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...advice and reactions to the president,” she said. “Since I’ve spent the last 24 years of my life being a president...I hope that I can bring some of that expertise to bear to give good advice and provide thoughtful counsel...
Stanley said Liberty Counsel has two dozen lawsuits on same-sex marriage currently pending in state trial and appellate courts...
...appeal, filed by the conservative non-profit group Liberty Counsel, attempted to overturn the state Supreme Judicial Court (SJC)’s November 2003 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the Bay State. Since then, more than 3,000 same-sex couples in Massachusetts have filed for marriage licenses, according to the Associated Press...
...Liberty Counsel cited a clause in the U.S. Constitution regarding “republican” state governments to argue that the SJC’s decision overstepped judicial authority. Instead, the Counsel said, the issue of same-sex marriage should have been decided by popular referendum or the people’s representatives in the legislature...
...Deciding a case that redefines marriage to include same-sex couples is one of those cases that is simply not in the power of the Massachusetts Supreme Court to hear,” said Erik Stanley, the brief’s co-author and chief counsel for Liberty Counsel. Stanley said the Court’s denial was based on the legal grounds of the appeal, not the issue of same-sex marriage...