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New York Supreme Court of Appeals says No to Homosexual Marriage
Abolishing marriage in court “usurps” legislature’s mandate
By Hilary White
NEW YORK, December 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Supreme Court of New York State has ruled that it has no competence to re-define legal marriage, overturning a previous ruling that would have allowed homosexual partnerings the same legal status as normal marriage.
Court’s Appellate Division ruled 4-1 that Justice Doris Ling-Cohan erred in her presumption that the courts have the authority to create constitutional rights out of whole cloth. The ruling stated, “We find it even more troubling that the court, upon determining the statute to be unconstitutional, proceeded to rewrite it and purportedly create a new constitutional right.”
Abolishing marriage in court “usurps” legislature’s mandate
By Hilary White
NEW YORK, December 9, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Supreme Court of New York State has ruled that it has no competence to re-define legal marriage, overturning a previous ruling that would have allowed homosexual partnerings the same legal status as normal marriage.
Court’s Appellate Division ruled 4-1 that Justice Doris Ling-Cohan erred in her presumption that the courts have the authority to create constitutional rights out of whole cloth. The ruling stated, “We find it even more troubling that the court, upon determining the statute to be unconstitutional, proceeded to rewrite it and purportedly create a new constitutional right.”