There have been some very large, and in my opinion, disappointing movements in the gay marriage debate in the last couple of weeks. First off in California the State Supreme Court struck down the ban on gay marriage. Riding off the momentum of that ruling New York State Governor David Patterson issued a memorandum that all government agencies must start recognizing gay marriages performed in states where it is legal.

Now this post is not about getting into the gay marriage debate. Quite the contrary. What I am interested in is the process in which we got to this result. To put it plainly…the people have been cut out. By any measure the California State Supreme Court has been the example of judicial activism. Of legislating rather that interpreting. This ruling takes the intent of the law and turns it upside down. It totally dismisses the intent of legislation that was passed and voted on by legally elected representatives of the populace and made into law by a legally elected governor. The Court legislated the law from the bench and totally dismissed the will of the residents of California.

New York State Governor David Patterson has now done essentially the same thing. His issuance of the memo to all government agencies to recognize gay marriage in a state where gay marriage is illegal takes the will of the people and the intent of the current law and throws it out. Again the people have been cut out.

Patterson should have taken this issue to the State Legislature but did not because he knew there was a very good chance that he would not get what he wanted. Her knew he more than likely would not get the idea passed by the legally elected representatives of the people. Did he not learn the lesson of his predecessor and his illegal immigrant drivers license fiasco?

More and more we are faced with this kind of “mama knows best” attitude. The social elitism that thinks that the people of a state are not able to make a “proper” decision.

This is an issue that each state needs to take up for itself and get this done once and for all. The voice of the people needs to be heard and its collective will needs to be enforced.

Spitzer Involved With Prostitution Ring.

I guess he wasn’t only screwing the State.

…More as this develops.