The Constitution, the foundational balance of government powers, and the even more foundational institutions, namely, marriage and the family, were struck down yesterday by a single activist judge.This is what American culture and politics have come down to. Moral truths that have been universally recognized for millenia and the tripartite division of powers established by the founding fathers can be declared null and void by a single black-robed autocrat.
For crying out loud.
The event I'm referring to, of course, is yesterday's ruling by federal district court judge Joseph L. Tauro which struck down the Defense of Marriage Act.
Opponents of same-sex marriage condemned the ruling. Kris Mineau, president of Massachusetts Family Institute called it “another blatant example of a judge playing legislator. Same-sex marriage activists have tried time and time again to win public approval of their agenda, and they have failed each time,” Mineau said in a statement. “This is why their strategy is to force same-sex ‘marriage’ through judicial fiat, as they did here in Massachusetts and other states.”
