Penumbras of the U.S. Constitution

OK, this is a rather obscure title for this posting, but as I continue its meaning will become clear.

The definition of the term "penumbra" is An area in which something exists to a lesser or uncertain degree. The best example of this can only be the penumbras of rights supposedly existing in the United States Constitution. Rights that do not actually exist, or are not guaranteed by the Charter Document, but have been invented by our ever liberal Judiciary.

So you may be asking why am I discussing such an obscure term in this posting?

Here's Why: With the California Supreme Court recently upholding Proposition 8, an Amendment to the California Constitution, defining Marriage as the Union of One Man and One Woman, and the filing of a federal lawsuit challenging the ruling, the stage is set for a battle before the United States Supreme Court, and the creation of a new "constitutional right," that doesn't actually exist, nor is guaranteed by the Constitution, yet should this challenge prevail another "penumbra" will be foisted on the American People through an activist Judiciary.

Our Constitution was written the way it was for a reason. It specifically establishes and guarantees the most basic and fundamental rights to each American citizen. If those rights are NOT contained in the original document--THEN THEY DO NOT EXIST, however the more WE allow the Judicial Branch to legislate from the Bench the more nonexistant "penumbras" will be created, and the Constitution will become a meaningless piece of paper.