The people of Massachusetts are injured when their state government via the judicial branch removes their right to a republican form of government. When the courts are legislating the people are all harmed, regardless of their view on this particular issue. But it was too much to ask the supreme court to rule that another court usurped its constitutional powers by legislating from the bench. To do so would call into question many of their own decisions. Power is a very enticing thing.
Sorry you live in such a messed up state, but the last thing this country needs is a Mass plaintiff asking the US Supreme Court to make your gay marriage the law of the land.
You're right. The people of Massachusetts had no say in this. Maggie Marshall (champion of the gay lesbian alliance)and her supreme court crew dictated this. The politicians on Beacon Hill don't have the backbone to bring the real issues to a vote. We can thank Maggie for bringing this to a head. It actually helped W get elected.
If voters can overrule the judicial branch by voting for a state constitutional amendment, has the republican form of government been taken away?