Published July 29, 2006, on WorldNetDaily.com
Homosexual advocacy groups were dealt yet another stinging blow this week when the Washington State Supreme Court upheld the state’s Defense of Marriage Act and ruled that no fundamental right exists to same-sex marriage. Demonstrating admirable judicial restraint, Justice Barbara Madsen wrote for the majority, stating, “[W]hile same-sex marriage may be the law at a future time, it will be because the people declare it to be, not because five members of this court have dictated it.”
The ruling comes at the close of a particularly devastating month for same-sex marriage supporters. In July alone, numerous state courts across the country – including those in such prominent blue states as New York and Connecticut – upheld marriage as the union of one man and one woman and dismissed attempts to radically alter this fundamental institution of society. Read the rest of this entry »