#THISisGlobalSchooling

“Thirty, forty years ago, there were a group of political liberals and scientists who said we were facing global cooling,” Cruz said. “They said we were headed towards a global ice age and the solution to global cooling was massive government control of the economy, the energy sector, and every aspect of our lives.”

“Then many of these same political liberals, and many of these same scientists, they then latched onto a new theory. It’s called global warming,” he said. “And the new theory of global warming, interestingly enough, the solution was the exact same as the solution had been for global cooling. It was massive government control of the economy, of the energy sector, and every aspect of our lives.”

Cruz went on to speak about how the data and evidence did not support global warming, then presented his summation.

“Now, you asked a question: ‘Do I believe in climate change?’ Of course!” Cruz said. “From the dawn of time, the climate has been changing; till the end of time, the climate will change. And yet, interestingly enough, the political liberals, their solution to climate change is exactly the same as it was to global cooling and global warming.”

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WATCH: Ted Cruz Schools Lib Climate Alarmist... And He Doesn't Even Realize He Just Got Owned

#THISisInconsistentMorality

Re-Blog

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In February 2014, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway, citing a “separate ethical canon for prosecutors and elected officers” and a “considered” personal “feeling,” refused to do his duty by declaring that his office would not defend the Kentucky Constitution, the Kentucky Supreme Court, and the vote of 75% of Kentuckians, who overwhelming affirmed marriage as between one man and one woman.

Prior to the supreme Court’s June 26, 2015 ruling on marriage, AG Conway in full support of the “new normal” declined to defend the then law of the Commonwealth before the Supreme Court; and for his refusal, Conway was celebrated by state government officials and the national media alike. However, Conway’s refusal to perform his duty is contrary to Kentucky law KRS 522.020 as he willfully "refrains from performing a duty imposed upon him by law or clearly inherent in the nature of his office.”

Fully acknowledging he 'had a duty to defend the law,' Conway instead articulated to the public via the Lexington Herald Leader his moral reasoning for not defending the law, So moved Conway “began to cry;” as he said, "For those who disagree, I can only say that I am doing what I think is right. In the final analysis, I had to make a decision that I could be proud of — for me now, and my daughters' judgment in the future."

Governor Beshear's response was to say; 'I understand and respect the sincere beliefs of Kentuckians on both sides of this issue” and in order to defend the Kentucky Constitution the Governor engaged an outside law firm at a reported cost to tax payers of $231,348.

Conway also received support at the federal level. US Attorney General Eric Holder encouraged Conway and other state AGs to stand on moral principle and to honor their conscience by refusing to do their job of defending their state’s law on long-held statutes upholding traditional marriage.

Speaking officially, Beshear, Holder and others offered excuses for the AG’s citing to moral principle as he refused to defend the Commonwealth, but in so doing, Conway’s stand set precedent in the matter:  Officials may stand on their personal moral code without question of official misconduct.

On June 26, 2015, the DOMA amendment to Kentucky's Constitution was declared unconstitutional based on what Chief Justice John Roberts called in his dissent a “moral” opinion. In response, without discrimination, Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis refused post June 26, 2015, to issue marriage licenses. Period.

Davis is standing on the identical precedent laid down by her Attorney General prior to June 26, 2015 when he too did not execute the duty of his office. Davis, like Conway, holds the evolving definition of marriage is a moral issue and has refused to carry out her official duty which conflicts with her conscience. However, this time there is no excuse extended to Davis and the message to this official from her Governor, is to “do your job” and issue the marriage licenses or resign.

Though clearly similarly situated, County Clerk Davis finds herself apparently on the “wrong side of history” and without the same adulation and support extended to Mr. Conway. State officials and a hostile media are now demanding Kim Davis be charged criminally with official misconduct and face fines or incarceration. This vocal minority, including Governor Beshear, has a different standard for Davis; yet she stands on the same “moral” precedent Conway held to as he refused to do his duty to the People and the Constitution of Kentucky.

