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Not-So-Glib Fortuna : Dispatches from the Culture Wars

It's no surprise that the ACLU has no respect for the democratic process and continues their attempt to undo popularly-enacted legislation and constitutional amendments. What is surprising is the stinging string of rebukes the ACLU and its extremist allies have suffered in the past week on the subject of marriage from the very courts they depend on to force their twisted vision on a public that overwhelmingly rejects nearly everything the ACLU stands for.

The absurdity of this kind of rhetoric is made obvious when one considers that everyone files suits in court to stop "popularly-enacted legislation" that they believe to be unconstitutional. The anti-ACLU crowd does the very same thing and they do it often. Oregon passed an assisted suicide law, not once but twice, by popular referendum. Did the right's "respect for the democratic process" prevent them from using the "courts they depend on to force their twisted vision on a public" that rejected their views? Of course not. They filed suit immediately and took it all the way to the Supreme Court, despite losing at every stage.

When the people of California passed a law allowing the use of medical marijuana by popular referendum, were those anti-ACLU conservatives so overwhelmed by their respect for the democratic process that they acquiesced to public opinion even if they disagreed? Of course not. They ran to the courts - the same ones they accuse the ACLU of using so shamefully - to get the "will of the people" overturned. When democratically elected school boards pass policies that forbid religious groups from using school facilities, they file lawsuits in court to overturn those decisions - so much for their "respect for the democratic process."

The fact is that both sides file suits to overturn laws passed democratically all the time, whenever they believe those laws violate the Constitution. But it's only the hypocritical gits in the STACLU camp that pretend that only the other side does it. It's only the STACLUless who rant and rave about it and ignore the fact that their side does it too. Clearly, having a consistent and coherent position is of no importance to them.

The absurdity of this kind of rhetoric is made obvious when one considers that everyone files suits in court to stop "popularly-enacted legislation" that they believe to be unconstitutional.

Four words: Japanese American concentration camps.

I know damn well what the freedom haters at STACLU would have said about that...

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