The Issue: The Supreme Court’s recent decisions on two high-profile cases involving same-sex marriage.
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I am disappointed that the Supreme Court overturned the federal Defense of Marriage Act (“An Arranged Marriage,” Editorial, June 27).
Too many children are hurt by our culture’s increasing inability to appreciate how important it is to bring together mothers and fathers in one loving home.
Redefining marriage changes the basic understanding of marriage from a child-centered institution to one that sees it as a temporary, revocable commitment that prioritizes the romantic happiness of adults over building a family.
On the heel of this decision, we need more than ever to work to rebuild a more loving and successful traditional marriage culture.
Paul Kokoski
Hamilton, Ontario
Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court majority betrayed democracy and the Constitution by saying the sponsors of Proposition 8 did not have legal standing to appeal after the ballot measure was struck down.
Both decisions against the majority of California voters were unconstitutional and unconscionable.
It didn’t matter that Gov. Jerry Brown and Attorney General Kamala Harris violated their oaths of office by refusing to defend Proposition 8, simply because they were against the will of the people, who passed the state constitutional amendment by a 52 percent vote.
San Francisco’s tyranny by social intimidation and legal extortion has dealt fatal blows to our legal system and the traditional institution of marriage.
Daniel B. Jeffs
Apple Valley, Calif.
All the liberals have been shouting for years that they want religion out of the government. Now that organized religion wants government out of religion, everyone turns their back.
Many religions preach that marriage is a union between a man and a woman. So be it, and the government should keep its opinion out of religion. Robert McKenna
Staten Island