For those who look beyond the daily headlines, the difference between the moral ground upon which Conway and Davis stand in refusing to perform their official duty is indistinguishable; but Davis’ official treatment and her treatment at law does not bode well for those counting on the assurances of equal protection under the law as provided for in the 14th Amendment.

In it all, Governor Beshear is an unlikely prophet when he excused Conway in February 2014. His prophecy is fulfilled as we move from One Nation under God to One Nation under government. He rightly said the potential in the marriage dispute for "legal chaos is real." Given the reports from Rowan County, he’s right. Welcome to chaos.


Checklist of Similarly Situated Circumstances:

1. Two elected Kentucky officials with constitutional offices and requirements: Check
2. Two elected Kentucky officials with personal "moral" convictions on the institution of marriage acting officially led by their conscience in the execution of their official duties: Check
3. Two elected Kentucky officials refusing to carry out their duties based on moral convictions: Check
4. Two elected Kentucky officials: A county clerk earning $80,000.00 annually and the Attorney General earning $117,000 annually. Check
5. Two elected Kentucky officials standing on same precedent, but treated differently in the media and before the law: Check
6. One official upheld and celebrated for standing on moral principle - illegal at the time and one official degraded and threatened with fines, impeachment and imprisonment for standing on a moral principle illegal at the time. Check

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For further research:

oral canon and personal feeling
http://time.com/12568/kentucky-gay-marriage-jack-conway/

75%
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/ballot.measures/

KRS 522.020
http://www.lrc.ky.gov/krs/522-00/020.PDF

Had a duty
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/jack-conway-kentucky-gay-marriage-tpm-interview

began to cry
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/03/04/3120213_live-at-1030-am-attorney-general.html?rh=1

I understand and respect
http://www.wnyc.org/story/overruled-ky-gov-says-state-will-appeal-same-sex-order/

$231,348
http://www.wlky.com/news/Taxpayers-facing-2-3-million-tab-in-same-sex-marriage-case/34903842

Eric Holder
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/25/us/holder-says-state-attorneys-general-dont-have-to-defend-gay-marriage-bans.html?_r=0

John Roberts Dissent
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/26/politics/john-roberts-gay-marriage-dissent/

do your job or resign
http://www.wave3.com/story/29512863/county-clerk-defies-governors-order-to-issue-marriage-licenses-wont-resign

legal chaos
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/kentucky-governor-warns-of-legal-chaos-in-same-sex-marriage-case/

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Two Public Servants on Different Sides of History (edited for formatting - emphasis added)

#THISisTheWorstDayEver

"Worst Day Ever?" By Chanie Gorkin

Today was the absolute worst day ever
And don't try to convince me that
There's something good in every day
Because, when you take a closer look,
This world is a pretty evil place.
Even if
Some goodness does shine through once in a while
Satisfaction and happiness don't last.
And it's not true that
It's all in the mind and heart
Because
True happiness can be obtained
Only if one's surroundings are good
It's not true that good exists
I'm sure you can agree that
The reality
Creates
My attitude
It's all beyond my control
And you'll never in a million years hear me say that
Today was a good day

**Now read from the bottom to top.

#THISisThomasDissenting

CHIEF JUSTICE ROBERTS, with whom JUSTICE SCALIA and JUSTICE THOMAS join, dissenting.

Petitioners make strong arguments rooted in social policy and considerations of fairness. They contend that same-sex couples should be allowed to affirm their love and commitment through marriage, just like opposite-sex couples. That position has undeniable appeal; over the past six years, voters and legislators in eleven States and the District of Columbia have revised their laws to allow marriage between two people of the same sex.
But this Court is not a legislature. Whether same-sex marriage is a good idea should be of no concern to us. Under the Constitution, judges have power to say what the law is, not what it should be. The people who ratified the Constitution authorized courts to exercise “neither force nor will but merely judgment.” The Federalist No. 78, p. 465 (C. Rossiter ed. 1961) (A. Hamilton) (capitalization altered).

