....On States Rights........

I found this article about gay marriage.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=110234

I am a proponent of gay marriage for a number of reasons.

1. It's absolutely none of my business.
2. Love is indiscriminate.
3. Gays being married has no consequence on "traditional" marriage.
4. It's a legal contract in each state, and per the 10th ammendment of our beloved constitution, ALL citizens have equal protection under the law.

Those are my main points. My beef here is with states rights. DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, signed into law by President Clinton in 1996. This is a bad law for two reasons, it is discrimitory and it tramples states rights. No section of the Constitution gives our federal government the power to rule or pass laws on social matters with no bearing on the overall public wellfare. DOMA should absolutely be repealed on these grounds.

The "Respect For Marriage Act", is the first "for the good of the people and respect for the law" piece of legislation to come through the house this year. It repeals the bad parts of DOMA and makes sure that ALL legal marriages are recognized by the federal government, "equal under the law".

As far as the rest of the gay marriage issue, if each state has made marriage a legal contract which you have to buy a licsense to get, then ALL citizens should have the right to marry any other citizen they choose, legally. On the other hand, no church should be forced to provide marriage services to couples of which they do not agree with their "lifestyle", that's a religion issue. The Mormons don't even recognize marriages from other churches. My wife and I purposely omitted all references to God from our vows, to the church, we may not be married, but by the state we are, does that make our marriage more valued than a gay couple married in a liberal church? I really think if it is that big an issue, we should consider making marriage a non-legal entity, whereas a church can marry whoever they want for religious reasons, but there are absolutely no legal benefits to marriage, ie; taxes, inheretance, insurance, wills, etc., etc. Just a thought.

Back to states rights, another example that will be coming very soon is a federal "texting/driving" law. I am anti-texting/driving, but the federal government has no authority to make such laws, the states do. Washington, where I live already has a law, as do many other states. Advocates of the laws should pressure other staes to do the same, but discourage the feds to do the same. I know it seems like just a little thing to protect the people, but the little things add up quick. Every time we grant the government even the slightest bit more power than the Constitution allows them, we lose a little more freedom.

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and People. Ratified 12/15/1791. Note
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

A Movement of the People

A lot has gone on in the two weeks since my last post, school address, speech to the joint session, Joe Wilson outburst, ACORN corruption, Barney Frank wanting to lead HUD, and 9/11. But one of the most important things (not downplaying 9/11 by any means) is the march on DC on 9/12.
A true political movement by the people that spans the spectrum of causes and demographics. A movement that has been a long time coming. A movement that spans liberal and conservative, Republican and Democrat, independents and people who don't know what they are because they're just waking up for the first time. A movement that can bring us all together as Americans.

So what is the movement? It's about limited government and the powers it's given, of, by, and for the people. It's about controlled spending, reeling in the debt/deficit, and not pushing through programs that we cannot afford. It's about taking control and responsibilty for our own lives back.

I've been reading several reports and watching several video clips of the event in DC, simply awe inspiring. One of the biggest marches on Washington ever held. How many people? Just depends on who you trust to report. ABC reported 60,000 to 70,000, which by DC march standards, 50,000 is a successful march. If you read the London Daily Mail, 2,000,000 made the march. Most reports say several hundred thousand or roughly 1,000,000. It doesn't really matter. The fact is that hordes of patriots converged on the capitol to have their voice heard. On top of that, there were over 200 other events in 45 states that coincided with DC.

The people are tired of being ignored. Ironicly, the White House claims to have no knowledge that the march was going to happen even when a memo was leaked from house Democrats warning that there could be up to 2,000,000 in attendance. That is a slap in the face. This has been promoted fairly heavily by FOXNews, at least covering the bus carravan across the country, and we know that POTUS has some one monitoring FOX just to be able to refute it. They knew, they didn't care. They DON'T care.

We the people........
.....want a limited, accountable government.
.....are tired of government corruption.
.....want to put a stop to the spending.
.....want our politicians to be held up to the Constitution.
.....don't want our leaders to hold our hands.
.....are tired of the lies.

Keep speaking out. Do your homework, know your facts, and question EVERYTHING. Organize a group in your own community or join one. Attend as many events as you can. The movement starts with each one of us as individuals, standing up and speaking out for what is right, not an agenda. Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and any other founding documents you can find so you understand what limited government really is. We are all patriots. We all love this country. We may have some differences on policy, but we all enjoy the freedoms and liberties we are born with and don't want that taken away or hindered in any way. STAND UP! SPEAK OUT! DO NOT FEAR YOUR GOVERNMENT, MAKE THEM FEAR YOU! SPREAD THE WORDS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY EVERYWHERE YOU GO! WAKE AMERICA UP!