We hear from Hillary Clinton about upholding the law. She wants the clerks in Kentucky to obey the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. (By the way, did Hillary Clinton call on President Obama to uphold the law when he refused to enforce the Defense of Marriage Act, a real law passed by a real legislature and signed by President Clinton?)
But what law are we talking about today? What legislature passed this law? What executive signed it in a fancy ceremony?
Did President Obama ask Congress to send him a bill making marriage equality the law of the land? Frankly, I missed it if he did. I guess that I'm still watching that YouTube video from 2008 where he agrees with Kim Davis about marriage.
Again, what law is Kim Davis violating?
Same-sex marriage, or marriage equality, as some like to call it, was arrived at by a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling that denied the American people the opportunity to debate the issue in the political arena. (Ironically, the public debate was trending in favor of same-sex marriage before Justice Kennedy pulled the plug.)
Like Roe v. Wade, it is the opinion of a judge who found something in the U.S. Constitution that isn't there. Also, there were deep divisions in the Court about creating this right.
Should we create rights this way? Do the happy supporters of same-sex marriage understand how dangerous it is for judges to invent rights?
No comments:
Post a Comment