Magna Carta News
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
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Representative Lance Cargill (405) 922-7037
Representative Thad Balkman (405) 229-9822
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2003
Upon hearing of the Massachusetts Supreme Court's gay marriage decision, Oklahoma state Rep. Lance Cargill, R-Harrah, stated, "Today four judges in a small New England state have overturned a millennium of common law." He further declared that Supreme Court Justice Scalia "warned us this would happen after the Lawrence decision striking down the Texas sodomy law."
"Just as counterfeiting currency can destroy a nation's economy and monetary system, recognizing counterfeits to marriage, like 'gay marriage', will wreak havoc throughout the social and moral fabric of our country."
State Rep. Thad Balkman, R-Norman, said he was concerned about the future effects of the decision. "We have to be prepared in Oklahoma to deal with radical activists employing the 'full faith and credit' clause of the U.S. Constitution to force us to recognize these so-called marriages."
Balkman continued, "It is a sad day when judges, who are supposed to uphold the law, utterly reject God's eternal law of nature."
To try and counter the effects of this decision, Cargill and Balkman are set to introduce a resolution to the Oklahoma Legislature decrying this judicial usurpation of democracy. It calls on the United States Congress to pass a constitutional amendment defending traditional marriage and for the Oklahoma Legislature to be the first in the country to ratify such an amendment.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Oklahoma Legislature wishes to express its disapproval of the recent ruling of the United States Supreme Court invalidating state anti-sodomy laws; and WHEREAS, the Court's opinion improperly relies upon the laws of
foreign countries as a ground for striking down American laws; and WHEREAS, the Court's opinion improperly suggests that the moral concerns and opinions of the people of a state are, in and of themselves, insufficient bases for state laws regulating human conduct; and
WHEREAS, the Court's reasoning suggests that other, morality based prohibitions on otherwise consensual conduct, such as the general prohibitions against prostitution, bigamy, bestiality and homosexual marriage, among others, may also be invalid; and WHEREAS, the only proper marriage is that occurring between one man and one woman, and just as counterfeiting a currency has the potential to bankrupt an economy, counterfeiting the venerable institution of marriage by claiming that homosexual relationships are equal to heterosexual relationships has the same potential to wreak havoc on social life as Americans know it.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that The Oklahoma Legislature condemns the United States Supreme Court for its improper ruling concerning state sodomy laws and calls on the Court to reverse its regrettable and erroneous ruling; and
Should the Court fail to reverse its ruling, the Oklahoma Legislature requests that the United States Congress pass a federal constitutional amendment overruling the Court's decision and prohibiting homosexual marriage throughout the United States; and The Oklahoma Legislature, on behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma, expresses its intent to see that Oklahoma is the first state in the union to ratify the new amendment to the federal Constitution.
Magna Carta News heartily applauds these fine legislators.
Representative Lance Cargill (405) 922-7037
Representative Thad Balkman (405) 229-9822
For Immediate Release
November 18, 2003
Upon hearing of the Massachusetts Supreme Court's gay marriage decision, Oklahoma state Rep. Lance Cargill, R-Harrah, stated, "Today four judges in a small New England state have overturned a millennium of common law." He further declared that Supreme Court Justice Scalia "warned us this would happen after the Lawrence decision striking down the Texas sodomy law."
"Just as counterfeiting currency can destroy a nation's economy and monetary system, recognizing counterfeits to marriage, like 'gay marriage', will wreak havoc throughout the social and moral fabric of our country."
State Rep. Thad Balkman, R-Norman, said he was concerned about the future effects of the decision. "We have to be prepared in Oklahoma to deal with radical activists employing the 'full faith and credit' clause of the U.S. Constitution to force us to recognize these so-called marriages."
Balkman continued, "It is a sad day when judges, who are supposed to uphold the law, utterly reject God's eternal law of nature."
To try and counter the effects of this decision, Cargill and Balkman are set to introduce a resolution to the Oklahoma Legislature decrying this judicial usurpation of democracy. It calls on the United States Congress to pass a constitutional amendment defending traditional marriage and for the Oklahoma Legislature to be the first in the country to ratify such an amendment.
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the Oklahoma Legislature wishes to express its disapproval of the recent ruling of the United States Supreme Court invalidating state anti-sodomy laws; and WHEREAS, the Court's opinion improperly relies upon the laws of
foreign countries as a ground for striking down American laws; and WHEREAS, the Court's opinion improperly suggests that the moral concerns and opinions of the people of a state are, in and of themselves, insufficient bases for state laws regulating human conduct; and
WHEREAS, the Court's reasoning suggests that other, morality based prohibitions on otherwise consensual conduct, such as the general prohibitions against prostitution, bigamy, bestiality and homosexual marriage, among others, may also be invalid; and WHEREAS, the only proper marriage is that occurring between one man and one woman, and just as counterfeiting a currency has the potential to bankrupt an economy, counterfeiting the venerable institution of marriage by claiming that homosexual relationships are equal to heterosexual relationships has the same potential to wreak havoc on social life as Americans know it.
Now, therefore, be it resolved that The Oklahoma Legislature condemns the United States Supreme Court for its improper ruling concerning state sodomy laws and calls on the Court to reverse its regrettable and erroneous ruling; and
Should the Court fail to reverse its ruling, the Oklahoma Legislature requests that the United States Congress pass a federal constitutional amendment overruling the Court's decision and prohibiting homosexual marriage throughout the United States; and The Oklahoma Legislature, on behalf of the citizens of Oklahoma, expresses its intent to see that Oklahoma is the first state in the union to ratify the new amendment to the federal Constitution.
Magna Carta News heartily applauds these fine legislators.
