[dfwgator]

What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?

[Publius]

What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?

Use Article III of the Constitution to restrict the purview of the federal courts.

[zook]

Any conservative who both opposes gay marriage and bitches about Bush's support for a constitutional ammendment is sort of like a guy complaining about the seating arrangements on a lifeboat.

Yeah, I got this nautical thing going today.

[FairOpinion]

"What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?"

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ELECT REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTS AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESS, SO CONSERVATIVE JUDGES WILL BE APPOINTED.

Constitutional Amendment is a big thing, it has to be passed, than ratified by the states, etc -- all, because we have a bunch of liberal judges who legislate from the bench. We may pass this Amendment, but what about the next liberal issue the judges take up? We can't keep amending the Constitution about every social issue.

We need to solve the REAL problem, which is the liberal judges on the bench.

That is why it is ESSENTIAL for the conservative agenda, to re-elect President Bush and send him more Republicans to Congress, so conservative judges, who interpret the law, can be nominated, confirmed and appointed.

[Tempest]

Your absolutely right an admendment is neccesary for the specific purpose of preventing the courts from legislating from the bench.

[ForOurFuture]

What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?

Fill the bench with judges who won't and impeach those who do. Amending the Constitution whenever leftist activist judges rewrite the law is akin to conceding their right to do it. It amounts to retreating. Supporting this amendment is a superficial and politically expedient way for Bush and the GOP to get kudos from conservatives and still avoid those things which in the scheme of things are more important and take balls and fortitude to do.

[swampfox98]

What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?

Throw the rogue judges and mayors in jail. That would stop them from breaking the law. An amendment will take years, and the deed would already be long done. Jail is faster.

[JohnBovenmyer]

What other means are there to prevent courts from legalizing same-sex marriages?

This is a case for the legislative branch to exercise its checks and balances over the runaway judicial branch. It is their power the courts have stolen. Impeach the judges for exceeding their constitutional authority and violating their oaths by legislating from the bench. Remove enough from their cushy jobs and the rest will behave better. Then the executive branch can act by appointing better replacements. This need not take long. The facts are straightforward. The offending Mass Supremes could all be gone in a week. MUCH quicker than constitutional amendments. Impeachment doesn't require criminal acts. Big government is quick to recall anything except really bad government.