Posted on 03/09/2003 5:40:25 AM PST by A. Pole
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:09:15 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
DURING THE ORAL argument in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts lawsuit aimed at legalizing same-sex marriage, it was Justice Martha Sosman of the state's Supreme Judicial Court who put her finger on the crux of the case. ''Could it not also be framed,'' she asked Mary Bonauto, the lawyer for the gay and lesbian plaintiffs, that ''you're seeking to change the definition of what the institution of marriage is?'' After all there have been right-to-marry cases before, involving (for example) interracial couples, prison inmates, or the mentally retarded. But, Sosman noted, they ''have not changed . . . the historical fundamental definition of what the institution is.''
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Gesundheit!
Gosh ... who'da thunk something like this could happen!
Thanks for the heads-up. I'll watch my p's and q's and hold my packets.
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