The Governor's actions are disgraceful. He knows full well that he is usurping the legislature. The matter has not yet been fully adjudicated by the courts as there is conflicting decisions in the 4 appellate districts. The case Martinez v. Monroe County was under appeal to New York's top court, the Court of Appeals which dismissed the appeal on a technicality and sent the case back to the appeals court to decide on the issue of damages. Once this is complete, the appeal can be renewed. Furthermore, there are other similar cases making their way to the top court. The Governor's action was a political power grab which violates the separation of powers between the executive branch and the legislative branch. Why is he afraid of the people? If there is such strong support for homosexual marriage, put it to a referendum. Let the people decide.
The homosexual extremists lost before the Court of Appeals in 2006. It was clear that the court addressed this issue.
Specifically the court stated, "First, the Legislature could rationally decide that, for the welfare of children, it is more important to promote stability, and to avoid instability, in opposite-sex than in same-sex relationships.... The Legislature could [also] rationally believe that it is better, other things being equal, for children to grow up with both a mother and a father. Intuition and experience suggest that a child benefits from having before his or her eyes, every day, living models of what both a man and a woman are like."
"The idea that same-sex marriage is even possible is a relatively new one. Until a few decades ago, it was an accepted truth for almost everyone who ever lived, in any society, in which marriage existed, that there could be marriages only between participants of different sex. A court should not lightly conclude that everyone who held this belief was irrational, ignorant or bigoted. We do not so conclude."
We would ask that you call your Senator to oppose the Healthy Teens Act (S1342 Winner/A2856 Gottfried). There is nothing healthy about this bill. Currently, New York requires sex education and AIDS education. This bill is being pushed by Planned Parenthood which has a history of promoting all forms of sexual activity thus comprehensive sex education. The topic guidelines recommended by SIECUS (the foremost national advocate for comprehensive sex education) include masturbation, sexual intercourse, cohabitation, oral and anal sex and homosexuality. Perhaps the Senators should research the now infamous Rainbow Curriculum which was exposed in the 1990s. Here is a link from the City Journal for your consideration; http://www.city-journal.org/article01.ph...
Posted on June 3 at 2:01 a.m. (Suggest removal)
The Governor's actions are disgraceful. He knows full well that he is usurping the legislature. The matter has not yet been fully adjudicated by the courts as there is conflicting decisions in the 4 appellate districts. The case Martinez v. Monroe County was under appeal to New York's top court, the Court of Appeals which dismissed the appeal on a technicality and sent the case back to the appeals court to decide on the issue of damages. Once this is complete, the appeal can be renewed. Furthermore, there are other similar cases making their way to the top court. The Governor's action was a political power grab which violates the separation of powers between the executive branch and the legislative branch. Why is he afraid of the people? If there is such strong support for homosexual marriage, put it to a referendum. Let the people decide.
The homosexual extremists lost before the Court of Appeals in 2006. It was clear that the court addressed this issue.
Specifically the court stated, "First, the Legislature could rationally decide that, for the welfare of children, it is more important to promote stability, and to avoid instability, in opposite-sex than in same-sex relationships.... The Legislature could [also] rationally believe that it is better, other things being equal, for children to grow up with both a mother and a father. Intuition and experience suggest that a child benefits from having before his or her eyes, every day, living models of what both a man and a woman are like."
"The idea that same-sex marriage is even possible is a relatively new one. Until a few decades ago, it was an accepted truth for almost everyone who ever lived, in any society, in which marriage existed, that there could be marriages only between participants of different sex. A court should not lightly conclude that everyone who held this belief was irrational, ignorant or bigoted. We do not so conclude."
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