Judges and Judiciary
Jul. 14, 2006
Judicial Activism Gets Reproof in Recent Gay-Marriage Rulings
Forum Column - Defenders of the institution of traditional marriage were encouraged by three state-court decisions in the past week.
Forum Column
By Andrea Lafferty
Defenders of the institution of traditional marriage were encouraged by three state-court decisions in the past week. The supreme courts of Georgia and New York came down on the side of judicial restraint in legal challenges to bans on same-sex marriage. And the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court actually ruled correctly on a marriage amendment.
In Georgia, the co...
By Andrea Lafferty
Defenders of the institution of traditional marriage were encouraged by three state-court decisions in the past week. The supreme courts of Georgia and New York came down on the side of judicial restraint in legal challenges to bans on same-sex marriage. And the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court actually ruled correctly on a marriage amendment.
In Georgia, the co...
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