That didn't stop the Mass. Supreme Court from changing the definition of 'marriage' with the stroke of a pen rather than by an amendment to the constitution.
(Oops! Uh...that don't count. Heh heh. What the court wants, the court gets, it seems.)
This case is posted at: http://grou.ps/zapem/home
It has the Donofrio blog, the Alan Keyes case, the audio tapes and articles are on the forums.
Forum update is here: http://zapem.aforumfree.com/leo-c-donofrio-vs-sos-nj-f5/11-19-449pm-full-conference-scheduled-with-scotus-t20.htm
Have at it, guys! Help LEO!
“Donofrio mentioned on one of the programs that the 1790 law was rewritten in 1795 because the writers realized that they could not change the definition of “Natural born” by legislation only by an amendment to the constitution.”
“That didn’t stop the Mass. Supreme Court from changing the definition of ‘marriage’ with the stroke of a pen rather than by an amendment to the constitution.
(Oops! Uh...that don’t count. Heh heh. What the court wants, the court gets, it seems.)”
I haven’t looked at the details of the Mass. Supreme Court case on marriage, in part because I don’t live in Mass. Did they change the definition of marriage or did they define the term marriage because it was not specifically defined in the Constitution? There is a difference between the two.
They are not supposed to change a definition that is already there, but they can define a term that is not defined in the constitutionm if I understand correctly.