More Judicial Activism
Friday, October 10, 2008 11:05 AM
(KRT Illustrations)
For the second time this year, a state supreme court has pre-empted the democratic process by ordering the legalization of same-sex “marriage.”
In a decision just announced by the Connecticut Supreme Court, Connecticut’s law limiting marriage to heterosexual couples has been ruled unconstitutional.
The court found that the law unconstitutionally discriminates on the basis of sexual... READ MORE
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Connecticut Battle Begins
Friday, October 10, 2008 4:27 PM
Connecticut Supreme Court.
An article in the Register’s Oct. 19 print edition:
Connecticut Marriage Fight
Bishops Back Constitutional Convention
HARTFORD, Conn. — When Connecticut justices voted to force same-sex “marriage” on the state, they provoked a firestorm.
The Catholic bishops of Connecticut are backing a November ballot initiative that would change the state’s constitution in hopes of protecting... READ MORE
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Bishops Mobilize for Marriage
Monday, November 03, 2008 10:00 AM
(CNS)
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has released a video on YouTube urging preservation of the legal definition of marriage as between one man and one woman.
“Marriage is not something we invent or change to suit our own purposes,” Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., chairman of the U.S. bishops’ committee to defend marriage, explains in the video.
The Spanish version of the... READ MORE
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Marriage and Democracy
Sunday, November 16, 2008 3:27 PM
The battle for marriage is the battle for democracy in our time.
“Same-sex marriage arrived in Connecticut this week the only way it could: by bypassing the democratic process.”
Thus begins Peter Wolfgang’s column in today’s Hartford Courant.
“Only three states have had same-sex marriage, and in each case it was imposed by a 4-3 vote of the states’ high courts,” he continues.... READ MORE
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