And the wheels of justice keep on turning.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/14/california.same.sex.ruling/index.html ?hpt=hp_t2
Boy, I'll bet all those Mormons who donated so much time, energy and money to promoting the lies behind Prop 8 must be feeling pretty stupid by now.
No, they just feel persecuted, which they love, as the Bible says Christians should revel in persecution.
Matthew 5:10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. / Matthew 5:11 Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. / Luke 6:22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
There's so much great stuff in Judge Ware's Order upholding Walker's ruling, but the best, most human and democratic part is:
"It is inconsistent with the general principles of constitutional adjudication to presume that a member of a minority group reaps a greater benefit from application of the substantive protections of our Constitution than would a member of the majority.
The fact that this is a case challenging a law on equal protection and due process grounds being prosecuted by members of a minority group does not mean that members of the minority group have a greater interest in equal protection and due process than the rest of society. In our society, a variety of citizens of different backgrounds coexist because we have constitutionally bound ourselves to protect the fundamental rights of one another from being violated by unlawful treatment.
Thus, we all have an equal stake in a case that challenges the constitutionality of a restriction on a fundamental right. One of the duties placed on the shoulders of federal judges is the obligation to review the law to determine when unequal treatment violates our Constitution and when it does not. To the extent that a law is adjudged violative, enjoining enforcement of that law is a public good that benefits all in our society equally."
These people have no shame, it's just comical. So a gay judge should not be allowed to rule on a gay rights case? I guess had the judge been heterosexual and ruled the other way, the gays should then have a valid point that a heterosexual judge shouldn't have been involved? I guess to satisfy everyone, the judge should have been a bisexual.
Well, now I wonder if their side is so lost and LOOPY that they're going to move to dismiss Judge Ware's order because, being black, he's a member of a minority group...and that means he benefits from upholding the rights of ANOTHER minority group (gays + lesbians).
Nothing would surprise me from them, at this point. They're completely cracked.
If they go after Judge Ware for being black, they will lose SO much credibility, and I think they know that. They will also probably alienate a portion of their supporters, because suddenly they'll be not only equating blacks and gays (basically saying that all minorities are alike) but they'll be accusing all minorities of being incapable of ruling justly where any minority is involved.
Also, they'd be disproving their own point. What it would come down to would be, "Of course a black judge would rule in favor of another minority, because everyone wants equality," which is basically the principle that the pro-equality camp has been making.