It shouldn't be with much surprise that the Governor and Attorney General are filing an appeal on the ruling that declared Wisconsin's Gay Marriage Ban unconstitutional.
Everyone wants to read into it way more than they should. That is the job of the Governor and Attorney General to uphold the laws of the state that they are elected. The ban was approved by the voters in the state by 59%. The only county that didn't approve the ban was Dane county. So it is the job of the State's Elected Officials to uphold those laws and fight for those laws.
It seems that people forget or don't understand that it is their job. We all watch as the President has decided that he won't follow the laws or uphold them. That is a big problem. You can't have elected officials just change what laws to follow every time a new person is elected. If you don't agree with a law or don't like one, get it changed through the proper channels. You can't just choose to ignore it.
With the Gay Marriage Ban you have to remember that this isn't just a law that some right or left leaning legislature put on the books. It was also a referendum sent to the voters to be approved. It was voted on by the public and approved by 59% of them.
I have read that times have changed and people are more accepting of Gay Marriage. I can't disagree with that. I have always been accepting of it. However that doesn't change the law. For those that think it should, how about the Health Care Law? A Vast Majority now disagree with it, does that mean we should just throw it out? No it doesn't. I wish they would, but you have to go through the proper channels and change the law or repeal the law. Whether it is Gay Marriage or Health Care or the many many many laws and regulations that are out there, if it is a law then it should be followed and upheld by the Elected Leaders and Judges. If it is a law that the Majority doesn't like or want then it should be repealed or changed through Legislation or Referendum.
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