The above poll was featured on FoxNews.com and it really shows how hypocritical so many people on the Right can be when it comes to loving America and standing up for the beliefs of our forefathers. To say, "I don't care what the judge thinks about the Constitution" is one of the most ridiculous options out there (but one that 43% of the people voted for.) The Constitution is pretty much ALL the judge here was supposed to consider. It's kills me that Right Wingers so often decry activist judges but then turn around and want a judge to ignore the law of the land when it comes to gay marriage.

As for the third option, "I'm not sure but shouldn't the voters views count for something?", this is also kind of silly because the whole reason that we have three branches of government is to protect the rights of minorities who might be overlooked or taken advantage of by the majority should popular vote be all that matters. If it wasn't for the judicial system, many of the important steps this culture has taken, particularly in race and gender equality, might never have happened.

But this isn't the only attack on the Constitution. Republicans are also trying to repeal the 14th Amendment. Now, I actually agree with their stance on the rights of illegal aliens and their offspring but I'm not sure why the amendment has to be wiped out. The men who crafted the 14th amendment never had to deal with illegal immigrants because there were no immigration laws in the 1860's. I would think that there would just need to be a new amendment regarding illegal immigrants or the argument would have to the children of illegals don't get birthrights because that would be profiting from a crime. Granted, that would be a harder argument to make since the children would be paying for the sins of their parents but I do see the Right's side of this argument.

And it's not like the Left is innocent in all of this. Last night, Paul Begala compared deporting illegal aliens in America to The Trail of Tears, which is wrong on pretty much every level and almost an insult to Native Americans. I'm also stunned at how many people just ignore the fact that illegal immigrants are here, you know, illegally. Apparently, nobody wants to go on the record and just admit that we need illegal immigrants for cheaper goods and to do the menial labor that most Americans don't want to do and that most companies don't want to pay minimum wage for.
And I still say that we need to stop fighting over the word "marriage" and take it out of the law books - take the current laws but call it a "civil union". Let all adult couples have the same rights and let the Church, synagogue, mosque, etc. define marriage for their followers but apparently there aren't many people backing me on that one.

Oh, and if you're wondering why I have Fox News' ticker on the top of my page, it's because it's the only embeddable ticker that I know of. If other sites would make them, I'd put them up but Fox seems to be ahead of the game on this one.