....are taking place on several levels in Massachusetts.
Noteworthy:
"The response to all this from many supporters of same-sex marriage has been a tortured explanation of why defying the Massachusetts Constitution is actually a good thing. 'It's not a matter of following the constitution,' the legal director of the Massachusetts chapter of the ACLU told my Boston Globe colleague Sam Allis. 'It's following the constitution down the drain.' In other words, nothing must be allowed to jeopardize same-sex marriage -- not even democracy and due process of law."
Of course, the pro gay marriage side was quick to applaud the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling in 2003 that barring gay marriage was unconstitutional in that state.
Yet another in the long line of incidents showing that situational constitutionality, judicial actions in support of social policy and agendized politics are what it's all about on the "progressive" side.
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