Another e-mail I received, this time from the Massachusetts Family Institute.
For immediate release
October 10, 2008
Contact: Lisa Barstow (617) 480-1719 | lisa@barstowcom.comOne More Court Thwarts the Will of the PeopleCT Supreme Court: Third to Approve Same-Sex Marriage
Woburn, MA – With its ruling today, the Connecticut Supreme Court, by the slimmest of margins, voted to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Not satisfied with the decision by the state legislature to provide Civil Union rights to same-sex couples, four unelected judges have found a right to marry in their state constitution that was never visible before.
“It has become a predictable pattern: disregard the voice of the people and charge headway into redefining an institution that a clear majority of Americans, including both parties’ presidential nominees, want protected as the union of a man and a woman,” said Kris Mineau, President Massachusetts Family Institute.
Massachusetts Family Institute led an effort to put a question on the ballot in Massachusetts asking the voters to decide on the definition of marriage. The state legislature voted against allowing that question to go to the people.
“It’s tragic that our democracy has been made irrelevant simply because some judges cannot be impartial and overcome their own ideological preferences,” Mineau added.
My thoughts:
Ok, this is part of the problem. Mr. Mineau, I appreciate your stance for Biblical marriage, but you clearly do not understand how our government works. We do NOT live in a democracy, as you claim. We live in a constitutional republic. Second, we have more than just two parties! There are more voices out there than just the Republican and Democrat! Quite frankly, those two voices are just lighter shades of the other. Sure, they are slightly different – but boy, do they sure blend together well in harmonious pitch! Now, more than ever, do we need to hear from more just the same old groups. I am proud to be a member of the Constitution Party.
Again, part of what has led us into this mess is massive misunderstanding of how government is supposed to work. America, it is time to wake up before it is too late!
