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Judge upholds Oregon Gay Marriage ban

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1282101


SALEM, Ore. Nov 4, 2005 — A judge on Friday upheld a gay marriage ban adopted by Oregon voters last year, rejecting claims that the amendment made too many changes at once and interfered with local government.


In his ruling, Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Guimond backed supporters of the law who said the measure only clarified marriage law in a single, simple sentence.

The Oregon amendment, passed overwhelmingly in November 2004 as Measure 36, reads: "It is the policy of Oregon, and its political subdivisions, that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage."
 
Re: Judge upholds Oregon Gya Marriage ban

Plessy v Ferguson is alive and well, even in a libertarian-leaning state like Oregon.

Disgusting.
 
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Kandahar said:
Plessy v Ferguson is alive and well, even in a libertarian-leaning state like Oregon.

Disgusting.

I don't know about libertarian but it is a very liberal state but they were smart enough to pass a consitutional amendment stating that marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman......
 
Re: Judge upholds Oregon Gya Marriage ban

Navy Pride said:
I don't know about libertarian but it is a very liberal state but they were smart enough to pass a consitutional amendment stating that marriage is defined as a union between a man and a woman......

Discrimination is alive and well in the US.
 
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You know, they wouldn't put women's voting rights up to a vote because it wouldn't pass. Just goes to show how dumb people are.
 
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hipsterdufus said:
Discrimination is alive and well in the US.

What gay discrimination is now is what racial discrimination was when Brown v. Board of Education was decided.

Eventually, gay people will be able to marry. I truly believe that.
 
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Kelzie said:
You know, they wouldn't put women's voting rights up to a vote because it wouldn't pass. Just goes to show how dumb people are.

I would add slavery to the list too.
 
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hipsterdufus said:
I would add slavery to the list too.

And equal rights.
 
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Just make sure that any dissent should be directed at THE LAW and not THE JUDGE....

The state judges are sworn to UPHOLD their state's Constitution...If he judged otherwise, he would become the dreaded "activist judge"....

The "amendment" that was before him SHOULD go to the state's legislature, NOT the judiciary...

If the amendment was passed, the judge would equally have to uphold it...
 
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cnredd said:
Just make sure that any dissent should be directed at THE LAW and not THE JUDGE....

The state judges are sworn to UPHOLD their state's Constitution...If he judged otherwise, he would become the dreaded "activist judge"....

The "amendment" that was before him SHOULD go to the state's legislature, NOT the judiciary...

If the amendment was passed, the judge would equally have to uphold it...

So what does being an activist judge mean? If the judge determines the law is unconstitutional? Hmmmm

The New York Times, back in July 2005, provided the % of times each justice voted to strike down a law passed by Congress. Here is the list of justices and the % of their votes:

Thomas:.......65.63%
Kennedy:.......64.06%
Scalia:..........56.25%
Rehnquist:...46.88%
O'Connor:.....46.77%
Souter:.........42.19%
Stevens:.......39.34%
Ginsburg:......39.06%
Breyer:..........28.13%


So which side seems to legislate more from the bench? Bwahahahahhahahah
 
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aps said:
So what does being an activist judge mean? If the judge determines the law is unconstitutional? Hmmmm

The New York Times, back in July 2005, provided the % of times each justice voted to strike down a law passed by Congress. Here is the list of justices and the % of their votes:

Thomas:.......65.63%
Kennedy:.......64.06%
Scalia:..........56.25%
Rehnquist:...46.88%
O'Connor:.....46.77%
Souter:.........42.19%
Stevens:.......39.34%
Ginsburg:......39.06%
Breyer:..........28.13%


So which side seems to legislate more from the bench? Bwahahahahhahahah
My fault...:3oops:

I should have mentioned the difference between the state's SUPREME COURT who's job it is to do that, and not the judges from the lower courts...

In this instance, it states that he was a Marion County Circuit Judge...
 
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cnredd said:
My fault...:3oops:

I should have mentioned the difference between the state's SUPREME COURT who's job it is to do that, and not the judges from the lower courts...

In this instance, it states that he was a Marion County Circuit Judge...

No worries, cnredd. :2wave:
 
Kelzie said:
You know, they wouldn't put women's voting rights up to a vote because it wouldn't pass. Just goes to show how dumb people are.
As a matter of fact, womens voting rights did go up for a vote and the constitutional amendment passed -- just like the anti-slavery amendment.

aps said:
So what does being an activist judge mean? If the judge determines the law is unconstitutional? Hmmmm
No, it's when a judge usurps the legislative function and creates new law from the bench (like Roe v. Wade).
 
Diogenes said:
As a matter of fact, womens voting rights did go up for a vote and the constitutional amendment passed -- just like the anti-slavery amendment.

No, it's when a judge usurps the legislative function and creates new law from the bench (like Roe v. Wade).

Not to the public it didn't. Which were the ones who voted in this asinine law.
 
