California’s same-sex marriage ban amendment

in the midst of my obama-bash i wanted to comment on this issue.

on May 15th of this year California’s supreme court declared a publically voted upon proposition banning same-sex marriage in their state as unconstitutional (their state constitution). 

understand whats really going on here: the court argued that withholding ‘marriage’ from homosexual unions denies them ‘equal dignity and respect’.  this had nothing to do with civil unions/domestic partnerships or rights confered upon(already allowed in california).  this has everything to do with demanding/forcing moral approval for these unions.  funny how Christians get accused of imposing morality on people but those supposedly “open-minded” and “enlightened” people get a free pass here. 

homosexual advocates are putting a serious test to religious freedom and our right to vote on our own morality-based laws in America.  David Smith, a leader of the Human Rights Campaign, (the largest organization that advocates homosexual behavior), said “Diversity of religious beliefs should be respected as long as they don’t influence public policy that should treat all people fairly.”

well Mr. Smith, who determines public policy?  unfortunately for homosexual advocates, its the public.  4.6 million Californians (61% of the votes) who approved Proposition 22, the state’s Defense of Marriage Act which defined marriage as the union of one man to one woman, made it public policy.  but a mear 4 justices overturned it.  judicial lawmaking at it again.

this is what anti-religious people have been trying to do for the past 80+ years going back to the Scopes trial.  when they can’t get their way through the ballot box/elected lawmakers, they go through the courts and try to find judges who agree with their personal ideals-and then force them on people.   they make up “rights” that dont exist in the constitution-like the “right to personal privacy”.  (the constitution with its often cited substantive due process clause protects FUNDAMENTAL rights-like those in the bill of rights-, but unfortunately its been stretched to include pretty much whatever made-up “right” the justice wants it to).  or they use other non-existant statements like “separation of church and state” which also is no-where in the constitution. or they use international law to validate their opinion.  seriously go read the constitution.  then try to understand what i’m saying.  if a town wants to ban a sexual act, then thats their own choice.  move somewhere else if you don’t like it.  and if we can’t ban sodomy anymore, then why are we banning any sexual act?   why can’t we prostitute ourselves or marry 3 people or have consenting sex with our cousins or dogs or between adults and children?  how come they aren’t protected under the same constitutional rulings?   give it time i guess, society isn’t enlightened enough yet.

so, as a Christian i do think homosexual behavior is immoral but i’m not a judge, God is.  so when it comes to these things here in America lets let the public decide, not a few judges who have to go far beyond the original intent of our consititution in order to invalidate the public. 

Current state of things: the Federal DOMA(1996) does not recognize same-sex marriages by any states and no states need recognize other state’s same-sex marriages

27 states have constitutional amendments banning homosexual marriage

15 (additional) states have statutes against homosexual marriage

4 states allow civil unions (connecticut, new hamshire, new jersey, vermont)

2 states allow same sex marriage (massachusetts and california–connecticut is soon to join based on a recent ruling)

2 states are undefined on the matter (new mexico, rhode island)

no states have ever legislatively allowed homosexual marriage 

anytime this issue is voted upon it passes overwhelmingly but california might be close.  Lets hope the people continue to speak out for what they want and send people who want to force their morality on others through the courts packing.

**special thanks to the Alliance Defense Fund (of which i give a great deal of money to) for a lot of the information i posted here**