But if Walker says Proposition 8 doesn’t survive the rational basis test, then is he implying that the majority of California voters, those who voted for the measure, aren’t rational?
Since 1998, thirty states have added language to their constitutions, defining marriage as between a man and a woman. Does Walker believe the voters in these states aren’t rational either?
Frankly, I believe that progressive, activist judges, who issue their personal moral pronouncements under the guise of “constitutional law" are instead demonstrating irrational rulings.
In this case, we can expect to see Judge Walker’s ruling appealed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and then end up at the U.S. Supreme Court.
Bachmann announces this post with a tweet here.
After Dump Bachmann called Michele Bachmann out to comment on this ruling, she responded with a blog post and a tweet on the topic. Judge Walker is hardly a "progressive" judge. As the libertarian leaning think tank, Cato Institute reported, Walker had been appointed by Reagan, and strongly opposed by liberal gay activist organizations.
Anderson Cooper asks anti-gay activist Maggie Gallagher whether courts should be able to overturn the will of the people. He uses the example of Loving v Virginia, where bans against interracial marriage was overturned by the Supreme Court. This was very unpopular with the public at the time. Eventually Gallagher acknowleged that courts do have the right to overturn public opinion.
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