Court stops short of 'gay marriage'

[Soldier4Christ]

Court stops short
of 'gay marriage' 
N.J. justices rule homosexual couples
have right but sends case to lawmakers


New Jersey's Supreme Court ruled today homosexual couples are entitled to the same rights as heterosexuals but said lawmakers must determine whether that takes the form of same-sex marriage or some other legal union.

A ruling by the Massachusetts high court in 2003 introduced same-sex marriage to the United States. But activists on both sides viewed the New Jersey decision as even more significant because the Garden State, unlike Massachusetts, has no law barring out-of-state couples from wedding there if their marriages would not be recognized in their home states.

New Jersey – one of only five states without a law or a state constitutional amendment limiting marriage to one man and one woman – could become a destination for homosexual couples from around the U.S. who would return home and sue to have their marriages recognized.

Four other states have similar pending cases, California, Connecticut, Iowa and Maryland.

Over the past two years, attempts to legalize same-sex marriage were turned back by courts in New York and Washington state. Also, voters in 15 states approved constitutional amendments to limit marriage.

[Shammu]

The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Aug. 31 that a proposed constitutional marriage amendment can appear on the November ballot, rejecting arguments by amendment opponents that the initiative violates the state constitution.

Arizona is the eighth state to place a marriage amendment on the fall ballot, joining Colorado, Idaho, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.

The Arizona amendment also was placed on the amendment by a signature drive. The amendment would ban both "gay marriage" and Vermont-style civil unions.  The amendment is known as Proposition 107.

The Arizona Supreme Court rightly understood that this amendment is a clear, straightforward proposition with one purpose: protecting marriage.

I bet you know how, I am voting on prop 107.