Another Federal Court Shreds The Constitution In The Name Of Gay Marriage

Barely a day goes by that I don't read another story wherein a sanctimonious misfit on a federal court commands the citizens of a state to endorse gay marriage even though they have chosen not to. The most recent instance is from Alaska, to the delight of all those who see themselves as tolerant and right-thinking.

The issue is not gay marriage or whether you're in favor of it. The issue is the Constitution and whether you're in favor of that. It is impossible to read the Constitution or consider the genesis of any of its provisions and conclude that the citizens of a state have no choice but to endorse gay marriage. Right or wrong, the Constitution since its inception allowed states to discourage or even punish homosexual conduct. Only by an amendment or a convention, as outlined in Article V, may the Constitution be altered so radically as to abolish those sorts of laws or require gay marriage.

There are plenty of state laws that I despise and would gladly see overturned, whether they involve asset forfeiture, no-fault divorce, occupational licensing, zoning, minimum-drinking ages, and so on. But here's the thing: I'm mature and intelligent enough not to ask federal officials to intervene and grant my wishes. Only a useful idiot thinks he's advancing the cause of liberty by entreating a single, large government to "free" him from the abuses of multiple, small ones. And only an enemy of the Constitution thinks it's fine and dandy for federal officials to ignore the amendment process and grant themselves the awesome power to modify the Constitution as they see fit. That power belongs to us, not to them, yet so many of you cheer your own disenfranchisement for a few pieces of silver.

Anyone who supports the Alaska decision also supports the federal war on drugs, extraordinary renditions or assassinations of American citizens, undeclared wars, and countless other activities that are clearly unconstitutional yet persist because federal officials have re-imagined what the Constitution allows. You're not tolerant. You're not right-thinking. You're dictatorial and suicidal.