Yes, Roy Moore is ignoring the Constitution and the rule of law. But if you support the Supreme Court's...
Yes, Roy Moore is ignoring the Constitution and the rule of law. But if you support the Supreme Court's Obergefell decision, you don't get to criticize him for that, because that is exactly what the decision itself does.
I am against the decision (because I think the Constitution clearly does not require states to recognize same-sex marriage, even though I am personally against bans on same-sex marriages), but in favor of following it (because that is what the Constitution demands, in my interpretation of Article III etc., even though I think this decision is clearly wrong). That is what it means to follow the rule of law: to follow it even when you think it's wrong.
Both sides here -- Roy Moore, and those supporting Obergefell -- don't care about the rule of law. They only care about pushing their personal views on the issue of same-sex marriage.
I am against the decision (because I think the Constitution clearly does not require states to recognize same-sex marriage, even though I am personally against bans on same-sex marriages), but in favor of following it (because that is what the Constitution demands, in my interpretation of Article III etc., even though I think this decision is clearly wrong). That is what it means to follow the rule of law: to follow it even when you think it's wrong.
Both sides here -- Roy Moore, and those supporting Obergefell -- don't care about the rule of law. They only care about pushing their personal views on the issue of same-sex marriage.
"It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt."
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