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The "narrow issue"

Kudos to the California Supreme Court for pointing out that elected public officials must obey the law (see the Fox News story)! Many people seem to be disappointed that the Court did not make some sort of sweeping ruling that would grant special legal rights to those who choose to engage in a depraved and dangerous lifestyle. Instead, the pesky court confined themselves to the "narrow issue" of an elected public official using his office to break the law. The nerve!

This "narrow issue" was, in fact, the entire issue. Nobody (except the leftist media, perhaps) expected the court to issue an edict against sodomizer "marriage"; most simply hoped that the court would remind Mr. Newsom that everyone, local officials included, must obey the law. California law, at present, recognizes that the institution of marriage, as defined by God, is a union between one man and one woman, and there is simply no such thing as "marriage" between same-sex couples. The California Supreme Court performed their constitutional duty to uphold the law.

The Court might easily have taken another route; notice what happened in Massachusetts, and is happening elsewhere. The past few decades have seen the courts take a radical departure from the precedent of thousands of years of civil law. For example, abortion is now protected under U.S. law, so we have to put up with baby-killing in our midst. In this case, though, the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings reversed, rather than upheld, existing law. Ditto for prayer in public school, and public display of the Bible, the cross, and the Ten Commandments. In short, the Word of God has been replaced by the Word of the Court. As a whole, these rulings ignore the fact that our civil law is predicated upon Biblical morality, and they mock the idea that the People are the final civil authority in our land. We the People are allowing ourselves to be ruled by black-robed tyrants, who change our laws at will, circumventing our elected legislatures and tearing at the very fabric of our society.

This is exactly why we must insist that the President nominate, and the Senate confirm without delay, God-fearing constructionist justices for the federal bench. If they refuse to do this, we need to elect those who will. When a federal judge steps outside his constitutional role of upholding the law, we must ensure that he is impeached post-haste. Otherwise, it won't be long before sane rulings, such as the one made by the California Supreme Court, will become a distant memory. Already, they are too few and far between.

Posted by jon at August 12, 2004 11:09 PM