Homosexuals, the Courts and the Constitution

Of late, in an effort to bypass the democratic process Homosexual activists have resorted to judicial dictatorship (California and Colorado). In Florida they are attempting a similar tactic.

From WorldNetDaily...

Lara Embry and her former lesbian partner, Kimberly Ryan, began a relationship while they lived in Seattle, Wash., and registered as domestic partners. Ryan had a daughter through artificial insemination on Feb. 21, 2000. A Washington court allowed Embry to adopt the baby and listed her as a second parent....

Ryan left her homosexual lifestyle, became a Christian and is engaged to marry a man. She grew concerned that the visits were not good for her 9-year-old daughter and discontinued the plans with Embry.

Embry demanded that a Florida court enforce the Washington adoption decree and allow her to continue visiting Ryan's daughter.

But the court dismissed her petition, saying that allowing Embry to have parental rights would violate Florida Statute 63.042 prohibiting homosexual adoption, the state's Defense of Marriage Act and court precedent.

Now Embry has taken her case to the Second District Court of Appeal in Florida, arguing that the Full Faith and Credit Clause of the U.S. Constitution requires the state to give her parental rights.

Here's some legal questions...

1. If I get my drivers license suspended in Oklahoma, go to Arkansas get a drivers license there, can I legally drive in Oklahoma? Is Oklahoma then bound by the Constitution to allow me to drive?

2. If it's legal to have a ferret as a pet in Oklahoma, but I live in Kansas, if I go to Oklahoma to buy one, is Kansas then bound by the Constitution to allow me to keep it as a pet?

3. It's legal to posses marijuana (in small quantities) in Oregon. Are all other states then required to allow possession of marijuana obtained in Oregon?

It seems there are some clear cut exceptions to Article 4, Section 1 of the Constitution. And if the courts by judicial tyranny ignore that and force endorsement of homosexual adoption, the Constitution clearly provides for Congress to remedy that as they did in 1996 when they passed the Defense of Marriage Act.

Posted by Danny Carlton at March 19, 2009 6:07 AM