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Published on: 2/21/2004
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"It's ironic when you consider that the judiciary violates the separation of powers - by usurping legislative authority - on a regular basis," said Jean Heise, special advisor to The Howard Center for Family, Religion and Society.
"That's what the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court did when it ordered the state's legislature to establish gay marriage.And that's what this very court did in 2000, when it told the state to continue doing recounts, despite a 15-day deadline for finalizing the vote, established by the legislature," she pointed out.
"Society should always give the benefit of the doubt to life," she said.
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"It's a sad state of affairs when the judiciary - which should be dedicated to vindicating the rights of the innocent - instead becomes the executioner of the most vulnerable among us," said Heise.