Can we have a civil debate in this country?
The debate of this issue make me fear for the future of American democracy. Name calling and demonization of those who do not agree is not useful. People will always believe what they want, but it’s clear to me that the legislative and executive branches have no business in the middle of this sad story. It’s an issue for the courts. I hear many willing to pillory the judge, who is a republican baptist BTW, because he applied the law within the scope of his discretion.
Judge Greer has bent over backwards to give the Schindler’s a chance to prove their case. They were unable to despite excellent legal counsel and wide spread support because they don’t have a good legal case, only an emotional one that makes for good news sound bites. We don’t run courts on emotion, we run them on facts. They have lost on 24 rulings, not because of a widespread left-wing conspiracy, but because they can’t support their position in court.
The worst part IMHO, is we have people trying to pressure Gov. Jeb Bush into breaking the law. And we have blow hards, like Pat Bucannon and Pat Robertson bloviating about destroying the power of the judiciary. We have an independent judiciary for good reason, we have 3 branches of govt for good reason, we have separation of powers for good reason. If you don’t know what they are, turn off 700 Club and take a basic civics class. If you don’t agree with having checks and balances, please find another country to screw up.
