The homosexual agenda's push for gay marriage has become a major issue in the United States. The battle over whether or not the definition of marriage should be forcibly changed by government to include couples of the same sex, however, has been simply acting as a distraction to what is really going on regarding this issue. One's first inclination is, "Why is government involved in marriage in the first place?" Second, one must ask where the authorization lies over such an issue.
The 10th Amendment states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." Since there is no authority granted in the Constitution regarding marriage anywhere in the Constitution to the federal government, and there is no prohibition regarding the issue against the States, it is up to each State, individually, to decide how their laws regarding the sexual behavior of homosexuality should be applied. Therefore, the federal government has no business getting involved in the issue.
The federal courts have overturned a number of gay marriage laws by States, many of which were by the vote of the people, or voted into existence by the representative government of that State. These rulings are both unconstitutional, and a further effort to diminish the role of representative governance.
President Obama has also gotten involved, disregarding the authorities granted by the Constitution, and disregarding the Congress. He is, through his own actions, and the actions of the Department of Justice (which falls under the executive branch) disregarding the parts of government that are representative at both the State level, and the federal level, to force his agenda, and the agenda of the democrat party and gay rights lobby, into place - despite the Constitution, and despite the representative voice of the people.
Justice Dept. latest to apply privileges, protections for same-sex spouses - Fox News
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
This post is a part of a larger article titled: Killing Representative Governance
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