SJC ruling won't end gay debate

[RS Davis]

[glow=red,2,300]Cathy Young Wrote:[/glow]THE MASSACHUSETTS Supreme Judicial Court ruling which held that a ban on same-sex marriage violates the equal protection guarantees of the state Constitution has caused predictable reactions. To gay rights supporters, the decision is a legal and moral victory comparable to the triumph of the civil rights movement. To religious conservatives, it is virtually the end of civilization as we know it. Meanwhile, politicians from both parties are scrambling to be all things to most people. President Bush has vowed to work to preserve "the sanctity of marriage" as the union of a man and a woman but, to the disappointment of traditionalist supporters, stopped short of endorsing a constitutional amendment enshrining that principle. The leading Democratic presidential candidates have reiterated their opposition to same-sex marriage while backing civil unions that grant most of the rights of married couples.

- Rick