When Judges Play Legislators
An appeals court ruled last week that a gay couple’s marriage in Canada should be recognized in New York. An employee of Monroe Community College in Rochester, New York sued the school because she wanted benefits for her partner. The couple was married in Canada. In 2006 a Judge threw out the lawsuit saying the New York State Legislature “currently defines marriage as limited to the union of one man and one woman.” However, last Friday, February 1st, an appellate judge disagreed and ruled the state must recognize the union.
We have here another classic case of an activist liberal left judge wanting to be a legislator. One man making a decision for an entire state and saying those in elected office, who are making laws in accordance with what the people of the state want, taking it upon himself to say everyone else is wrong.
The bottom line is this. The so-called judge has broken the law. He should be removed from the bench and sent to jail for breaking the law. What’s next? Will he one day decide the state is wrong about sex with minors and start letting sex offenders run free? These judges have far too much power and it’s time the State step up and remove judges who flagrantly disobey the law by removing them from the bench.
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
