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?Is New York?s New Archbishop Anti-Gay??

By Alliance Alert

Scott Murphy writing at Catholic.net: "In September of 2005, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, 1st Department, said in its 4-1 ruling that the government has a 'strong interest in fostering heterosexual marriage.' The court went on to explain, 'We find it even more troubling that the [Manhattan] court, upon determining the statute [in favor of traditional marriage] to be unconstitutional, proceeded to rewrite it and purportedly create a new constitutional right.' Following this decision, Glen Lavy of the Alliance Defense Fund, an Arizona legal defense group that opposes same-sex 'marriage,' insightfully pointed out that, 'marriage laws are not primarily about adult needs for official recognition and support, but about the well-being of children and society.'"

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).