Nope. What should have been done from the outset, is that Governors should have held press conferences stating that they will disregard any federal judge striking down their state’s constitutional amendment upholding traditional marriage, until SCOTUS settles the issue.
The ruling we are talking about was a Supreme Court ruling. They have said it in a covert fashion, but very clearly. Time is a wasting and right now we have more of a chance than we ever had.
We need a Federal Marriage Amendment. Nothing else will stop the judges from continuing to legislate this nasty business.
Bingo!! State rights! What the hell can the fed do? Nothing, but withhold fed finds for certain stuff. But who cares!!
You are both right but need to go in sequence as Extremist has suggested. SCOTUS is indeed skirting this issue and trying to keep it out of the spotlight.
Extremist’s suggestion is the correct one that should go first. Put SCOTUS on the hot seat and make them issue a clear ruling while Governors refuse to abide until SCOTUS addresses it thoroughly.
Then, when as expected, Kennedy becomes the deciding vote in favor of perversion, and decides homosexuality is normalized for 350 million traditional Americans, then the states submit applications for an Article V proposed amendment to take these types of issues out of the control and purview of any federal government body.
The amendment should follow what Ted Cruz has suggested and I believe his people are still working on, and that is that these matters are strictly under purview and jurisdiction by the states and that the 14th Amendment considerations are nullified except in regards to the original intents and meaning of that amendment.
In this way, such an amendment can cover not only marriage but also other matters that progressives have twisted the 4th, 5th and 14th amendment to fit.
Ted Cruz can do it so that it’s solid and will stand the test of time. He has the view of Constitutional history and framework, the experience and knowledge to draft a new amendment so that never again are Americans subjected to this type of perversion and lunacy.
Transgender bathrooms be damned!