tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post115219510084416689..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: NY Court Washes Hands of SSMmassmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1152241489464567072006-07-06T23:04:00.000-04:002006-07-06T23:04:00.000-04:00The majority opinion is a disgrace to legal reason...The majority opinion is a disgrace to legal reasoning. Have these people been to law school? Do they understand what judges are supposed to do?<BR/><BR/>Seemingly, only two of the justices understand the difference between a law passed by the legislature and the constitution.<BR/><BR/>What a foul, foul, thing to put to paper. It is disgusting, and I hope they are shunned by the rest of the judges in the country who are living in this century.<BR/><BR/>I feel so sorry for those plaintiff couples who are told that their children not only do not have the protections of their classmates, but also that they are not worthy of protections. <BR/><BR/>I just want to puke.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1152207281775429372006-07-06T13:34:00.000-04:002006-07-06T13:34:00.000-04:00The dissenting opinion by the chief judge of the c...The dissenting opinion by the chief judge of the court agrees with you. She seems to understand the issues and law much more clearly than the four in the majority.<BR/><BR/>It would seem that sterile and elderly couples could be forbidden from marrying under that reasoning. It's absurd, as well as being an emotional response to a legal questions.<BR/><BR/>More to follow.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-1152203862250891432006-07-06T12:37:00.000-04:002006-07-06T12:37:00.000-04:00what is so pathetic about this decision is that th...what is so pathetic about this decision is that the court totally bought the arguement that marriage can be denied to gay couples because each child deserves a father and a mother. excuse me? there is no child-bearing mandate that comes with a marriage license! the court majority has just defined gay families as inferior and deficient, ignores the obvious that not all married people have children and that not all children are born to married people, and that marriage never guarantees the positive participation of both parents in a child's life. if the ny constitution doesn't guarantee equality for all its citizens then i understand that the ruling could be legally sound (if not the *most* sound interpretation). after all, courts have to work with the laws as they exist. however, the slander of gay families was gratuitous and i am thoroughly disgusted by it. words of respect for all families - a potato too hot for the tender hands of certain judges. pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com