by Ryan T. Anderson within Marriage
Monday’s action from the Supreme Court is a setback for sound constitutional self-government and for a healthy marriage culture. So where do we go from here?
Monday’s action from the Supreme Court is, as I noted elsewhere, a setback for sound constitutional self-government and a setback for a healthy marriage culture.
Rather than a single Roe v. Wade of marriage, where the Supreme Court would redefine marriage across the nation, the Court, by refusing to hear any of the marriage cases, has allowed lower federal courts to disregard the constitutional authority of citizens and their elected representatives to make good marriage policy.
Good laws that reflect the truth about marriage, frequently passed with overwhelming democratic support, have been struck down by judges without any compelling argument that they are unconstitutional.
We should recognize this for what it is: Dozens of minor acts of judicial activism, rather than one major one.
If this is the case, where do we go from here? What should we do to continue defending marriage?
Read the rest of the story at http://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2014/10/13889/
