His Royal Majesty
The coronation is today. "Let them pay taxes!!"
Dooval is going to make his inaugural speech from the Statehouse steps today and encourage the people of the Commonwealth to join together for the greater good. The greater good, that is, of crazed leftists, tax and spend freaks, the broad alternative alliance and all who would not follow the rule and letter of the law.
You see, Dooval encouraged the legislature to fail in their duties to express the electorate's will. The will that will put the issue of whether "marriage" can be extended beyond "a man and a woman" to same sex couples and possibly beyond on the ballot for referendum. To possibly roll back the judicial legislation created by the SJC (Mass high court) allowing "gay marriage." In respect of this, Dooval stated that he supports the right of people to express their love however they see fit. That does not limit the concept to merely same-sex union, though. Not by the strict interpretation of Dooval's words.
Irrespective of Dooval's words, a few things bother me about this: (1) he urged the legislature to violate the Constitution of the Commonwealth (and possibly the US one as well) by depriving the ability of the electorate to make itself heard; (2) he will be sworn to uphold the laws of the Commonwealth; (3) it is a taste of what is to come; and (4) the electorate should be able to choose what the MAJORITY wants -- THAT is a democracy, not the tyranny of the few, the politically correct -- what is the difference of the PC being able to dictate, or the Rockefellers being able to do so ... THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, only a political distinction.
Personally, I would vote for same-sex marriage ... they are welcome to it. The word "marriage" is not talismanic of anything. Yup, let's have some gay marriage, and I need to brush up on my divorce law, 'cause there is going to be more of it. And if two adults are in love (note that I said two, not more, not man and dog, not man or woman and child, not a harem), then let them form a family and prosper. Hopefully. And pay taxes, take the marital deduction, benefit (if that is the word) of the inheritance laws, go through counselling, receive immunity to testify, etc. I am not threatened.
BUT the electorate -- that is you and me -- MUST be allowed to decide the fate of the Commonwealth. NOT Dooval and his left-wing, liberal cronies. If the voting population (wrongly) decides to do away with gay marriage, so be it. It is up to the proponents to convince the broad swathe of people that it should be allowed. And if it cannot pass a popular vote in Massachusetts, then perhaps its time has not yet come -- but this is NOT a matter in which a self-appointed intelligencia can unilaterally dictate the course. That is not why the United State of America was founded.
Dooval, you have not yet even taken the oath and already you dismay and disgust me.
Dooval is going to make his inaugural speech from the Statehouse steps today and encourage the people of the Commonwealth to join together for the greater good. The greater good, that is, of crazed leftists, tax and spend freaks, the broad alternative alliance and all who would not follow the rule and letter of the law.
You see, Dooval encouraged the legislature to fail in their duties to express the electorate's will. The will that will put the issue of whether "marriage" can be extended beyond "a man and a woman" to same sex couples and possibly beyond on the ballot for referendum. To possibly roll back the judicial legislation created by the SJC (Mass high court) allowing "gay marriage." In respect of this, Dooval stated that he supports the right of people to express their love however they see fit. That does not limit the concept to merely same-sex union, though. Not by the strict interpretation of Dooval's words.
Irrespective of Dooval's words, a few things bother me about this: (1) he urged the legislature to violate the Constitution of the Commonwealth (and possibly the US one as well) by depriving the ability of the electorate to make itself heard; (2) he will be sworn to uphold the laws of the Commonwealth; (3) it is a taste of what is to come; and (4) the electorate should be able to choose what the MAJORITY wants -- THAT is a democracy, not the tyranny of the few, the politically correct -- what is the difference of the PC being able to dictate, or the Rockefellers being able to do so ... THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE, only a political distinction.
Personally, I would vote for same-sex marriage ... they are welcome to it. The word "marriage" is not talismanic of anything. Yup, let's have some gay marriage, and I need to brush up on my divorce law, 'cause there is going to be more of it. And if two adults are in love (note that I said two, not more, not man and dog, not man or woman and child, not a harem), then let them form a family and prosper. Hopefully. And pay taxes, take the marital deduction, benefit (if that is the word) of the inheritance laws, go through counselling, receive immunity to testify, etc. I am not threatened.
BUT the electorate -- that is you and me -- MUST be allowed to decide the fate of the Commonwealth. NOT Dooval and his left-wing, liberal cronies. If the voting population (wrongly) decides to do away with gay marriage, so be it. It is up to the proponents to convince the broad swathe of people that it should be allowed. And if it cannot pass a popular vote in Massachusetts, then perhaps its time has not yet come -- but this is NOT a matter in which a self-appointed intelligencia can unilaterally dictate the course. That is not why the United State of America was founded.
Dooval, you have not yet even taken the oath and already you dismay and disgust me.
posted by Zaphod at Thursday, January 04, 2007
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