Posted by
Paul Benedict on Thursday, September 18, 2008 9:21:42 PM
Accepting the Supreme Court's rewrite of our constitution is the wrong way to pursue gay marriage. Here are some reasons why:
1. It is a power grab by the government. Now only the government has the right to say what a marriage is.... and courts at that. Previously marriage was a marriage no matter what a government said.
2. It contracts the definition of marriage. It doesn’t' expand it. Gay couples are not "married." The court has simply denied marriage to all. We can now only become "Party A" and "Party B."
3. The court has ordered everyone to deceive his neighbor by using the word "marriage" in a manner consistent of the joining of a man and a woman when now it doesn't mean even that.
4. The California laws violate basic civil liberties. These civil liberties (the right to marry for instance) should be precious to all Americans, but certainly to true Republicans.
5. The California law is so bad it puts the issue into the hands of federal courts.
Everyone is running around campaigning for things that are not the issue. Wake up, we are being deceived again.