So a district court judge in California decided to overturn California Proposition 8. As many of you know this is the prop that banned gay marriage in Cali. It was a monumental decision by the people of California, and an even more monumental decision by Judge Vaughn Walker to overturn it.
I have many major issues with this decision. One of the biggest being that I am an unabashed anti-gay marriage guy. But there is a much bigger issue going down here...
Above I have posted a pic of the Declaration of independence. In this document our founding fathers stated "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed,"
We also know Ole' honest Abe's famous words from the Gettysburg address "that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
I am afraid President Lincoln might roll over in his tomb if he knew that his beloved government of the people, by the people, for the people is slowly perishing from our land. Is our government really still deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed?
What has happened this week in California is a sad truth about what is happening to the American democracy. The masses of California spoke and voted this Proposition into law just to have one left-leaning tyrant of a judge overturn the peoples decision.
You may say "come-on Nate, you wouldn't be so fired up if this wasn't about gay marriage" Maybe so but...
What if my state... Texas :)... passed a law that it is unlawful to eat ice-cream during daylight hours. sure many may think this is ridiculous and unfair. That this law infringes on our rights as human beings. I sure wouldn't like a law like that!
But if this new law was voted in by the people, well that is beauty of democracy. One single judges opinion shouldn't carry the power to turn the peoples wishes. If I didn't like this ice-cream law... well I could just move somewhere that is more ice-cream lover friendly.
What happened this week in California is a sad example of the downfall of our country and its values. This is still a nation of people with strong conservative values... at least the people of California showed they are at the polls.... Too bad "Regnat Populus" is all but history...
Nate
