California Same-Sex Marriage Law
The California Supreme court ruled that a voter-approved ban on homosexual marriages was unconstitutional. I bolded and put italics on the phrase “voter-approved ban” for a reason, and I’ll get back to that in a moment or two here. But first here’s what happened. The four to three ruling means California is the only other state, besides Massachusetts, that allows same-sex marriage. Reaction from the gay and lesbian community was immediate and joyous. However, on the other side of the issue, religious and social conservative groups have vowed to put a measure on the November ballot for an amendment that would make same-sex marriages illegal once again. If successful, voter approval of the measure would invalidate the California Supreme Court decision. What a minute. Why does another vote need to be taken? The voters already said they do not want same-sex marriage. Could it be the judges have broken the law here?
There are many issues tied to same-sex marriage, and this of course is always a hot-button topic. I’m not going to touch on any of the hot-button issues here concerning the rightness or the wrongness of same-sex marriage. However, I do want to bring something up that should be more alarming to people than anything else…
How did we get to a place in this nation where 7 men can over-rule a voter-approved ban on something? The voters said they do not agree with same-sex marriage laws. In other words, the people voted and spoke, sending a very clear message, that same-sex marriage in the United States should not be allowed. This being the case, who’s breaking the law here? The people who exercised their right to vote? Or the 7 judges who decided to say the people were wrong?
Who broke the law? The judges have broken the law. They have decided to take it upon themselves to set the rules without any regard for the majority vote, or the existing laws.
Many today complain about the situation of the nation saying we’re living in a police-state. Of course nothing could be further from the truth. If you want to see a police-state just travel to a country like Haiti, Cuba, or any other dictatorship you can think of. We do not have military enforced law on the streets of America. We do not live in a police-state situation. But I’ll tell you what we do have and where we’re heading if we keep allowing judges to make up their own rules along the way — We will end up with a Robed-Dictatorship made up of lawyers turned judges who think they can do whatever they want, whenever they want.
It’s time to get focused on the issue here. While, as I said above, the same-sex marriage ruling is a hot-topic with many sides to the issue, it’s time we looked at the real issue here. Activist judges who think they can overrule what the majority want.
Just my two cents,
Dr. Rus
