AuH20
06-29-2013, 04:55 PM
Spot on criticisms.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/27/big-government-gay-marriage-column/2461587/
By the reaction of the gay political activists, one would have thought that gay Americans weren't allowed in schools, restaurants, or voting booths until the Supreme Court decision Wednesday. Strangely, I don't feel like the world changed and I certainly don't feel more or less of an American after the ruling.
However, the Court's decision to invalidate the voters' decision in California puzzles me. I don't agree with Prop 8 on its face, nor the referendum system itself that California has. But it is completely inconsistent with federalism to revoke the citizens' vote on an issue based on a technicality as the court did. If Californians want to change their mind on gay marriage, as 13 states have in the past decade, they should have that right and vote again.
So what is next after this arduous fight over the word "marriage" for the gay progressives? Morally, the next step for the gay political movement should be to recognize the threat to unborn gays and lesbians from abortion resulting from the advancement in genetic testing. Or maybe demand that America stop giving aid to or loaning money to Islamic-led governments that hang gays in public on street lamps as official punishment.
But that won't happen. The gay political movement is bound and gagged to the progressive left. So instead, we will see demands for public accommodations for gays and infringement upon the religious liberty of many faiths. I am confident that this attorney general, or the next one, and the Obama IRS, will put pressure on churches and synagogues to marry gay and lesbians. After all, there is a track record of such behavior over the past four years.
So for those of my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters who needed the federal government's emotional approval of their relationship: Congratulations. I just hope all gay and lesbian Americans take a moment to stop and thank Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush for nominating Justices Kennedy and Roberts so the Clinton era of discrimination could come to an end Wednesday.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/27/big-government-gay-marriage-column/2461587/
By the reaction of the gay political activists, one would have thought that gay Americans weren't allowed in schools, restaurants, or voting booths until the Supreme Court decision Wednesday. Strangely, I don't feel like the world changed and I certainly don't feel more or less of an American after the ruling.
However, the Court's decision to invalidate the voters' decision in California puzzles me. I don't agree with Prop 8 on its face, nor the referendum system itself that California has. But it is completely inconsistent with federalism to revoke the citizens' vote on an issue based on a technicality as the court did. If Californians want to change their mind on gay marriage, as 13 states have in the past decade, they should have that right and vote again.
So what is next after this arduous fight over the word "marriage" for the gay progressives? Morally, the next step for the gay political movement should be to recognize the threat to unborn gays and lesbians from abortion resulting from the advancement in genetic testing. Or maybe demand that America stop giving aid to or loaning money to Islamic-led governments that hang gays in public on street lamps as official punishment.
But that won't happen. The gay political movement is bound and gagged to the progressive left. So instead, we will see demands for public accommodations for gays and infringement upon the religious liberty of many faiths. I am confident that this attorney general, or the next one, and the Obama IRS, will put pressure on churches and synagogues to marry gay and lesbians. After all, there is a track record of such behavior over the past four years.
So for those of my gay and lesbian brothers and sisters who needed the federal government's emotional approval of their relationship: Congratulations. I just hope all gay and lesbian Americans take a moment to stop and thank Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush for nominating Justices Kennedy and Roberts so the Clinton era of discrimination could come to an end Wednesday.