Judicial Activism in Oklahoma
Lyn Rahman
May 30, 2006
"At the establishment of our constitutions, the judiciary bodies were supposed to be the most helpless and harmless members of the government. Experience, however, soon showed in what way they were to become the most dangerous; that the insufficiency of the means provided for their removal gave them a freehold and irresponsibility in office; that their decisions, seeming to concern individual suitors only, pass silent and unheeded by the public at large; that these decisions, nevertheless, become law by precedent, sapping, by little and little, the foundations of the constitution, and working its change by construction, before any one has perceived that that invisible and helpless worm has been busily employed in consuming its substance. In truth, man is not made to be trusted for life, if secured against all liability to account." – Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson’s words ring true in the most recent ruling regarding homosexual adoptions right here in Oklahoma. Judge Robin Cauthron, of United States Court of the Western District in Oklahoma, issued a ruling declaring an Amendment to Oklahoma’s adoption statute unconstitutional. The Amendment reads that the State shall not recognize adoptions from another state when such adoptions involve persons of the same sex. 10 O.S. §7502-1.4(A).
However, the Judge in this case found the following violations:
(1) Oklahoma’s Amendment is in violation of the Full Faith and Credit Clause because the State refused to acknowledge adoption decrees given by other states to homosexual couples.
(2)Oklahoma’s Amendment is in violation of the Equal Protection Clause because it targets homosexuals.
(3)Oklahoma’s Amendment is in violation of the Due Process Clause because the Amendment allegedly targets homosexuals and strips away parental rights.
The Judge made erroneous comparisons of homosexual parents, equating them to that of traditional families. She demonstrates her lack of disregard for the majority’s definition of family. In light of this ruling, only one question springs to mind: If the 10th Circuit or the United States Supreme Court fails to overturn this poor judgment, could Oklahoma’s marriage amendment be the next target for judicial activism?
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