Posted on 06/28/2015 2:42:03 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
I thought Scott Walker was a pretty cool guy when I saw him pull up on a Harley at Joni Ernst’s Roast & Ride a few weeks ago in Boone, Iowa. But he just did something that wasn’t so cool in reacting to the SCOTUS decision on same-sex marriage — that is if you care about the Republicans winning the 2016 general election. Walker called for a Constitutional amendment to let states define marriage.
Now I’m sure the Wisconsin governor has strong feelings about traditional marriage and, although I’m on the other side on this one, I completely respect his views, as I do everybody’s religious beliefs… well, just about everybody’s. I don’t respect the beliefs of those who were prowling the beaches of Tunisia yesterday…. The problem is Walker’s beliefs on this issue — and the Constitutionality of the Supreme Court decision — are now running counter to a solid, and clearly growing, number of Americans by a considerable amount (63% in a recent poll say gays have a Constitutional right to marry, up from 49% in 2010).
Calling for such a Constitutional amendment, long shot though it certainly is, might help him gin up support in the Republican primary, even possibly win it for him in a crowded field, but it would be a disaster in the general. It would be like handing the enemy an ax and telling him (or most likely her) to go for it. You’re a bigot, you’re a sexist, you’re a homophobe, just like we always knew all Republicans were, blablabla. Sure it’s lie, but what else is new?
Not only that, it would damage the playing field for all the Republican candidates because Walker has now opened the door as never before on the gay marriage issue in the debates. Forget Iran and its nukes, forget the ISIS beheadings, forget border security, forget the moribund economy and stratospheric deficit, forget a catastrophic educational system… if the Democrats and their media buddies have anything to say about it, it will be Gay Marriage All The Time. It’s their favorite issue because it’s the only one they can really win on with the public. Now they’re going to make all the Republican candidates say whether they’re in favor of a Constitutional amendment that will never happen. It’s this year’s condom question — but much more potent and not so easy to dismiss with the wave of a hand.
The truth is the Supreme Court did the Republicans a favor by taking gay marriage off the table. (Before you go crazy, I’m talking purely strategy here, not the legal fine points.) Walker has put it back on. I hope he did it for moral or “Constitutional” reasons, rather than competitive ones, because I wouldn’t like to think he is grandstanding here. This election is too important. Take another look at that “beaches of Tunisia” link if, for some reason, you’re wondering why. Or maybe this article on the most self-destructive agreement in the history of our country that is about to be signed. You don’t have to know the rules of bridge to know that nuclear war trumps gay marriage any time. In fact, it trumps just about everything. Let’s keep our eye on the ball.
Did you happen to ask these FB SCOTUS decision gushers where in the Holy Bible same-sex, homo marriage is approved of? (Since they used the Bible graphic in their *support*.)
Well, The Donald did say they (Mexico) are not sending us the best :-/
If the GOP makes this election about gay marriage, the democrats will when in a landslide and probably take back the senate.
The nation has truly big issues to worry about i.e. national defense, Iran and nukes, China gobbling up japanese and korean possessions, Russia trying to restart the cold war and general economic policy.
What is the old saying, cut off your nose to spite your face?
I like Jindal. He’s on my list of nominees I’d be cool with.
You're just gonna have to wait for the divine SCOTUS to issue a fiat on those issues.
The only way gay rights issues or Obamacare have ever been allowed to continue is through the corrupted judicial system. Look at the history. I don’t remember the details; but there was a case in Tarrant County, TX that started the path for gays years ago. It was trickery at its best. Of course, we all know how Roberts rewrote Obamacare.
That would require an amendment to the USC.
If we’re going to amend the Constitution, we may as well spell out exactly what we want.
Not that it is a bad idea, but if we go that route, there is an even simpler route: Congress has the power to create and close any courts it wants and to spell out very specifically what kinds of cases the courts can and cannot take. If we had a contitutionalist congress, they could end this crap quickly. This is the remedy Phyllis Schlafly spelled out in The Supremacists.
Bork’s remedy was to implement “legislative loopback.” This would create a provision such that, whenever the USSC ruled on a case that would set precedent (esp. that which could “legislate from the bench”), the Congress had a time period during which they could draft and pass a law rectifying the USSC’s decision so that the will of the people could be represented by their representatives and not be “ruled over” by a handful of black-robed tyrants.
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