May 25, 2008

Same Sex Marriage?

Same Sex Marriage?

Bernstein is wrong about Obama. (DAVID S. BERNSTEIN, "California
, matters," Boston Phoenix, May 21, 2008) "Barack Obama respects the
decision of the California Supreme Court."
Saying "thousands of same-sex couples will have tied the knot
with the state's blessing by the time of the November vote" ignores
that opponents will or have filed a petition for a stay of the court
decision until after the November ballot question.
He demands an explanation why Harvard and Yale Law School
educated Obama and Clinton oppose (sic) the decision. He omits noting
the MA decision was flawed. The MA SJC did not have subject matter
jurisdiction. MA Constitution states matters regarding marriage are to
be left to the Governor and the legislature. Is California as corrupt
as MA? Will the state officials there ignore inconvenient
Constitutional and legal prohibitions as the MA officials did?
The compelling reason to oppose this decision is that "no Congress
or state legislature ever voted to declare homosexual unions a
marriage. [. . .] Wherever it has been on the ballot, same-sex
marriage has been voted down." (Pat Buchanan, "Post- Christian
America," Human Events, May 21, 2008)
It is disappointing that the Boston Phoenix joins The New York
Times in advocacy journalism. People need to be informed for democracy
to succeed. Bernstein and his main stream colleagues publish
propaganda not balanced news, doing the work of the PR firms and the
elitists "who know what's best for us."

http://thephoenix.com/article_ektid61948.aspx

Roy Bercaw, Editor Enough Room

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