In June of 2013, the Supreme Court’s liberals declared that the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, was unconstitutional, because, as they said, the power of the individual state in defining marriage is “of central relevance", and the decision to grant same-sex couples the right to marry is "of immense import." Basically, it’s the state, and not the federal government, which should determine what marriage is and license accordingly.

Two years to the day later, those same liberals overrode those immensely important marriage laws in 14 states and proclaimed same-sex marriage from the federal bench.

If you celebrate these rulings, and if you’ve ever been a proponent of power to the people, or you’ve ever put forth the idea that every vote should count, you either have not been paying attention, or have no idea at all what those phrases even mean.

Mentioned links:

Supreme Court DOMA Decision Rules Federal Same-Sex Marriage Ban Unconstitutional (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/26/supreme-court-doma-decision_n_3454811.html)

HIGH COURT FINDS GAY COUPLES HAVE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO MARRY (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SUPREME_COURT_GAY_MARRIAGE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-06-26-10-02-52)

The Supremes Decide (http://www.erickontheradio.com/2015/06/the-supremes-decide/)

"The substance of today’s decree is not of immense personal importance to me," says Justice Scalia... (http://althouse.blogspot.com/2015/06/the-substance-of-todays-decree-is-not.html)

It’s Time to Legalize Polygamy, Why group marriage is the next horizon of social liberalism. (http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/06/gay-marriage-decision-polygamy-119469.html#.VZLAKPlVhBe)

Now’s the Time To End Tax Exemptions for Religious Institutions (http://time.com/3939143/nows-the-time-to-end-tax-exemptions-for-religious-institutions/)

What Actually Comes Next (http://www.redstate.com/2015/06/29/what-actually-comes-next/)

Show transcript

In June of 2013, the Supreme Court’s liberals declared that the Defense of Marriage Act, which was passed by Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton, was unconstitutional, because, as they said, the power of the individual state in defining marriage is “of central relevance", and the decision to grant same-sex couples the right to marry is "of immense import." Basically, it’s the state, and not the federal government, which should determine what marriage is and license accordingly.

Two years to the day later, those same liberals overrode those immensely important marriage laws in 14 states and proclaimed same-sex marriage from the federal bench. And it once again proves something I’ve said on this podcast so many times; for the Left, it is all about politics. Constitutional matters, federalism, and some supposed regard for the rule of law, all of it, take a back seat in order to get their political agenda passed. The individual state’s ability to define what marriage is, is of central relevance, right up until it isn’t.

Chief Justice John Roberts, in his dissent, noted this, "This court is not a legislature. Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us.” Right, that’s what states were allowed to determine on their own, and in fact it was going that way with, as I said, only 14 states left holding on to traditional marriage.

I will say, as an aside, that this thought by Roberts – that the court is not a legislature – was rather ironic, given his previous rewriting of ObamaCare. It’s like two, two, two Supreme Court chief justices in one!

Let me ask you this; which would have been better? Should the Court have allowed same-sex marriage to work its way through the culture, gaining support as it had been doing, or do what it did and just impose it by judicial fiat? Before you answer, consider how well that worked for abortion.