Fitzgerald: Immoral decision stifles legitimate disagreement

http://bostonherald.com/ ^ | 06/27/2013 | Joe Fitzgerald

[massmike]

So now the wrong has been declared right, not by a consensus of Americans, but rather by government fiat, the way they do it in nations where people live under the thumbs of tyrants, having no voice in their own affairs.

We once pitied them. Now we’re beginning to resemble them.

What happened yesterday was an abomination, not only in the way the Supreme Court trashed the institution of marriage, but also in the way its liberal branch slapped a muzzle onto the populace, in effect ruling the will of the people is of no consequence in an issue that strikes at the heart of who we are and what we believe.

[AU72]

I like Joe, probably the most conservative writer in Boston on social issues and he lives on my street.

[Roy Tucker]

Yup, we are now being ruled by unelected black-robed mullahs.

[publius911]

Nothing is simple any more, and the traitors that would transform the greatest Country in the history of the world into their vision of social paradise are everywhere, and they reinforce each other while we meekly wonder what we can do to reverse the ongoing damage.

Specifically, if California had not self destructed first, by ignoring their Constitution, allowing the State Attorney General to ignore the primary duties of his office with impunity ( sound familiar? ) and refusing to defend a legally adopted law, thus eliminating any legal way to argue its legitimacy before the Federal Supreme Court, we would not be having this conversation.

The Problem of "Standing"

Most people simply don't understand that the Federal Supreme Court decision to not judge the California law was entirely for lack of "standing."

We are so screwed!

State Attorneys General refuse to do their job and violate their oath of office, the Federal Attorney general does likewise, and the game is over.

Checkmate.