Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Ruling Confuses Declaration of Independence With Constitution
Frances Martel
Breitbart.com
Big Government
14 Feb 2014
“Our Constitution declares that ‘all men’ are created equal. Surely this means all of us,” Judge Allen wrote on the first page of her opinion. That line opens the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence and appears nowhere in the Constitution…
…The Virginia decision follows a declaration from Attorney General Eric Holder that the federal government will begin to expand same-sex marriage rights from the top down by recognizing marriages between same-sex couples on a federal level that invalidates the ability of states that ban such rights. Privileges included in this expansion by the federal government would include spousal privilege in a courtroom and the right to jointly file for bankruptcy.
The complete article, with video, is at Big Government.
Related: Ted Cruz, Mike Lee Introduce State Marriage Defense Act
CAJ note: But, obviously, there are so many tragic victims of the Department of Education perhaps most won’t notice the Judge’s gaffe: One in Four Americans Unaware That Earth Circles Sun
Update: Yes, Most Judges Are this Stupid (And why lawyers make terrible Judges of the Constitution)
…Somewhere Thomas Jefferson and James Madison are rolling over in their graves. This is also why we can’t trust lawyers to know the difference between ‘Constitutional’ and ‘I like it so it must be in the Constitution’. These people aren’t taught the Constitution in ‘Constitutional Law’, instead they are taught what Courts have said about the Constitution…
