Georgia I might have guessed. But New York? Two Courts and similar rulings came out today on the marriage issue.
The top courts in two states dealt setbacks to the gay marriage movement today, with New York’s highest court ruling same-sex unions are not allowed under state law and the Georgia Supreme Court reinstating a voter-approved ban on gay marriage.
Though they continue to use the word ban the primary issue has been to define legally what has been understood for centuries. At least the courts recognized the long history and tradition in America of a family being characterized as one man and one woman.
The New York decision said lawmakers have a legitimate interest in protecting children by limiting marriage to heterosexual couples and that the law does not deny homosexual couples any “fundamental right” since same-sex marriages are not “deeply rooted in the nation’s history and tradition.”
Not content to sit by and watch conservative definitions stand there will continue to be more work done to eliminate the conservative culture’s definition of marriage.
Plaintiff Regina Cicchetti said she was “devastated” by the ruling. But the Port Jervis resident said she and her partner of 36 years, Susan Zimmer, would fight on, probably by lobbying the Legislature for a change in the law.
“We haven’t given up,” she said. “We’re in this for the long haul. If we can’t get it done for us, we’ll get it done for the people behind us.”
There is more to this. Why the big fight over an issue that such a small minority really are passionate about. In reality, other nations with same-sex marriage available it is rarely used. They don’t want same sex marriage but rather undermine the definition as given by our Creator. It is intentional and they know it.
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