I guess the "silence" was too good to be true...

[one_voice]

Republicans in California are remaining largely silent on last week's ruling overturning Proposition 8. But a band of conservative House members didn't waste a minute in their day back in Washington, highlighting their opposition to gay marriage.

Reps. Lamar Smith of Texas, Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Steve King of Iowa and John Fleming of Louisiana told reporters on Tuesday that the California federal judge who overturned Prop. 8 acted against the will of voters in striking down the state's ban on gay marriage.

"Legalizing an alternative form of marriage dilutes a long-standing and widely accepted standard of marriage as a union between a man and woman. We should adhere to such standards rather than undertake a massive social experiment with perhaps unknown consequences," said Smith, who is introducing a resolution condemning the ruling.

Bachmann said the ruling tramples on the will of the people who voted to enact the ban.

"This is yet one more example of a judge substituting his moral pronouncement under the guise of constitutional law, and I think that's what people are upset about," she said.

The Family Research Council lauded Smith for his resolution in a press release Tuesday, thanking him for "introducing this resolution that counters Judge Walker's notion that a child doesn't deserve a mother and a father."

The measure, which restricts marriage between a man and a woman, passed 52 percent to 48 percent in November 2008. A Field Poll released three weeks before the ruling showed Californians in favor of same-sex marriage 51 percent to 42 percent.

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[Parche]

1. oh shut the fuk up bachmann

:grr::hi:

[cloudythescribbler]

2. Political Explanation of RELATIVE "silence" from GOP on this case ...

First, I suspect that the GOP feel that politically, the public would just be exasperated more than moved on this issue this year, tho they would raise it behind the scenes to whip up their base and raise money

Second, it really is likely that, at least at the Supreme Court level (if not by the 9th Circuit, at least en banc) this case, powerfully reasoned as it is, won't be overturned (although it reflects where jurisprudence should go on this issue in the long run). The judiciary, especially the Supreme Ct, are just WAY too far to the right to let something like this stand. The whole "overactive judge" meme is problematic when the courts, which were liberal and mandating busing for school integration when this argument was first put forward widely, is politically problematic now that the federal judiciary are WAY to the right of elected officials on most issues.

Actually, it was only a VERY brief period, from 1969 into the early 70s, when the federal courts were significantly more liberal than elected politicians. The protestations to that effect are basically inertia, as it feels so good to beat down EVERY progressive thing the judiciary might do as reflective of such "liberal activism". But even the GOP leadership now realizes that this argument is out of date, and likely to remain so for some time

[demigoddess]

3. I say this as an old lady who never swore before bush became

pResident but
if you repeat shit often enough you forget that it smells.