Massachusetts High Court to Rule on Same-Sex Marriage

BOSTON, July 9, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts will rule shortly on whether the state should grant marriage licences to seven same-sex couples. Court rulings in Ontario and British Columbia have lent momentum to the push for homosexual marriage, but in the U.S., 37 states and the federal government have passed legislation in defence of marriage. So far, however, no American court has recognized same-sex relationships as legally equivalent to traditional marriage.  “This case has the potential to be revolutionary,” said David Garrow, a law professor at Emory University in Atlanta. “If they come down in favor of the plaintiffs, the word ‘landmark’ is an understatement.”  The Boston Globe officially endorsed homosexual marriage on grounds that it is merely a continuation of ever-expanding human rights—what the paper calls “a steadily expanding circle of rights: the rights of blacks, then women, and then 18-year-olds to vote; of minorities, women, gays, and the physically disabled to be free from discrimination; of single mothers, adoptive parents, and other non-traditional families to receive government benefits…” The paper also notes that since homosexuals already can adopt children in Massachusetts, then they are just like any other family with children and their marriage should be recognized.  For local coverage:  https://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0703/09gay.html   To read the Boston Globe editorial:  https://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/189/editorials/For_gay_marriage+.shtml