#THISisTexasLiberties

The Supreme Court has abandoned its role as an impartial judicial arbiter and has become an unelected nine-member legislature. Five Justices on the Supreme Court have imposed on the entire country their personal views on an issue that the Constitution and the Court’s previous decisions reserve to the people of the States.

Despite the Supreme Court’s rulings, Texans’ fundamental right to religious liberty remains protected. No Texan is required by the Supreme Court’s decision to act contrary to his or her religious beliefs regarding marriage.

The Texas Constitution guarantees that ‘[n]o human authority ought, in any case whatsoever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion.’ The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion; and the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, combined with the newly enacted Pastor Protection Act, provide robust legal protections to Texans whose faith commands them to adhere to the traditional understanding of marriage.

As I have done in the past, I will continue to defend the religious liberties of all Texans—including those whose conscience dictates that marriage is only the union of one man and one woman. Later today, I will be issuing a directive to state agencies instructing them to prioritize the protection of Texans’ religious liberties.

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Office of the Governor - Greg Abbott - [Press Release] Governor Abbott Statement On Supreme Court Ruling On Same-Sex Marriage

#THISisTragicError

Regardless of what a narrow majority of the Supreme Court may declare at this moment in history, the nature of the human person and marriage remains unchanged and unchangeable. Just as Roe v. Wade did not settle the question of abortion over forty years ago, Obergefell v. Hodges does not settle the question of marriage today. Neither decision is rooted in the truth, and as a result, both will eventually fail. Today the Court is wrong again. It is profoundly immoral and unjust for the government to declare that two people of the same sex can constitute a marriage.

The unique meaning of marriage as the union of one man and one woman is inscribed in our bodies as male and female. The protection of this meaning is a critical dimension of the “integral ecology” that Pope Francis has called us to promote. Mandating marriage redefinition across the country is a tragic error that harms the common good and most vulnerable among us, especially children. The law has a duty to support every child’s basic right to be raised, where possible, by his or her married mother and father in a stable home.

Jesus Christ, with great love, taught unambiguously that from the beginning marriage is the lifelong union of one man and one woman. As Catholic bishops, we follow our Lord and will continue to teach and to act according to this truth.

I encourage Catholics to move forward with faith, hope, and love: faith in the unchanging truth about marriage, rooted in the immutable nature of the human person and confirmed by divine revelation; hope that these truths will once again prevail in our society, not only by their logic, but by their great beauty and manifest service to the common good; and love for all our neighbors, even those who hate us or would punish us for our faith and moral convictions.

Lastly, I call upon all people of good will to join us in proclaiming the goodness, truth, and beauty of marriage as rightly understood for millennia, and I ask all in positions of power and authority to respect the God-given freedom to seek, live by, and bear witness to the truth.

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Supreme Court Decision on Marriage “A Tragic Error” Says President of Catholic Bishops’ Conference

#THISisScaliaDissenting

JUSTICE SCALIA, with whom JUSTICE THOMAS joins, dissenting.

I join THE CHIEF JUSTICE’s opinion in full. I write separately to call attention to this Court’s threat to American democracy.
The substance of today’s decree is not of immense personal importance to me. The law can recognize as marriage whatever sexual attachments and living arrangements it wishes, and can accord them favorable civil consequences, from tax treatment to rights of inheritance.
Those civil consequences—and the public approval that conferring the name of marriage evidences—can perhaps have adverse social effects, but no more adverse than the effects of many other controversial laws. So it is not of special importance to me what the law says about marriage. It is of overwhelming importance, however, who it is that rules me. Today’s decree says that my Ruler, and the Ruler of 320 million Americans coast-to-coast, is a majority of the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court. The opinion in these cases is the furthest extension in fact— and the furthest extension one can even imagine—of the Court’s claimed power to create “liberties” that the Constitution and its Amendments neglect to mention. This practice of constitutional revision by an unelected committee of nine, always accompanied (as it is today) by extravagant praise of liberty, robs the People of the most important liberty they asserted in the Declaration of Independence and won in the Revolution of 1776: the freedom to govern themselves.