(Washington) Republican Congressman Paul Broun has announced plans to reintroduce an amendment to the US Constitution to bar same-sex marriage.
Broun (R-Ga) said the California Supreme Court ruling recognizing same-sex marriage has made it an imperative to reign in what he called “activist judges”.
“My amendment will preserve the original intent of the drafters of the Constitution, by ensuring that no state or federal judge can take it upon themselves to suddenly discover a right to homosexual marriage within the text of the document,” Broun said in a statement.
“It will also provide a defense against activist judges who seek to overturn the will of the people by manipulating state constitutions in order to impose their preferred policy position.”
Conservatives in California already are organizing a proposed amendment to ban gay marriage but Broun said even if approved by voters in that state would not prevent similar ruling elsewhere in the country.
Voters in Broun’s home state of Georgia approved an amendment to the state constitution outlawing same-sex marriage in 2004.
“There simply is no basis for the suggestion that homosexual ‘marriage’ is a right protected by the United States Constitution,” Broun said. Full Article
How does he know the original intent of the writers of the constitution? Did the original writers intended for there to still be slavery? How about that African Americans couldn’t marry white people? What about women not being aloud to vote? Did the original writers of the constitution say that the Japanese Americans should be placed in interment camps because we were at war with Japan? What about the Native Americans?
All through the history of the United States the rights of its citizens have been abused by the government. What makes Broun any different? Because he thinks homosexuality is wrong? That’s fine. The government was set up so that a few couldn’t place their ideals on many, or so many couldn’t place their ideals on a few.
What happened to: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (?)
This is why we have the ninth amendment, to stop people like Broun from trampling our rights. Activist Congressman.
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How true. The government shouldn’t be the ones
telling people that they can’t get married and
neither should anybody else. I hope that some
day people will just live their own lives and stop
living other peoples lives.
What’s sad is that prisoners have more rights
than gays and lesbians. Now, ain’t that just
a kick in the pants.
HUGS!
A great point about the original intent of the constitution. Broun simply wasn’t thinking when he made that statement.
I love the “rings on rainbow” flag too…
LAURIE–I agree. I can’t wait until someday turns into today.
KHYRI–I think sometimes when people talk about the original intent they need to make sure the people who were original intending are still around.
I thought that was a neat picture too.
First off, I have to say that I find this blog completely entertaining and engaging as I keep coming back to it on a regular basis. I also apologize for the caps in my following rant.
As far as “activist” judges are concerned, I always thought there were THREE branches of government: the executive (we all that joke), the legislative (double ha) and THE JUDICIAL. If we still believe that this a democracy of majority rule THAT PROTECTS THE RIGHTS OF THE MINORITY, then when the other two branches fail to protect those rights, it is the duty of the judicial branch to act as a CHECK and BALANCE the discrimmination practiced by the other two branches with court decisions that uphold our INALIENABLE RIGHTS and our blessings of Liberty.
So I don’t know what Civics or Government class that Paul Broun took, but every class that I took says that it is the job of the judicial branch to overturn the laws and policies that are in direct conflict with the Constitutional rights of American citizens.
It is so frustrating. It makes me upset that our personal lives, including our right to choose the partner of OUR preference, should somehow be decided by the government.
Gah!!!
SWAN–Thank you for coming back. It means a lot to have some read what is written.
I hear you checks and balance. I agree Paul Broun took some sort of backwards civics class. There are a lot of things out of whack politically now a days.
WE LOVE–It is frustrating that the government wants to peek into my bedroom and tell me what ‘morality’ is. When it has become one of the most immoral institutions. (in my opinion)
Only one time has the US Constitution ever been amended to restrict individual freedoms. That was prohibition and it was repealed. The US constitution will never be amended to bar gay-marriage. CA is just the begining. Equal rights are coming. May God Bless us All!
SDG,
Matty
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Matty–I forgot about prohibition. Thanks for throwing it up there. One day, some day…soon hopefully.