Attorney Doubts High Court Will Reverse Massachusetts Same-Sex Marriage Ruling

by Chad Groening
November 24, 2003

(AgapePress) - A pro-family attorney is not optimistic that the United States Supreme Court will ultimately do the right thing and overturn last week's ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court, mandating that homosexual marriages be allowed in that state.

Steve Crampton is chief counsel of the American Family Association Center for Law and Policy. He says pro-family Americans should not get their hopes up about the Supreme Court coming to the rescue of traditional marriage by reversing the Massachusetts ruling.

"I would say that the Supreme Court, judged on its past behavior, is favorably inclined toward the homosexuals," the AFA lawyer says.

Crampton feels this past summer's decision by the high court to strike down the Texas statute against sodomy is an ominous sign. "Every indication, from the 6 to 3 majority in Texas v. Lawrence seemed to support this same-sex marriage push," he says, "and seems to indicate that [the court] would ultimately affirm the same-sex marriage decision in the state of Massachusetts."

The pro-family attorney believes the Texas sodomy ruling has set a precedent that could ultimately lead to statutory acceptance of homosexual marriage. "The Lawrence v. Texas decision issued this past June removed most of the legal arguments against same-sex marriage," he says.

Crampton believes another way will have to be found to head off the decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court since, given the lawless rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court in the past, that is the last place pro-family activists will want this issue finally decided.