I'm lovin' life making this post!
A straight democrat, Judge James D. Piergies, is speaking out against out against openly gay, democrat, Rev. Ted appointed, Montgomery County Judge - Judge Mary Wiseman.
For obvious reasons, Judge Piergies feels Judge Wiseman should remove herself from any cases involving Ohio's ban on same sex marriage. Judge Piergies feels Wiseman's active support against this constitutional amendment would create a potential ethical problem and feels any hope of an unbiased decision from Wiseman would be slim to none.
I completely agree with Judge Piergies. Though he did not come out and say it.... I will! The last thing we need - anywhere - is another activist judge trying to legislate from the bench!
From Dayton Daily News --
Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman, who is openly gay, should excuse herself from cases involving the state constitutional ban on gay marriage and Dayton's new law banning discrimination against gays, her Democratic primary opponent says.Can this really be happening? A democrat from Ohio making sense?
Montgomery County Area Court Judge James D. Piergies cited Wiseman's role in writing an earlier, failed version of the anti-discrimination law when she was a Dayton city commissioner in 1999. He said it would create an ethical problem as well if she were to consider cases involving the Ohio constitutional amendment that passed in 2004.
Wiseman, who was appointed by Gov. Ted Strickland to replace retiring Judge John Kessler, said the fact that she is Ohio's first openly gay judge should be encouraging to other gay people. But she said it will play no role in how she considers cases, including those involving gay rights, because judges must be impartial in applying the law. More....
Judges are judges. It's ridiculous to expect her to excuse herself from a case involving cases about pro or anti gay laws.
ReplyDeleteAre you going to tell black judges they can't rule on crimes involving black people?
Or female judges they can't rule on crimes involving rape?
If anything- homophobic, straight judges should have to excuse themselves from cases involving the gay marriage ban since it was retarded homophobic idiots (like blackwell and the CCV) who pushed the fucking thing on Ohio in the first place.