tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post7992104453478986664..comments2024-03-25T13:42:25.771-05:00Comments on Advance Indianaâ„¢: Carpenter On The People Who Need EnemiesGary R. Welshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-42215354339693790992008-05-28T12:39:00.000-05:002008-05-28T12:39:00.000-05:00Darn those activist judges. What do they think the...<I>Darn those activist judges. What do they think they are, a branch of government?</I><BR/><BR/>What an utterly vapid, facile argument. From my limited understanding of California law, the Court did nothing wrong in ruling the way it did (and I don't take much issue with the way it ruled, either). But to sit there and basically condone a Court making law (that's what this is, pure and simple) in any capacity, is a slippery slope, and an event that no one should be applauding. We have methods like referendums for decided contentious public issues like this one. The last one in 2000 failed; what, were the bigshots is CA afraid history would repeat itself? And who does the government think it is, being accoutable to will of the people? That's so 1776.<BR/><BR/>Also, Carpenter needs to ratchet back the imagery a bit. I felt like I was reading script edits from <I>Sparticus</I>.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10525542680315157562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-91789681843909236002008-05-28T10:00:00.000-05:002008-05-28T10:00:00.000-05:00What continues to amaze me is that the very same p...What continues to amaze me is that the very same people who say they utterly distrust the "unelected activist judges" of the Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts concerning marriage equality issues found them utterly reliable when interpreting the ambiguious mess the second sentence of SJR7. <BR/><BR/>In addition, although they insisted that all they wanted to do was muzzle the judiciary, their proposal clearly would have stopped the legislature, the voice of the popular will in Indiana, from enacting any measure that would bestow "the legal incidents of marriage" (whatever that really means.....they fell all over themselves in internal disagreement) to anyone else, homosexual or heterosexual. What is it about the ability of future generations to trust their future elected legislatures that they don't like?Don Sherfickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15239859126284734712noreply@blogger.com