Not their call: NY judges get marriage policy right

Posted on July 10, 2006 | Filed Under Editorial

The New Hampshire Union Leader had an interesting editorial on the recent New York Court of Appeals ruling on the state’s prohibition of same-sex marriage.  The Union Leader hits that nail on the head for us “Constitutionalists,” pointing out that the correct ruling for the court is no ruling:

They noted that legislators had a rational basis for limiting marriage
to one man and one woman. As that made the law constitutional, it was
not up to the court to decide whether it was right or wrong.

I further enjoyed their commentary on the response from Howard Dean:

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean used the occasion of
this sensible and correct legal ruling to push his party further into
the fringes of American politics. He said the ruling ¢â‚¬Å“relies on
outdated and bigoted notions about families.¢â‚¬ So, we guess that makes
the leader of the Democratic Party not only an opponent of traditional
marriage, but a believer that anyone who disagrees with him is a
¢â‚¬Å“bigot.¢â‚¬ Nice.

It would seem that the best thing the Republican Party has going for it right now continues to be Howard Dean.


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