Allen West: “We need to beware judicial activism” #DOMA
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by Allen West via Facebook
I don’t believe when the 14th Amendment was passed to support the 13th amendment, the writers ever conceived it would be used as a catch-all for various special interest groups. And I am very concerned that special interest groups can challenge the referendum of the people and seek out their interest before the courts – and in fact overrule the democratic process by legislating from the bench.
America is facing immense issues that threaten our republic — economic, energy, and national security issues –and I shall not get caught up in debates at the federal government level on legislating sexual behaviors. The states will make the final determination….but then again, we need to beware judicial activism.
EDITORS NOTE:
Florida in 2008 passed an amendment to the Florida Constitution defining marriage as between one man and one woman. Amendment 2 added Article I Section 27 of the Florida constitution, which states:
Inasmuch as marriage is the legal union of only one man and one woman as husband and wife, no other legal union that is treated as marriage or the substantial equivalent thereof shall be valid or recognized.
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