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Massachusett Ruling an Attack on Traditional Marriage

The Massachusett Supreme Court, rendering a clarification on their ruling this summer to the Massachusett legislature, has declared that the state must enact laws to allow same-sex marriages by this summer. According to the justices, same-sex unions or civil unions are not constitutional because it has been demonstrated that "separate, but equal" does not work in real life. This ruling is a blow to traditional marriage and to thousands of years of religious understanding that marriage was a covenant relationship established by God between one man and one woman. All of the major religions, including Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, all adhere to this understanding of marriage. The only recourse available to Massachusett's legislators and citizens opposed to same-sex marriage is to enact a constitutional admendment. Such an amendment may take years to pass.

The big question that has to be answered here, though, is "When Massachusett's same-sex marriage act becomes law this summer, will other states, such as Georgia and Florida, have to recognize these unions?"