The Representative Will of the People: Ignored

In 1996, America’s elected officials in the United States Congress voted to pass the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage as “a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.” The law also defined a spouse as being “a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”

Thirty-seven state legislatures have also passed similar DOMA laws, which serve to prevent out-of-state same-sex “marriages” from being recognized in each respective state. In addition, recent polls suggest that the overwhelming majority of Americans are opposed to homosexual marriage. In an Associated Press poll, 59 percent of those polled opposed same-sex marriages, while only 32 percent favored these marriages.

Regardless, the Massachusetts judiciary has snubbed their nose at this new federal legislation; they have arrogantly ignored the will of the people. This is not an isolated event for the judiciary. Time and time again, America’s appointed judges have “overruled” this nation’s elected officials.