More on Massachusetts Same Sex Marriage Issue

More on Massachusetts Same Sex Marriage Issue

Massachusetts' Legislature - the "General Court" in joint session is now debating a Constitutional Amendment which will convey a separate status of homosexual civil union while limiting marriage to heterosexuals. That debate is now being telecast live on C-Span-2 & New England Cable News (NECN.com). In best constitutional analysis -creating a separate status for homosexuals in civil union apart from general civil marriage -defeates t customary rights protection doctrine of the US Supreme Court. That doctrine states that when creating a procedure to guarantee equal rights that procedure should not accentuate the difference by classs nor status nor by disparate process exceptionally should it separate the benefitted group. In short, they should not be made to feel more separated nor different by the rights protection. As an example - it should accomodate the right as smoothly as modern passive architectural design would accomodate a ramp for the ambulatory handicapped.