Re: Gay marriage support knocks 3 Iowa justices off the bench after spiteful campaign against them

Careful, Keith.

Your Homophobia is showing.

On 11/4/10, Keith In Tampa <keithintampa@gmail.com> wrote:
> *"This spiteful campaign is a wake-up call to future voters who must resist
> attempts to politicize the courts," said Kevin Cathcart of Lambda Legal, a
> national gay-rights group.
> *
>
> This is laughable! What does Mr. Cathcart think the three Justices did when
> they legislated from the bench? There is nothing in case law, common law,
> or any substantive legal theory that supports former Justices Marsha Ternus,
> David Baker and Michael Streit's decision to somehow validate Gay marriage,
> other than a political agenda.
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Tommy News <tommysnews@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Gay marriage support knocks 3 Iowa justices off the bench
>> Comments
>>
>> November 4, 2010
>>
>> DES MOINES, Iowa -- Iowans voted to remove three state Supreme Court
>> justices, siding with conservatives angered by a ruling that allowed
>> gay marriage.
>>
>> Justices Marsha Ternus, David Baker and Michael Streit will be removed
>> after about 54 percent of voters backed their ouster -- the first time
>> Iowa voters have removed a Supreme Court justice since the current
>> system began in 1962.
>>
>> They were on the court of seven justices who unanimously decided last
>> year that an Iowa law restricting marriage to one man and one woman
>> violated the state's Constitution. They were the only justices up for
>> retention this year.
>>
>> The National Organization for Marriage and other foes of gay marriage
>> around the country spent about $1 million on the removal effort.
>>
>> "This spiteful campaign is a wake-up call to future voters who must
>> resist attempts to politicize the courts," said Kevin Cathcart of
>> Lambda Legal, a national gay-rights group. AP
>>
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>> Tommy
>>
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