PHOENIX — An Arizona state appeals court has denied a request to legalize same-sex “marriage” in the state.
The Oct. 8 ruling, the first one pertaining to same-sex “marriage” since the Supreme Court’s Lawrence vs. Texas decision, was not a surprise.
The major homosexual advocacy groups did not touch the case, choosing instead to focus their attention on other states — such as Massachusetts and New Jersey — where a different ruling is more likely.
Nevertheless, the 3–0 ruling was a victory for social conservatives who are fighting nationwide for a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex “marriage.”
The Arizona case involves two homosexual men who had sued the state after a court clerk had refused to grant them a marriage license. The men argued that the state’s ban on same-sex “marriage” violated both the Arizona Constitution and U.S. Constitution and that the Lawrence vs. Texas decision — which struck down sodomy bans — allowed homosexuals to “marry.”
But the court disagreed, saying that the two constitutions do not guarantee such a right. The matter, the court said, should be decided by the state legislature and not by judges.
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