http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/blog_rss/bennettgaumitz The issue of religion in the United States has always been one the Supreme Court has been quick to avoid. We can hardly blame them; it’s perhaps the most contentious political topic this nation faces. However, it cannot continually be avoided, and so here in Wisconsin is a case involving a man named Gary Kazmarek . Gary was a Catholic school teacher who abused children in the 1960s, and because of this the Church quietly transferred him. This was despite the promise to the children’s parents that Kazmarek would receive treatment and never have contact with children again. The parents trusted the Church, but after all that he taught at a grade school in Kentucky abusing children in 1968-1973. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHGR http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHGR/commentary#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:19:29 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHGR Bennett Bennett 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGR/ Van Hollen’s second act of legislation was within another hazy area of legislation, the issuing of permits to retired officers . This is an area of legislation that Wisconsin differs from in all but one state (Illinois), however, if this is to be changed then it should be changed with new legislation, rather than through another attempt to use a gray area of the law to legitimize his own political ideology, once more using himself as a precedent (and once more entering the spotlight). He also intentionally goaded others to follow, but no one felt comfortable enough to follow suite. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHj3 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHj3/commentary#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:29:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHj3 Bennett Bennett 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj3/ Judicial Activism is both praised and criticized, as it often divides the court,, but it has without question produced valuable results over issues that were controversial at some time, such as Brown v. Board of Education , a critical case that brought an end to segregation during the 1950s. This judicial activism is defined as “an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions.” Van Hollen’s recent public announcements on particular issues in Wisconsin remind me eerily of this method, but without the formality of court. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHjh http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHjh/commentary#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:48:28 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/bennettgaumitz/CHjh Bennett Bennett 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjh/