A refreshing bit of judicial sanity

[pickel]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/28/ga....ap/index.html


Florida argued the state has a right to legislate its "moral disapproval of homosexuality" and its belief that children need a married parent for healthy development.

[brandon184]

Florida argued the state has a right to legislate its "moral disapproval of homosexuality" and its belief that children need a married parent for healthy development.

Then why not a ban on divorce?

[Beemer]

I'm with Florida on this one. But will happen if they are denied the right to adopt? Will some gay politician legalize "cloning thy self"?

I just wish we could put this baby to bed by having some kind of public vote.

At election time, votes will be cast because of how some politician stands on the gay rights movement alone and not on all issues. Let the public decide this one and same sex marriages outside of an election. Just a simple public vote on the issues. Wouldn’t that be interesting?

Cheers!

[daveleau]

Interesting how Websters has changed recently:


Old definition of Marriage:
MAR'RIAGE, n. [L.mas, maris.] The act of uniting a man and woman for life; wedlock; the legal union of a man and woman for life. Marriage is a contract both civil and religious, by which the parties engage to live together in mutual affection and fidelity, till death shall separate them. Marriage was instituted by God himself for the purpose of preventing the promiscuous intercourse of the sexes, for promoting domestic felicity,and for securing the maintenance and education of children.


New definition of Marriage:
mar·riage ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mrj)
n.

The legal union of a man and woman as husband and wife.
The state of being married; wedlock.
A common-law marriage.
A union between two persons having the customary but usually not the legal force of marriage: a same-sex marriage

[brandon184]

Because. Gays will want to get divorced as well once they settle in.

Actually, gays wanting divorce has little to nothing to do with my point. If children require married parents for "healthy development" ... why not a ban on divorce? It really has nothing (at all) to do with homosexuality.

I'll anxiously await your response... regarding divorce, remember.

[wallie_x]

From the article:

"In this age of judicial activism, it is refreshing to see a court assume its proper role and allow the people to set family policy,"

Amen Brother!!

[Beemer]

I must admit. I totally misinterpreted your point. Posting tired at the moment. I'll just edit that part out.

Cheers!

[daveleau]

Originally posted by wallie_x
From the article:

In this age of judicial activism,

The age of judicial activism began with John Marshall in the 1780s. JA is nothing new. This book discusses this at length with substantial documentation.

[Pexster]

That looks to be a very interesting book, Dave. Tnx! From the Amazon reviews, it appears to be a strong argument against using "original intent" as the primary basis for interpreting the Constitution, no?