[Hoot Gibson]

With all the debt, unemployment, open borders, terrorism, laziness, choking tax code, drug abuse and about a hundred more problems this country currently has, I cannot understand why we even discuss this subject. Does anyone know what percent of our population wants to marry someone of the same sex? Anyone?

My issue is with the way that gay marriage advocates are going about legalizing the practice. There is no special right to marriage between gay people in the Constitution and in almost every case, a majority of voters or their elected representatives have given two thumbs down to legalization. Instead of rolling up their sleeves and trying to win the hearts and minds of voters, these lowlifes go to radical left wing judges that have been imposed on Americans and demand that their opinion on the subject trump the will of the majority.

I am perfectly willing to live with laws with which I disagree, provided those laws have been duly enacted with a majority of voters supporting them. I also recognize that courts must protect Americans's constitutional rights, even in cases where the majority would deny those rights. Gay marriage has never been a civil right in this country. Nothing in the U.S. Constitution grants gay people special protection under the law.

When a small number of people, most notably federal judges, can arbitrarily set aside duly enacted laws that do not conflict with our constitution or our traditions, all of our constitutional rights are put into play.