BOSTON, April 14, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced that it will hear oral argument on Monday, May 2nd at 9:00 a.m. in a case seeking to block the court’s decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which legalized same-sex marriage.
As a result of that decision, same-sex couples have been permitted to marry in Massachusetts as of May 17, 2004. This case, which is the last legal action surviving that is capable of stopping this decision, was filed by the Thomas More Law Center, Citizens for the Preservation of Constitutional Rights (CPCR) and others on behalf of C. Joseph Doyle, the executive director of the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts.
Robert Muise, trial counsel handling the case for the Law Center, and Chester Darling, attorney for CPCR, will present oral argument to the Supreme Judicial Court on behalf of Doyle.
According to Muise, “We are extremely pleased to have an opportunity to argue this historic case before the Supreme Judicial Court. The Massachusetts Constitution ensures the people that judges will not use the law to impose their opinion about how society should be ordered regardless of the democratic will. What happens with the legal institution of marriage should ultimately depend on the democratic processes outlined in the Commonwealth’s Constitution rather than by judicial fiat. This case seeks to preserve this proper balance of power for the Commonwealth.”
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