On August 4, 2010, in a burst of unprecedented judicial arrogance, Judge Vaughn Walker struck down California's Proposition 8. This is a ruling that jeopardizes the marriage laws of 45 states, threatening to strip millions of Americans of our core civil right to vote for marriage. We are fighting back!
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In response to Judge Walker’s ruling in the Prop 8 cases, the National Organization for Marriage has launched a new radio ad campaign airing in radio markets across the country. The new ad, entitled “San Francisco Values?”, highlights the impact of Judge Walker’s ruling not only in running roughshod over the voters of California, but also in jeopardizing the marriage laws of 44 other states.
All the media attention is focused on the 9th Circuit but the 10th Circuit now has two similar gay marriage cases headed the Supreme Court's way. The LGBT community is worried. Marriage suit vexes gay-rights activists:
Federal Judge Vaughn Walker is truly a visionary.
Charles Krauthammer at National Review connects a lot of dots, excerpt below with a link to the full column:
An excerpt from NOM Founder Professor Robert George’s recent speech on the importance of keeping social and economic conservatives working together: The moral foundations of economic conservatism are precisely those of social conservatism:
Because as one Des Moines resident at the Iowa State Fair told Bob Vander Plaats about trendy out-of-touch judges seeking to impress the trendy “big boys,” "That's just not Iowa."
LA Times Columnist: Brown and Schwarzenegger Should Defend Prop 8 ShareThis George Skelton, long time political columnist for the LA Times writes: The will of the California electorate is being undermined by Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ken Blackwell writes today on same-sex marriage and the GOP:
In an interview with The Advocate published yesterday, NOM President Brian Brown responded to former RNC head Ken Mehlman’s announcement that he is gay and has decided to raise money to support the legal challenge to California’s Prop 8:
Prof. Hadley Arkes, the Ney Professor of Jurisprudence at Amherst College on the intellectual absurdity of saying, as Judge Walker ruled, that same-sex and opposite-sex couples are identical:
Imperial county is 77 percent Latino, borders Mexico and voted almost 70 percent for Prop 8. It has asked to be allowed to intervene in the Prop 8 case (especially since San Francisco was allowed to become a party)
Our video team has just finished a terrific 3-minute video recapping our Summer for Marriage tour and introducing our new emphasis as we head into the fall. I hope you’ll take a moment to watch.
All eyes in the media are focused now on the liberal 9th Circuit, which will be considering the Prop 8 case. Meanwhile, two similar cases are now winding their way up through the Tenth Circuit. The first is a case in Oklahoma, where a gay couple has challenged that state's marriage amendment on federal grounds. And a new case was just filed in Wyoming, also in the 10th Circuit. If the 9th Circuit denies standing in the Prop 8 appeal, a 10th Circuit panel will likely be the next deciding judges. From the Associated Press:
The Maldonado campaign for Lieutenant Governor in California is taking aim at “Whether-You-Like-It-Or-Not-Newsom”:
Too extreme for California?
How did Mr. Federalist Society decide it’s okay to use the U.S. Constitution to require gay marriage?