I live in Norht Carolina, so I understand the frustration of the people in Iowa as NC is the ONLY state in the South that has not had a direct vote of the people on a marriage amendment. Amendments here, like in Iowa, must first pass out of the legislature and the ruling Democrats have always said that an Amendment sent to the people is not necessary since we have a standing state DOMA. That is crap of course, because like in Iowa all it would take is a few arrogant, activist judges to strike down our DOMA. The GOP may have won both houses in NC Tuesday, but I still wouldn’t bet on a marriage amendment vote.
And as good as it was that these judges lost in Iowa, and as great as it is that a majority of the states have voted for marriage amendments, the sad truth is that none of that matters. All that matters is the Sup Court. It isn’t supposed to be this way, the Court is not supposed to be that powerful, but it made itself so and the other branches did nothing to stop it. If the matter reaches the current High Court, then Anthony Kennedy gets to decide...a sobering thought. Hopefully he will resist his activist impulses, but it is sad that we are even in this position where we wait on the Court to settle an issue they have no legitimate authority over.
I was wondering what happened to these "legislate from the bench" judges.
Judges going naked? Seems a bit harsh, but heh, if they're libs legislating from the bench, I say strip 'em down!!