Posted on 05/12/2005 3:30:21 PM PDT by Crackingham
A federal judge Thursday struck down Nebraska's ban on gay marriage, saying the measure interferes not only with the rights of gay couples but also with those of foster parents, adopted children and people in a host of other living arrangements. The constitutional amendment, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman, was passed overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2000.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon said the ban "imposes significant burdens on both the expressive and intimate associational rights" of gays "and creates a significant barrier to the plaintiffs' right to petition or to participate in the political process."
Bataillon said the ban beyond "goes far beyond merely defining marriage as between a man and a woman."
The judge said the "broad proscriptions could also interfere with or prevent arrangements between potential adoptive or foster parents and children, related persons living together, and people sharing custody of children as well as gay individuals."
Forty states have laws barring same-sex marriages, but Nebraska's ban is the only one that prevented homosexuals who work for the state or its university system from sharing health insurance and other benefits with their partners.
No, no no. It's in the Constitution. You just need to look under the emanation, right next to the penumbra over there...
I'd like to see the good people of all of the USA climb on the backs of their Reps and Senators and get some of these judges impeached. They (Congress-critters) have the unqualified constitutional power of impeachment. Sure, there will be arguments about whether the judges have violated "good conduct." But it doesn't make sense to give Congress a limited impeachment power where "good conduct" means "not breaking the law" - it can already cause judges to be arrested for breaking the law ;-)
"......these tyrants think that they can. We must stop them!"
If they are not stopped they WILL, one day, go to far. Then, what happens will be out of anyones control. Last election the SCOFLA went too far but was struck down.
This is why we need a US Constitutional Amendment. A sad state of affairs.
I read about this coming months ago. A federal judge would overturn Nebraska's State Ammendment.
Looks like this is the one that will go to the U.S. Supreme Court. Do you wonder what they will do? Not me. Kill the Fillibuster, NOW!
You can associate with whomever you wish - you just can't marry them. You can't marry your parent or sibling or first cousin or your dog. But it doesn't matter. Judges rule America.
BUMP
If the traditional American marriage of man and woman needs the protection of the US government, then it is already dead. Killed by feminism and every person who embraced it. We are now only protecting the memory of what was.
The homosexuals are never far behind the feminists in their assault on everything American. Neither are their communist attack dogs the ACLU. These vultures always work together to the destruction of all that is godly. We are seeing the very same thing happening in the Christian churches now.
This is all the result of decades of compromising with evil. All that is left now is tradition and the law.
Not f^&king possible. I hate judges now ... these idiots are destroying our country and wiping out the respect for the law that used to be so prevalent in the United States.
How on Earth is that even possible?
I don't know. It boggles the mind. Since the idea of "balance of powers" is now just a theory or ideal, and the judicial branch is most powerful, why do we have the people vote on anything or a legislature? I guess we should just have judges look at proposed laws and make rulings, up or down. End of discussion.
And the Senate was controlled by...?
Impeach these judges that legislate from their high and mighty benches. I'm sick of them.
What about our right to participate? We haven't been able to participate unless we get these amendments because the courts are deciding these issues. So that's where we stand. Gays have more rights than everyone else.
I hate these activist judges.
Even if they were "rights," why does that obligate me to provide insurance for them -- if I were a resident of Nebraska. I am resenting these activist judges BIG TIME!
Judges in this country are trying to take on the powers of dictators and disregard laws and the Constitution at their whim.
What gets me too is the perversity-diversity crew always says "you don't need an amendment because the law already bans it..." So if the AMENDMENT is unconstitutional, the judge would also find the laws unconstituitonal. They want to trap us. We can't win.
So we worry about their right to use the legislative process while we ban our use of same. All roads lead the same direction -- gay marriage or its equivalent. No choice.
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