FEDERAL JUDGE SKEWERS CALIFORNIA GAY MARRIAGE BAN

California voters originally voted gay marriage down, and the issue went to the Courts. Eventually, the California Supreme Court ruled that the ballot initiative was within the framework of the state constitution and that gay marriage was therefore legal, regardless of the vote. A new initiative, passed overwhelmingly in 2008, amended the state constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. The issue again went through the court system to a Federal Judge, Vaughn Walker; Walker is one of three federal judges in the country who is openly gay. Walker ruled the ballot initiative to be unconstitutional because it takes away a right already granted and also violates the equal protection clause. He has temporarily stayed his order to Friday, August 6th, to allow attorneys to file motions for a permanent stay pending appeal to the 9th Circuit of the Federal Appeals Courts. It will undoubtedly proceed eventually to the U.S. Supreme Court.

COMMENTS:

This is another case of the Federal Government blatantly infringing on state rights. Voters in the state have said they do not want gay marriages in their state; they have said it loud and clear. A minority doesn’t give a damn what the majority wants; they are bound and determined to have their way and to shove it where the sun does not shine. They have a gay activist judge on their side; there’s no way in our system of justice where this should have been heard by this particular judge and he should have recused himself. It is a foregone conclusion what the 9th Circuit will do, so the case will end up at the Supreme Court level to be diced in another three or four years, presuming they agree to hear it. It doesn’t matter what my views on the subject matter are; the hearing was fraud, the decision is wrong, it’s a state decision and the voters DO have rights in this country.

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:

Q. A news report yesterday says that only ¼ of the oil spill in the gulf remains. That’s very quick! Have they managed to clean all of the rest up already? (G.B. ~ Kansas City, MO)
A. They claim to have captured a bunch of oil with the containment cap, skimmed a lot of oil and the rest naturally degraded. I am as amazed as you are and wonder if the missing oil won’t show back up right after the elections.

Q. Why is Pelosi calling House Members back from their summer vacation? That doesn’t seem right in this case. (Cheryl ~ Toledo, OH)
A. It’s not anything that could not be handled after the vacations. I’m not fully cognizant of everything in the Bill, but the Senate is set to pass a Bill today regarding war funding, job funding and aid to states. From the Senate, the Bill must go the House to be passed before it goes to the President. History shows, however, that Pelosi has been inclined to call the House back during a vacation when there is a large opposition to a Bill, in order to force the Members to vote for the proposed legislation or give up the rest of their vacation. That’s dirty politics, plain and simple. I’m sick and tired of dirty politics.

Q. A recent poll shows that only 15% of Americans think that the new Health Care Plan should be implemented as it is written. Why, why are they going ahead with this atrocity? (Arlene ~ Redding, CA)
A. It’s the same thing as the gay marriage issue. A minority is bound and determined to tell the majority what to do and, in this case, they got the Congress, Pelosi, and Reid to back them up. More and more I’m coming to the conclusion that the majority is going to have to stomp the shit out of the minority in this country at some point. It’s time to stop being “politically correct” and to stand up and fight for what we believe in.

TODAY’S QUOTE:

“As we peer into society’s future – you and I and our government – must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.” ~ Dwight D. Eisenhower

TODAY’S VIDEO:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19x0AEQ2_8w&feature=ytn%3Amptnews