HERE COMES THE JUDGE: From the Boston Globe

..."We knew that putting this up for a popular vote we would lose," said Matt Foreman, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, which opposed the referendums. "Fundamental human rights should never be put up for a popular vote, and that is why we have a Bill of Rights, and ultimately the Bill of Rights will win for gay Americans the freedom to marry just as the Massachusetts court did for gay people in that state. We have all known forever this would all be resolved by the US Supreme Court." Gay marriages are legal in Massachusetts as a result of a court decision.

Opponents of same-sex marriage were pleased with the results but some agreed with Foreman that the measures will quickly be challenged in the courts. ...

The state referendums "will be struck down in federal court, every one of them," predicted Matt Daniels, president of the Alliance for Marriage, which favors passage of an amendment to the US Constitution banning same-sex marriage. ...

While both Kerry and Bush oppose same-sex marriage, Bush has urged passage of an amendment to the US Constitution banning same-sex marriage while Kerry has said the measure is unnecessary and the question should be left to the states.

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