Marriage is not a Civil Right. It is what it has always been, a Social Institution. It is therefore the province of the Society, not of a judicial oligarchy. When one branch of government seizes from the people their right to determine the very institutions that define their character, that branch has abrogated the consensual agreement with the people from which its power is derived.
Values and social norms DO change over time. They change slowly, as new paradigms either earn, or fail to earn, credibility and acceptance in the population at large. What is happening now is that a judiciary that is accountable to no one but the special interests that have bought and own it has seen fit to dictate to the rest of us new law which would never be passed by a legislature accountable to the people. The fact of a judiciary promulgating law is profoundly repugnant to the Separation of Powers on which the most successful and enduring model of self-government is based. That this judiciary promulgates law by virtue, not of changing the words of the law, but by changing what those words mean does not make such a usurpation of authority more acceptable for its facile and smug artifice.
And before you start with me, I’m not homophobic. I’m homo-fed-up. I used to have a lot more tolerance for the gay world than the average bear; the militant narcissism of the last decade has washed every shred of goodwill down the drain with me. You can’t demand my approval at the point of a gavel, and for trying, you have forfeited the ability to earn it in the future.
My final shot: I am sick of the ridiculous PR-firm-generated artifice that all we are supposed to be about is pushing for more liberties of any kind and every kind, whatever and whenever. Societies are defined by the structures and boundaries that they establish for themselves. The founders of the ACLU were correct nearly a century ago when they observed that the most effective path to Communism in the U.S. required severing the people from their cultural roots, and from any sense of connection with the past through their social institutions.
The gay world has made a lifetime enemy of me.
Hey Humble Servant, haven’t you heard that “average bears” are hot in the gay community...happy hunting!!!
WELL SAID!
They have been pushing their way of life too much and wanting others to put up with it
EXCELLANT POST, infact one of the best
as for homophobic
that is all B.S as phobic means to be scared of live in fear
I am not living in fear nor am I cared of a homosexual, I am fed up with them and wish they would go back to their closets and leave us alone.
so the use of that word just shows how stupid that person is if they ever called anyone it , as it seems they do not know the meaning of the word
I agree whole heartedly!! This is the reason that the Defense Of Marriage Act (DOMA) won’t work. Liberal Judges will keep inserting their beliefs into their rulings and overturn them every time. We need an amendment to the United States Constitution.