February 05, 2005

MSNBC - N.Y. judge strikes down gay marriage ban
Ruling says same-sex couple can’t be denied equal rights

A judge declared Friday that a law banning same-sex marriage violates the state constitution, a first-of-its-kind ruling in New York that would clear the way for gay couples to wed if it survives on appeal.

I don't think it will survive on appeal, but if, in fact, it does, look for this to go either to the SCOTUS or for these Liberal judges to push us all into passing a Defense of Marriage Amendment to the Constitution.
It's as if this woman judge did it in defiance of President Bush's words in his SOTU, isn't it?
There is no "right" to same-sex marriage.
I'm not convinced that homosexual members of a committed relationship are being deprived of anything now.
And while I have a "live and let live" attitude towards homosexuals, a savvy pundit helped me understand what it is about this "gay marriage" thing that drives me crazy: it's being told what I must live with by these Liberal judges who legislate from the bench, believing that our federal and state constitutions are "living documents."
When you consider that 11 states voted down the acceptance of same-sex marriages last November, the momentum is not with the gay political activitists who are driving this push for "gay marriage."