President Obama's announcement last week that he will no longer protect the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) sparked outrage among marriage proponents who say the president ignored the will of the people and stepped over his boundaries. Randy Thomasson, president of
SaveCalifornia.com, points out the president's action is clearly an attack against the values of Americans and a mark of an "increasingly totalitarian government."
"It's downright frightening to hear U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder suggest that moral disapproval of homosexual marriages is somehow unconstitutional," he laments. "What's next? Federal lawsuits against states with man-woman marriage laws -- and federal investigations of individuals who believe that marriage is only for a man and a woman?"
Thomasson urges the U.S. House of Representatives to take action and intervene to save DOMA. He equates Obama's action to that of California Governor (and former Attorney General) Jerry Brown, who decided not to defend marriage when his role as the state's chief law enforcement officer was to support state law.
"Barack Obama lied when he said he'd defend marriage for only a man and a woman," laments Thomasson. "And now Obama is following in the footsteps of another liar -- that's Jerry Brown of California."
The SaveCalifornia.com president points out officials in Washington are not abiding by federal law and are instead choosing to implement their personal feelings in the decision.
Prop. 8 remains in limbo
Thomasson has been on the front lines in The Golden State's seemingly unending legal clash over Proposition 8, the 2008 voter-approved measure that defines marriage between a man and a woman. Attorneys in that battle have requested that the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals lift the ban on homosexual "marriages" while the California Supreme Court decides the issue. The petition came after the state's highest court announced its decision to hear the case on marriage, delaying the case until the end of the year.
Thomasson tells OneNewsNow that the move is a process of appeal. "I'm hoping that this in-your-face, selfish move by [attorneys] Ted Olson and David Boies will be rejected by the federal appeals court as simply too much and out of order," the family advocate offers. (
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The Ninth Circuit requested the state's highest court to decide whether state law permits initiative proponents to defend their measures in court.
Thomasson suggests it is time for America to seek God and turn in repentance. "We need to pray for justice to be done; [we need to] pray for protection from God because America is going down the toilet morally because of its disobedience to God; and we need to ask for God's mercy -- something we certainly don't deserve."
The decision by the California Supreme Court is pivotal to supporters of Prop. 8 who may see the law overturned if the court decides proponents do not have a right to defend their measures in court.
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