Democracy Gone Astray

Democracy, being a human construct, needs to be thought of as directionality rather than an object. As such, to understand it requires not so much a description of existing structures and/or other related phenomena but a declaration of intentionality.
This blog aims at creating labeled lists of published infringements of such intentionality, of points in time where democracy strays from its intended directionality. In addition to outright infringements, this blog also collects important contemporary information and/or discussions that impact our socio-political landscape.

All the posts here were published in the electronic media – main-stream as well as fringe, and maintain links to the original texts.

[NOTE: Due to changes I haven't caught on time in the blogging software, all of the 'Original Article' links were nullified between September 11, 2012 and December 11, 2012. My apologies.]

Friday, March 13, 2015

Ted Cruz: Same-Sex Marriage Rulings Are 'A Real Danger To Our Liberty'

Court rulings upholding marriage equality are "a real danger to our liberty," Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said in a radio interview Monday.

In response, Cruz told WHO radio host Jan Mickelson, he plans to introduce a constitutional amendment to allow states to ban same-sex marriage.

"We have seen judges, and especially the Supreme Court, ignoring the law," Cruz said. He later added, “If the courts were following the Constitution, we shouldn’t need a new amendment, but they are, as you put it quite rightly, 'making it up' right now and it’s a real danger to our liberty."

His proposed amendment would leave the decision of how to handle marriage up to the states. It would ensure "that the federal government and unelected judges cannot set aside the democratically elected legislatures' reasonable decisions to enact and protect traditional marriage," he said.

Cruz mentioned just such a constitutional amendment last month when he reintroduced a Senate bill that aims to allow states to decide how to define marriage.

The Supreme Court plans to hear cases involving same-sex marriage and the states this term, and is expected to announce its findings on the issue by June.

Original Article
Source: huffingtonpost.com/
Author: Sara Bondioli

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