Originally Posted by W.J. Wilczek

Originally Posted by Teak

So you don't find laws restricting the rights of a law abiding segment of society to be unjust. Gee, I'm almost surprised.

Originally Posted by steve k

I have no issue with gay marriage. It doesn't effect me one way or the other and if gays want to marry then get married. That's just how I feel about it. However, the people of California had voted and had their voices heard that they (& every other state who has voted on the issue) did not support gay marriage. What this amounts to at the end of the day is judicial activism at it's worst. You can't have 4 judges over-riding the will of the people. This is why it is so important to elect politicians who will name judges who follow the rule of law not their own interpretations of the law. I don't know what political affiliation any of these judges are and it doesn't really matter. What matters is that once again the people got screwed.

Originally Posted by bluedog

That indeed is a strange statement and certainly not inerrant, falsely assuming that laws based solely on religious doctrines are forbidden. When our entire legal system was drafted upon the principles set forth by Blackstone's theory of law. (Mainly used by the US Supreme Court of the United States well into the 20th century to establish precedent). You profess the same old misdirected ideology from the left that tries to steer people away from the true knowledge of history actual. Our legal system indeed was based upon religion, not only religion but the specific religion found only in the Jeudo-Christian faith. The very first two principles found in Blackstone's Commentaries on the Law are as such. 1) Man shall make NO LAW that directly contradicts any decree from the Creator of nature...aka God. 2) Exception...where the scriptures are silent and such decree can not be found in contradiction the Legislature has scope to draft their ideology of law. For instance man can draft no law that would make murder legal as this is a decree from the Creator however if there is no decree such as considering the import export of cotton etc....the legislature has scope to make law. This history is very easy proven, however it seems the liberal institutions of learning have not taught these principles from the early 1920s, about the same time as the 19th amendment was drafted....Go figure. And as far as the practice of homosexuality, that 3% does not make the practice NORMAL it makes it a deviation form the 97% that is NORMAL and capable of procreation, the driving force behind all nature, and nature indeed has a way of correcting DEVIATION as it mandates that it dies out in the very same generation that gestated this anomaly by making no means of continuing the abnormal bloodline. If nature by physical mandate rejects the practice thereof...why indeed should man accept such NORMAL. It simply is a Mental ailment, and should be addressed as such, and not accepted as normal for indeed it is anything but. BD

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Originally Posted by bluedog

Yes of course, our legal system nor government has absolutely nothing to do with Religion nor God. That's way it was mandated to place one's hand upon the Holy Scriptures before making sworn testimony, or why "In God We Trust" is scripted upon our "legal tender". That's why we have examples such as these in the recordings of our "HISTORY ACTUAL". 1) "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or to often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religion, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ." {Patrick Henry} 2) "It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible." {George Washington} 3) "Our Laws and our institutions must necessarily be based upon and embody the teachings of the redeemer of mankind. It is impossible that it should be otherwise. In this sense and to this extent, our civilizations and our institutions are "EMPHATICALLY" Christian." -- {Supreme Court ruling 1883, Richmond v. Moore, Ill} 4) "We have stacked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have stacked the future of all our political institutions upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves...according to the Ten Commandments of God." -- {James Madison}
5) "The principles of all genuine liberty, and of wise laws and administrations are to be drawn form the Bible and sustained by its authority. The man therefore who weakens or destroys the divine authority of that book may be assessory to all public disorders which society is doomed to suffer." -- {Noah Webster}. There are "MANY" more easily proven examples of just how indeed the laws of this land were based upon and drawn upon Blackstone's Theory of Law and Always referenced by even our Supreme Court until just recently in history. Liberal thinking people indeed like to be pragmatic...until it comes to the very pragmatic examples that history offers. But more precisely "WHO WILL COME TO THE AID OF THE WIDOW'S SON?" Can anyone say "FREE MASONS"? The true founders of this nation. BD

Originally Posted by bluedog

Even the "Supreme Court" of the United States issued the opinion that this nation was a "Christian Nation" in the fact that all states at the time continued reference to God and Christianity in their STATE CONSTITUTIONS. -- {Justice John Brewer, US Supreme Court, The Church of the Holy Trinity v. The United States, 1892} And the last time that I looked "We the people"/states are the government OR DO YOU as most liberals, flippantly dismiss the 10th article of our Bill of Rights....so by all means.............

Paste all the left wing blog false communist information that you wish, but we hold the evidence in our hands on a daily basis. Ever notice the the words "Annuit Coeptis" engraved upon our currency? The US State Dept., The US Treasury, and the US Mints have determined these words to mean "He (God) has favored our undertakings." And sense Currency is "LEGAL TENDER" everyone must conclude that God indeed was more than considered in drafting our system of Laws, thus the "mandate" to place one's hand upon the Holy Bible in giving testimony before God and Man. BD

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Originally Posted by Carson

What does being gay have to do with breaking the law? Oh you are gay. That explains it.

Originally Posted by Carson

I don't hate laws, I hate unjust laws.

Originally Posted by Upton

Hi Steve, both for your information and for the information of others that feign outrage over this decision, the Ca. high court has a 6-1 majority of Republican appointees. So, taking that into account and following your logic, I guess we shouldn't elect Republicans because they put judges in place that came down with a decision that you perceive as "judicial activism."