On February 3, 2014, the ACLU and eight homosexuals filed suit in federal court as an attack upon Wisconsin’s Constitution. They hope to have a federal judge rule that our Constitution is ‘un-constitutional’ regarding what it states about marriage -- that it is between one man and one woman.
Federal judges have been imposing the immorality of homosexual marriage upon states around our nation. The people of Wisconsin -- like the other states -- voted for these constitutional amendments in order to protect marriage from the sexual outlaws and moral anarchists which are prevalent in our nation today.
Around the nation, governors and legislators have stood wringing their hands saying that they will fight these rulings against proper marriages (in the federal courts), but that in the end, if ruled against, they must comply. This is an utter lie.
America’s founders never expected the states to just comply with federal court decisions -- including U.S. Supreme Court decisions. America’s founders never expected the states to just always obey the federal government.
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson wrote the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions in 1798. These were acts of defiance issued by state legislatures against lawless federal government actions.
The Virginia Resolution declares in part, “…the states who are parties thereto [parties to the U.S. Constitution], have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights and liberties appertaining to them.”
The Kentucky Resolution declares in part, “…and that whensoever the general government [Federal government] assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.”
In 1809, the Connecticut legislature commended Governor Jonathan Trumble for “his refusal” to obey the Federal government and defend their state’s laws and interests.
In 1859, the Wisconsin legislature stood in defiance of Federal tyranny and refused obedience to the U.S. Supreme Court regarding the case of Sherman Booth who defended a runaway slave. They declared in part, “Resolved, That this assumption of jurisdiction by the federal judiciary, in the said case, and without process, is an act of undelegated power, and therefore without authority, void, and of no force.”
Governor Walker must defend our state’s Constitution and defy any Federal judge who attempts to trample our state’s Constitution. He should not hide behind the hem of J.B. Van Hollen while he tries to get “justice” in federal courts, and then just comply when the Federal government imposes evil upon us through court opinions.
Recently, a Federal judge trampled the state Constitution of Texas, but stayed his “order” pending appeal. Governor Rick Perry responded strongly by saying, “Texans spoke loud and clear by overwhelmingly voting to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman in our Constitution, and it is not the role of the federal government to overturn the will of our citizens. The 10th Amendment guarantees Texas voters the freedom to make these decisions, and this is yet another attempt to achieve via the courts what couldn’t be achieved via the ballot box. We will continue to fight for the rights of Texans to self-determine the laws of our state.”
What Governor Perry stated is true and proper.
When you read history, you notice that evil propagated through law is enabled through the compliance of all lower levels of government. You are left wondering -- why did they all just obey? Why did not one state, one governor, one county, one mayor, one city -- stand in defiance of the wrong being done?
We must demand of Governor Walker that he defend our state’s Constitution. We must demand that he -- as the Virginia legislature stated -- “interpose for arresting the progress of the evil.”
As abolitionist Frederick Douglas once said, “Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”
You can contact Governor Walker at 608-266-1212.
Matt Trewhella is the pastor of MercySeat Christian Church (MercySeat.net) and the founder of Missionaries to the Preborn (MissionariesToThePreborn.com). He and his wife, Clara, reside in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area, and have eleven children.
The book he has written, “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates” can be found at Amazon.com. Multiple copies to get into the hands of legislators, county officials, and other lesser magistrates can be obtained at a discounted price by going to
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You can contact Matt at matt@lessermagistrate.com or 262-628-9169.
