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Citizens Stand Up To Judges

A reporter for a local Christian paper tells me we had between 250 and 300 people at Wednesay’s event; the mainstream media, naturally, puts the number lower. Regardless, the Family Institute of Connecticut’s office has been overwhelmed these last 48 hours by people calling to tell us the Rally for Liberty was a success.

In what may be the first event of its kind, hundreds of people rallied at the state Capitol Wednesday to protest a pending decision from Connecticut’s Supreme Court. Sometime this fall, the Court may impose same-sex “marriage” on our state by judicial fiat. This time, pro-family citizens were rallying to not only protect marriage, but even our very right to self-government.

Over and over again, the chant was heard from the crowd: “Let the People Decide!” Bishop Christie Macaluso of the Archdiocese of Hartford, the Rev. Eric Thompson of Wayfaring Ministries in East Hartford, the Rev. Adam Soderberg of South Congregational Church in Hartford, State Rep. Vincent Candelora of North Branford and other dignitaries joined me at the podium in making an open plea to our Supreme Court to do the right thing and not impose same-sex “marriage” by judicial fiat.

The Rally for Liberty was covered by Christian radio WIHS (104.9 FM), WTIC 1080 AM, Fox 61, the Catholic Transcript and the Republican-American, which ran a front page above-the-fold article:

Vincent P. McCarthy, an attorney for the Family Institute of Connecticut and an opponent of same-sex marriage, suspects that the seven justices who heard the case are sharply divided.

“I think it is going to be close,” McCarthy said…

McCarthy said the length of the Supreme Court’s deliberations strikes him as odd. He takes that as a possible sign of deep divisions and jockeying among justices.

“I think you are going to see a very divided opinion when it comes out,” McCarthy said…

In a speech Wednesday, Peter Wolfgang, the executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, accused some justices on the panel of “basically coaching” the GLAD lawyers during oral arguments. He singled out Justices David A. Borden and Richard N. Palmer…

Opponents rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday morning to urge the court not to declare that same-sex couples have the legal right to marry.

The Hartford Courant ran a blurb promoting the Rally two days before it occurred—and then chose not to cover it. It’s been suggested to me that the Courant’s court reporter knows the Justices are closely divided on this case and feared coverage of the Rally would help tilt the Court in our direction.

Either way, our message is being heard. Your presence, your prayers and your financial support are making the crucial difference in the fight to protect marriage in Connecticut. I want to thank all of you who helped to make our Rally for Liberty a success.

One Response to “Citizens Stand Up To Judges”

  1. on 14 Sep 2007 at 5:31 pmGems

    Has McCarthy ever practiced in the CT Supreme Court, outside of whatever his involvement in this case was? Because the statement that the length of deliberations seems “odd” is way off base. Decisions take months to be issued following oral argument, even when it’s a non-controversial simple one-issue dispute with the usual five-judge panel. (And the issue isn’t how long it takes to deliberate, necessarily; it’s how long it takes to draft the decision.) To say that it’s “odd” that the Court hasn’t issued a decision on a case that was heard en banc three months ago and raises complex issues implicating statutory interpretation, constitutional analysis, and public policy concerns is, quite frankly, kind of stupid. Even if you think it’s a slam-dunk one way or the other, the issue deserves a significant amount of attention from the Court.

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