California voters urged to send courts a 'message'
Jeff Johnson - OneNewsNow - 6/5/2008 9:30:00 AM
A large majority of California voters supported a similar ballot initiative eight years ago defining marriage as only the union of one man and one woman. That's why supporters of a new initiative to amend the state constitution – in favor of traditional marriage -- are confident the measure will be enacted in November.
But attorney Brad Dacus, president of the California-based Pacific Justice Institute, says the latest court decision on the matter shows that the state Supreme Court obviously does not care about the will of the people.
"This is a further extension of their judicial activism," he maintains.
Dacus calls the decision a "clear breach of public trust," and he contends that it will only result in chaos because he believes voters will overturn the court decision. "...[C]alifornia will be faced with a good number of homosexual couples who have been 'married,' having to deal with the prospect of their 'marriages' being invalidated...," Dacus adds.
He joins other pro-family attorneys in encouraging voters to go to the polls in November to send activist judges -- and the chief executives who appoint them -- a message. "The bottom line is that, if the people of California amend their state constitution then even the most activist, despicable of state Supreme Court justices cannot undo that," Dacus points out. "And California voters need to recognize that."
The California Supreme Court's decision legalizing homosexual marriages will go into effect at 5 p.m. local time on June 16.
