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A Conversation on Gay Marriage

Christopher Cook — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:30:59 +0000

Occasionally, we like to highlight conversations that take place in our comment threads. Below is one such exchange. It took place in the thread of Gay Marriage – A misnomer of an issue. In a way, it is also a reply to elements of Can social conservatives and the GOP break up but stay friends?, specifically that portion suggesting ending government licensure of marriage as a partial solution to current questions about the redefinition of traditional marriage.

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Court can’t let Democrats’ standing duplicity leave marriage laws defenseless

Mike DeVine — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:53:22 +0000

Conservatives should welcome the Supreme Court’s inquiry in “standing” issues.

The U.S. Constitution makes clear that:

“The judicial power of the United States shall extend to all Cases…arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and…-to Controversies to which the United States shall be a party…” – Article III, Section 2.

This “cases and controversies” clause makes clear that courts do not exist to serve as philosopher kings available to issue advisory opinions imposing liberal orthodoxy when We the People’s ...

Chief Justice Roberts, Meet Obamacare

Sharon Sebastian — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:20:49 +0000

“Our doctors have told us to be prepared for the worst because right now we can hardly find a doctor.”

Liberals on the Supreme Court and in Congress refused to heed this warning as they brazenly imposed President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act on the American people. Under a cloud of controversy, Obamacare has now entered its third year.

In its 2012 decision on Obamacare, the U.S. Supreme Court based its ruling on a convoluted interpretation of law. In a 5-4 decision, ...

California Supreme Court made upholding Prop 8 elementary for SCOTUS

Mike DeVine — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:55:22 +0000

Only by emasculating the Equal Protection Clause, again, could the United States Supreme Court strike down the will of Golden State people to maintain traditional marriage.

Oral arguments were heard today in the case of Hollingsworth v. Perry by the nine justices of the nation’s highest court, with the fate of same-sex marriage and the constitutional rule of law hanging in the balance. Twice in the past 14 years, majorities of California voters have voted to reject allowing two persons of the ...