Goodridge v. Department of Public Health

(dissenting, with whom Spina and Sosman, JJ., join). The court’s opinion concludes that the Department of Public Health has failed to identify any “constitutionally adequate reason” for limiting civil marriage to opposite-sex unions, and that there is no “reasonable relationship” between a disqualification of same-sex couples who wish to enter into a civil marriage and the protection of public health, safety, or general welfare. Consequently, it holds that the marriage statute cannot withstand scrutiny under the Massachusetts Constitution. Because I find these conclusions to be unsupportable…