Cartoon from Townhall.com by Lisa Benson.
When President Obama refused to defend the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in the federal courts, he left the door open, allowing any one state to define marriage for all the states. For example, say a same sex couple who got married in Massachusetts (where such "marriages" are legal) sued to have their marriage upheld in Florida (where such "marriages" aren't legal). If the case were taken into the federal courts, the US Attorney General's office would no longer defend the federal law which protects states' rights to define marriage.
The current Attorney General, Eric Holder, made the following statement: "Classifications based on sexual orientation should be subject to a more heightened standard of scrutiny" (US Justice Department). This means, that without any court precedent, without any laws, Obama and the Justice Department have created protected class status based on the self-identifying factor of sexual orientation. What this also means is that Obama has taken the powers of both the judicial and legislative branches of the federal government in the matter of same sex marriage.
This opens the legal door to all sorts of federal and state abuses. If the Obama administration ignores the constitutional mandate to uphold the law, then the rule of law becomes meaningless. When the executive branch of the federal government takes on both legislative and judicial powers, the possibility for abuse follows, including the possibility of dictatorial powers.
The agenda of those who support same sex marriage is blatantly clear. Nothing can stand in the way of supporting gay ideology to obtain protected class status based on self-identified attributes of same gender attraction. Gay activists and others will cheer the statist decisions of Obama while ignoring the latent dangers of his decision.
Preserving the institution of marriage is no longer a question of "marriage equality" that same sex marriage advocates tell us it is. Protecting the institution of marriage is no longer about gay rights the gay advocates tell us it is.
With the Obama administration, protecting marriage now becomes a matter of protecting the rule of law, protecting states' rights, and protecting the country from statist ideals that would grasp power wherever it finds it convenient to do so.
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