Kelzie said:
Not to the public it didn't. Which were the ones who voted in this asinine law.

I believe the amendment passed by close to a 60% majority in one of the most liberal states in the union.....

If there is any message to be learned out of this it is the voters in Oregon do not want to change the definition of marriage.......
 
Navy Pride said:
I believe the amendment passed by close to a 60% majority in one of the most liberal states in the union.....

If there is any message to be learned out of this it is the voters in Oregon do not want to change the definition of marriage.......

Same thing with women's voting right. Sometimes people are too ignorant to decide important issues.
 
Kelzie said:
Same thing with women's voting right. Sometimes people are too ignorant to decide important issues.


Why is that, because they don't agree with your left wing viewpoint?

Sorry we do these things at the ballot box........
 
Navy Pride said:
Why is that, because they don't agree with your left wing viewpoint?

Sorry we do these things at the ballot box........

You're missing the point. They didn't put women's rights to vote to the ballot box because it wouldn't have passed. Same thing here, except someone was dumb enough to have the people vote on it.

And we don't vote on a lot of important issues. Did you vote on Roe v Wade?
 
Diogenes said:
As a matter of fact, womens voting rights did go up for a vote and the constitutional amendment passed -- just like the anti-slavery amendment.

That was then. This is now.
 
Kelzie said:
You're missing the point. They didn't put women's rights to vote to the ballot box because it wouldn't have passed. Same thing here, except someone was dumb enough to have the people vote on it.

And we don't vote on a lot of important issues. Did you vote on Roe v Wade?

If they did not put a woman's right to vote on the ballot, how do you know it would not have passed?:confused:

I wish they would have a nation wide referendum on Roe V Wade..........The results might be interesting and don't tell me about polls because you know how I feel about them.....
 
Navy Pride said:
Why is that, because they don't agree with your left wing viewpoint?

Sorry we do these things at the ballot box........

Do you really want a society in which the vote of the American people replaces the judicial branch of government's check on the constitutionality of laws? Joe Schmo American knows nothing about his state's Constitution and how it applies to new law. Even if he did, he feels no pressure to apply the Constitution.

Mob rule is no way to run a democracy. Look at Malaysia. 50% of the population consists of ethnic Malays. With such an upper hand, the thin ethnic Malay majority gives themselves affirmative action benefits every year at the voting booth, with no entity to keep their power in check.
 
Navy Pride said:
If they did not put a woman's right to vote on the ballot, how do you know it would not have passed?:confused:

I wish they would have a nation wide referendum on Roe V Wade..........The results might be interesting and don't tell me about polls because you know how I feel about them.....


If that were to happen, I would have no doubt about the results.

It would still not settle anything, opponents would cry and squawk and keep demanding new referendums.



IF it were to be overturned.

It would still not settle anything, opponents would cry and squawk and keep demanding new referendums.
 
Navy Pride said:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1282101


SALEM, Ore. Nov 4, 2005 — A judge on Friday upheld a gay marriage ban adopted by Oregon voters last year, rejecting claims that the amendment made too many changes at once and interfered with local government.


In his ruling, Marion County Circuit Judge Joseph Guimond backed supporters of the law who said the measure only clarified marriage law in a single, simple sentence.

The Oregon amendment, passed overwhelmingly in November 2004 as Measure 36, reads: "It is the policy of Oregon, and its political subdivisions, that only a marriage between one man and one woman shall be valid or legally recognized as a marriage."

I am a liberal and can see no reason for gays men or women to have a formal marriage. Heck i don't have nothing against gays as long as they don't hassle me. Hell I feel the same way about most americans.

the only americans that I have a problem with is the NeoConservative right antiamerican types and our current fascist government. They are trying to harm the sick, the elderly, the poor, civil rights, and the oppressed. they are racists and they are fake christians.

God Bless America and please save our country from Bush, Cheney, endless, war, the antiamerican greed and ravages of the NeoConservatives.
 
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aps said:
What gay discrimination is now is what racial discrimination was when Brown v. Board of Education was decided.

Eventually, gay people will be able to marry. I truly believe that.

There's no law that says homosexuals can't get married. In fact, many of them are married. The laws only say things like a man can't marry a man, or a man can't marry more than one woman, or a man can't marry his sister or his cat. But there's no law that says a homosexual can't get married.
 
Kelzie said:
Not to the public it didn't. Which were the ones who voted in this asinine law.
Yes it did, beginning in Wyoming when the territory became a state. If you ever get out to South Pass City, a restored ghost town about 30 miles south of Lander, stop in and learn something about the early history of the movement. The movement gained momentum, particularly in frontier states where it was difficult to ignore the obvious contribution of women, and spread among the states until it achieved the necessary super-majority to become a national constitutional amendment almost half a century later.

It's the American way for the people, not the courts or other black-robed priesthood, to define the parameters of their society.
 
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