigotry", for some reason, it rang a bell of suspicion in my mind, so I checked "in forum", and lo and behold! Three comments in one year, so I alerted the mod.. Looked like a stealth troll to me.
If they think they can prate about "bigotry" and stick around, they've got another think coming.
Used to be, discrimination was considered a necessary and good thing. If a person doesn't discriminate what to eat and what not to eat, who to look up to and who not to look up to, between virtuous behavior and vicious behavior, they won't live long.
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posted on
03/21/2004 9:25:29 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: scripter
Hmmm - how did you know so fast... Are YOU a moderator now?
~ ;-)
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:00:56 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: little jeremiah
Maybe. Keeping folks guessing is more fun and sometimes timing is everything. ;-)
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:07:53 PM PST
by
scripter
(Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
To: scripter
Hmmmm - I hope you are remunerated handsomely! 6 figures at least. :-)
I bet you guys have secret meetings, fancy cars with special doo-dads, walkie-talkies, and cool sunglasses.
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:20:12 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: little jeremiah
At least 6 figures, but what those figures are I can't say... Squares, parallelograms, circles, triangles, rectangles, lines, etc. But if you know of the special doo-dads, you, too, must be a mod. ;-)
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:43:51 PM PST
by
scripter
(Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: scripter
Well, I'll have to admit that fancy doo-dads are just one of my specialties.
Beyond that, my lips are sealed.
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:50:18 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
Comment #36 Removed by Moderator
To: Salve Regina
Personally, I'm very comfortable being bigoted against same sex sodomy (and any other kind, BTW).
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posted on
03/21/2004 10:56:36 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
Comment #38 Removed by Moderator
To: Salve Regina
It counts, it counts!
Or, as the Srimad Bhagavat Purana says (in my own words...) by hating evil, one's heart becomes purified and closer to God.
IOW, it's cool to hate what's bad and love what's good!
(That way we can also look into our own hearts to reject the bad and hold close to the good...)
That's why we need to use our God-given discriminatory powers to discern what's holy and good from what is evil and bad.
More proof (as if any was needed) that liberalism is mental illness. But it's criminal insanity, not the harmless kind.
Love you too!
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posted on
03/21/2004 11:14:25 PM PST
by
little jeremiah
(...men of intemperate minds can not be free. Their passions forge their fetters.)
To: Thebaddog
My ruling would be YES!, but, who knows what ginsburg and her minions on the court would say.
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