Gay Marrage Constitutional, Finds Mass. Supreme Court

The Supreme Judicial Court in Massachusetts have found that homosexual couples have a constitutional right to marriage, as opposed to civil unions. Four justices on the court wrote:

“The history of our nation has demonstrated that separate is seldom, if ever, equal. For no rational reason the marriage laws of the commonwealth discriminate against a defined class; no amount of tinkering with language will eradicate that stain. The (civil unions) bill would have the effect of maintaining and fostering a stigma of exclusion that the Constitution prohibits.”

The ruling was given after the Massachusetts legislature asked whether civil unions would suffice after its ruling in November stating that gay couples are entitled to rights equal to marriage.

President Bush issued a statement on the Court’s ruling, stating that if “activist judges insist on re-defining marriage by court order, the only alternative will be the constitutional process.”

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