Bachmann: Prop 8 overturned by ‘progressive activist judge’

So if a hetero judge had ruled to support prop 8 would that person not then be labeled an activist judge? Bachmann and her cronies have got to be the most dangerous people in America today. The rhetoric and lies they espouse is toxic to the moral fabric of this country at best. The people that support her must be missing a good portion of their brain or they just have so much hate welling inside of them that they will do anything to hurt another person. Please, please vote her out of office!!

Dear Ms. Bachman; while you are attending Constitutional Law 101, I have a deal for you. I won’t try to get married at your church’s altar and you keep your church out of my Courthouse! The fact that your ignorance is once again on embarassing display reinforces my opinion that Judge Walker got it right!

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It is most amazing to me that so many of the heterosexuals seem to think that their right to vote includes a right to harm law-abiding citizens and their families with that vote.

Further, I submit that the group of individuals so responsible for the brutalization and abuse of their very own gay children should not be making an statements whatsoever on matters of morality.

I think we should vote on the rights of female legislators. Not females, not legislators, but female legislators. And furthermore, we’ll call it a moral abomination for females to be legislators, and get a majority of “rational” voters to vote away Rep. Bachmann’s rights, and then see where she stands.

Wonder how much Bachmann will get from Target. She definitely is Greg Steinhafel’s kind of candidate!

Ms Bachman wouldn’t recognise a “constitution right” unless one bit her in the ass…..which is a target covering 99% of her body.

People are, by nature, irrational. So yes, that majority can be irrational.

Anytime you put the rights of a minority group up for vote the majority of voters will take those rights away, it’s common sense. At the time that it was ruled unlawful to prevent interracial couples from marrying the majority of the nation was against interracial marriages, but the courts still upheld and granted those rights. The 14th amendment states in plain English that rights are not to be voted on.

@John the Judge Walker that ruled Prop 8 unconstitutional is heterosexual. In fact Judge Walker was appointed to his position in a federal court by George Bush and is a Republican, furthermore one of the lawyers arguing for the revocation of Prop 8 is a conservative Republican that argued the legality of the 2000 election leading to the recount, then leading to Bush winning the presidency. On a side note the other lawyer arguing for the revocation of Prop 8 is the lawyer that went up against him arguing for Gore to win the 2000 presidency. An unlikely duo, one conservative, one liberal, teaming up to ensure that our basic rights are protected. How’s that for irony for those silly conservatives.

Yes, Michele, religious persecution is irrational.

The arguments made in support of prop8 were irrational – and dishonest.

Thinking that a plurality of laymen understand Constitutional protections better than federal judges is irrational.
FYI: 7.5M was more than voted against prop8, but still less than half the eligible voters. Not a true majority.

Believing that your personal beliefs override the rights and beliefs of everyone else is irrational.

Bachmann said. “But if Proposition 8 doesn’t survive the rational basis test, then is Walker implying that the majority of California voters, those who voted for the measure, aren’t rational?

What???? No that is not what is being said at all. You are 100% wrong. Read the decision. Then you will understand. We are talking about the 14th amendment and due process. The plaintiffs brought suit and there is a constitutional issue the Judge had to rule on. It is how the system works. The law in case you are unfamiliar with it, says you have to have some rational reason to discriminate against a group or the law does not meet a constitutional test. Your side did not show up for the trial in a serious way. No evidence was given that there is any reason to discriminate against gays. The poor judge had to rule as he did because your side gave no reason not to overturn Prop 8. He is not activist he had no choice.

I certainly can’t argue you are successful. But you do so with the oldest trick in the book, spewing hatred and dividing people from one another. Good for fundraising; bad for the long term viability of the country. But hey who cares. It works. Hate always works and mediocre people always use it Great people use inspiration, something you know nothing about.

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So based on Michelle’s take on things, any government worker who pays union dues and whose union makes a political contribution is laundering money and funneling taxpayer dollars to Democratic candidates? Wow! Why stop there, Michelle? Might as well say any public employee who, out of their own (tax-payer paid) salary contributes to a political candidate is funneling taxpayer dollars to a political party. Gee, I’m a government employee and so is my boss, and he’s a Republican and probably “funnels” some of his taxpayer-paid salary to Republican candidates.

But I guess it only applies if the money is being sent to Democrats…..

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