Constitutional Law

Ga. Supreme Court Gets Active On Marriage

Talk about activist courts. The Supreme Court of Georgia is actively pushing a statewide campaign to promote marriage. Through its Commission on Children, Marriage and Family Law, the Georgia Supreme Court is hosting dozens of billboards with messages such as, “Get Married, Stay Married” and sponsoring conferences, Law.com reported. The 48-foot-wide, 14-foot-tall billboards are part of the state supreme court’s effort to confront rising crime rates and divorce rates, according to Georgia Chief Justice Leah Ward Sears. Sears said she thinks the billboards, which also include the message, “Children do better with parents together,” can do “some good.” The state supreme court also recently conducted a conference on marriage that drew lawyers, social workers, clergy and therapists. “It’s our job to say to the Legislature, and to the executive, ‘we see and notice this,’” Sears said. “We do more than just read cases. We see a lot of human devastation. It’s my job to speak out.”

Full post as published by ACS Blog on November 24, 2008 (boomark / email).