Much has been said about how some governmental entities or governmental workers have refused to honor the Supreme Court ruling that “gay marriage” is now legal in all 50 states. Well, put those independent declarations in some context.
The United States was established as a nation ruled, not by men, but by laws. This meant that laws were established to direct national and individual behavior and, regardless of who or what party was in control, the continuity of the respect for the law was maintained.
We then get to January 20, 2009. Barack Obama is inaugurated as President of the United States. Things changed a bit.
We then had an Attorney General that could secretly run guns to Mexico, lose track of them, cause the death of a Border Patrol Agent, Brian Terry, cover it up and stonewall Congressional investigations. The President, supposedly not involved in the scheme, invokes Executive Privilege to block the release of information (this is supposed to be reserved for situations that directly involve the President and the White House).
We had a law passed that took control of 1/6 of the domestic economy. The President, seeing the popularity of his failing center-piece legislation fall and the negative affects of his law grow and expand, begins a series of unilateral changes, delays, cancellations and re-interpretations of the law in order to dodge the negative electoral effects of the negative reactions to the full impact of the law. All against Constitutional mandates.
We have seen the IRS target conservative groups for audits, investigations, harassment and illegally releasing their private information. The ensuing investigations are, again, stonewalled by the administration. No one is held accountable and all leadership involved are allowed to retire with full benefits, all while they ignore Congressional demands for answers. The DOJ only pretends to carry out an investigation; the targeted groups are not even questioned by the FBI.
Illegal immigration has been out of control for decades with a tug of war over Hispanic political support blocking efforts to secure our border and address the millions of illegal immigrants in this country absorbing jobs and taxpayer funded assistance. While there are laws specifically addressing border security and deportation of illegal immigrants, this President and DOJ, choose which laws they will enforce and those they ignore. Again, political support of Hispanics is vital in elections and the hyperbole of any resistance to unfettered illegal immigration prevents a unified national action to slow it down or stop it.
Our Ambassador to Libya was murdered in Benghazi and this administration and Secretary of State block or ignore investigations into how the intelligence warnings were ignored, security was so deficient and a lame and ridiculous excuse for the attack was promoted. Laws directing how electronic communications are handled and stored were ignored and broken, yet investigations into THAT aspect are stonewalled and blocked as well.
In short, up to the highest levels of government, complying, honoring and/or enforcing laws regardless of political impact is non-existent. It is clear that any member of this administration feels they have full authority to ignore or break whatever legal impediment to their political goals they encounter. Following the law is not mandatory and breaking the laws and getting caught red-handed brings NO punishment or responsibility; it is not even embarrassing.
The system is broken and has broken down. So, how can anyone on the left expect anything else from anyone that might have religious or moral objections to same-sex “marriage”? Choosing which laws we want to abide by is now the norm, not the exception.
Behold what you have wrought, liberals.
Just a regular, run-of-the-mill guy. I worked in the RV business while going to college and after before I got a job in a cabinet shop in the corporate aviation business. There I worked for 37 years doing cabinetry, service, airframe, finish, paint and upholstery work. I’m now retired. I’ve been married for almost 50 years (to the same gal, my high school sweetheart), have two daughters and 8 grandchildren. I’ve been conservative all my life, even before I knew what conservative was; it was just the right way to be.