Scott Walker is an incredible example of someone entirely stupid. I cannot believe this man wants to run for president....oh wait. Yes I can.
This is his Facebook post from yesterday and my comments.
"I believe this Supreme Court decision is a grave mistake. Five
unelected (They are never elected by the people and
always appointed, Scooter, nothing new here) judges have taken it upon
themselves to redefine the institution of marriage an institution that the
author of this decision acknowledges ‘has been with us for millennia.’ In 2006
I, like millions of Americans, voted to amend our state constitution to protect
the institution of marriage from exactly this type of judicial activism. (Go back to school. Church and state are separate. Your
definition of the institution of marriage is based on your religion, and our country was founded on the idea that you
should be allowed to practice whatever religion you want. As long as the government is handing out
marriage certificates, the institution is not based on religion at all, which
means it is not affecting YOUR definition of marriage. Logically, Scooter,
people in the Christian church would have to exclude anyone who isn’t a
Christian from the institution, like atheists for example, and atheists have
always been able to go down to the courthouse without YOU being irate about it. A more logical approach would be for you to
request that the government should get out of the marriage business altogether. Then people who are gay could start their own
church and marry based on their beliefs.
But something tells me you wouldn't like that either.) The states are the proper place for these
decisions to be made and as we have seen repeatedly over the last few days, we
will need a conservative president (don’t
embarrass conservatives by calling yourself a conservative because not all
conservatives are assholes) who will appoint men and women to the Court who
will faithfully interpret the Constitution and laws of our land without
injecting their own political agendas. (Except
your agenda) As a result of this decision, the only alternative left for
the American people is to support an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to
reaffirm the ability of the states to continue to define marriage.
Recognizing
that our Founders made our Constitution difficult to amend, I am reminded that
it was first amended to protect our ‘First Freedom’ - the free exercise of
religion. (Pretty sure you just
contradicted yourself here. Does this
mean freedom to exercise the religion YOU SEE FIT?) The First Amendment
does not simply protect a narrow ‘right to worship,’ (Narrow right to worship? Where
did you even get that?) but provides
broad protection to individuals and institutions to worship and act in accordance
with their religious beliefs. (As long
as it’s YOUR religion.) In fact, the
Wisconsin constitution explicitly protects the rights of conscience of our
citizens. (The first article of the Wisconsin Constitution is as follows: Equality; inherent rights. SECTION 1. [As amended Nov. 1982 and April 1986] All people are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights; among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; to secure these rights, governments are instituted, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. [1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982; 1983 J.R. 40, 1985 J.R. 21, vote April 1986])
I can assure all Wisconsinites
concerned about the impact of today’s decision that your conscience rights will
be protected, (Except those who have a
conscience about giving citizens equal rights) and the government will not
coerce you to act against your religious beliefs. (Unless your religion is to treat everyone equally.)
I call on the president and all governors to join me in
reassuring millions of Americans that the government will not force them to
participate in activities that violate their deeply held religious beliefs. (No one is suggesting that you be forced to
marry someone of the same gender, attend gay weddings, or even agree) No
one wants to live in a country where the government coerces people to act in
opposition to their conscience. (You’re
right. I don’t want to live in a country
where the government coerces me to act against my conscience, and my conscience
says to treat everyone equally, so too bad for you.) We will continue to
fight for the freedoms of all Americans. (Oh,
except for gay people.)
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