Mass. Supreme Court Okays Homosexual Marriage
by Jody Brown and Bill Fancher
November 18, 2003
(AgapePress) - After delaying its decision for several months, the Massachusetts Supreme Court has ruled that the state cannot deny homosexual couples the right the marry. The decision in favor of same-sex "marriage" could threaten the traditional, biblical concept of marriage -- that being the union of one man and one woman -- across the nation.
Seven homosexual couples in Massachusetts had applied for, but were denied, marriage licenses. Their lawsuit against the state argued that the Massachusetts constitution protects a one's right to marry the person of one's choice. The suit also claimed there is no justification for the state to exclude homosexual couples from the benefits and protections offered by legal marriage.
Today's decision makes the Commonwealth of Massachusetts the first state in the union to allow homosexuals to marry. Vermont, one of the vanguard states in advancing the homosexual agenda, is the only state to have granted "civil union" status to same-sex couples. Earlier this month, a superior court in New Jersey dismissed a lawsuit filed by seven other homosexual couples who were seeking the right to marry.
Recent polls indicate that almost two-thirds of registered voters over the age of 30 favor protecting the traditional concept of marriage, but an almost even split on the issue of civil unions.
Based on the 2000 census, almost 600,000 same-sex unmarried households exist in the U.S.
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Supported by Lies
One conservative leader says homosexual activists who are behind efforts to redefine marriage to include unions between same-sex partners are using lies to drum up support for their agenda.
Advocates of same-sex "marriage" claim that resistance to their desires to form legally sanctioned unions constitutes continued abuse against their lifestyle. They insist they are just defending their way of life. But conservative icon Paul Weyrich of the Free Congress Foundation says that is not true.
Weyrich says there is no political group in America that is more on the offensive than the homosexual movement. "Homosexuals picture themselves as being on the defensive," he says. "In point of fact, they are on the offensive -- they are on the offensive politically, they are on the offensive morally. And this idea that they are some poor, little, discriminated-against group that needs additional protection is absolute nonsense."
Weyrich points out that homosexual lifestyle is an unhealthy way of life that shortens life expectancy by an average of 30 years.
