In Massachusetts, anti-gay groups have asked a federal court to block the legalization of gay marriage next week, arguing that the state's highest court violated the U.S. Constitution with its landmark November ruling. The nonprofit Liberty Counsel (sort of an anti-Lambda Legal Defense) and its allies filed the case on behalf of Robert Largess of Boston, vice president of the Catholic Action League, who apparently believes that allowing same-sex couples to marry would be an impermissible violation of his civil rights. Go figure.
As quoted by the AP, legal expert Shari Levitan called the motion a "Hail Mary pass," saying, "I think the significance of this is not the case itself but that it highlights such strong emotions. People are willing to go to the mat with any argument to push their claim." We certainly do drive them up the walls, don't we.
Meanwhile, the AP also reports that the seaside gay mecca of
Provincetown will issue out-of-state same-sex couples marriage
licenses in defiance of Governor Mitt Romney's residency edict
(based on a resurrected anti-miscegenation law), likely setting the
stage for another round of gay marriage legal -- and political --
battles.