Watch this teacher, said to be from Asheville, North Carolina, verbally terrorize a young child. We should never wonder why people are so distrustful of, and disgusted by, the public schools in so many places across the nation. Over-the-top politicking and social engineering – it has to stop. (From a Swedish doumentary.)
As mentioned earlier, Connecticut voters refused to approve a Constitutional Convention which could have overturned gay marriage in our State. California voters, dare I say owing to their greater familiarity with both the style and the substance of the homosexual activist movement, appear to have handed a tremendous victory to pro-family forces across the nations. Today’s Wall Street Journal says:
Proposition 8, which would establish marriage as a union between a man and a woman, passed with 52.1% of the vote, against 47.9% opposed, with 94.6% of precincts reporting. The approval marks a stunning upset in a $70 million campaign that just weeks ago looked to be running in favor of preserving gay marriage rights.
The passage of Prop 8, as it is known, would be a major victory for religious conservatives seeking to ban gay marriage in other states, and a crippling setback for the gay rights movement nationwide.
Indeed. But what to do in States such as ours or Massachusetts, in which the right to gay marriage has been enshrined as a matter of State Constitutional law? When the highest judges in the land, elected by none and accountable to none, can create such a right as God made the world – out of nothing – and the people have no remedy available to them, what can pro-family forces do?
The fact that a “liberal” State like California, known for its large and very influential gay population, has spoken against gay marriage speaks volumes. As the FIC Blog points out today, some 30 states have already voted to protect marriage as it has been traditionally understood.
And what’s wrong with that?
Democrats prevailed easily all over Connecticut yesterday:
District 1: Incumbent John Larson pulled in 70% of the vote, acing Joe Visconti.
District 2: Incumbent Joe Courtney topped Sean Sullivan, 66% – 32%.
District 3: Incumbent and Congresswoman-for-Life Rosa DeLauro grabbed 76%, while the GOP candidate, Bo Itshaky could only manage 21%.
District 4: In the only close contest, newcomer Jim Himes bested Christopher Shays, 51-48. This ends over two decades of service for Shays.
District 5: Incumbent Chris Murphy defeated David Cappiello, 59% to 39%.
Congressman-Elect Jim Himes
Also making national news tonight was the victory of Jim Himes over veteran Rep. Christopher Shays. U. S. News & World Report introduces us to Mr. Himes:
The victor is Himes, 42, former vice president of Goldman Sachs. Himes, who has styled himself as bringing “a real-world perspective to Washington,” targeted Shays as a party-line candidate out of touch with voters. That stung the candidate, who built his career on his ideological independence. Called by the New York Times —which endorsed him—a “rare champion these days of Republican moderation,” Shays advocated increasing the minimum wage, expanding children’s healthcare, and reforming campaign finance. In fact, says Michael Sohn, his six-time campaign manager, it’s Himes who doesn’t think independently. “All he does is read off the talking points of the DCCC,” he says.
Shays had been the only remaining House Republican in all of New England.
See results of the Presidential and Congressional races here, down to the town or county level, courtesy of Google: