‘No fundamental rights are burdened’ by Nevada amendment defending marriage, judge rules
LAS VEGAS , December 3, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A Nevada judge has ruled that “no fundamental rights are burdened” by Nevada’s constitutional amendment restricting marriage to one man and one woman – a ruling that has led liberals and homosexual activists to ridicule his Mormon faith. Eight homosexual couples sought to overturn the marriage protection measure, which was passed by two-thirds of Nevada voters just 10 years ago. The plaintiffs, who could not marry in the state or have their “marriages” recognize by the state, claimed they bore “the stigma of exclusion and of being branded by the government as inferior.” Judge Robert Jones. District Judge Robert C. Jones responded with a ruling the Family Research Council has called “a 41-page masterpiece.” Maintaining marriage “a legitimate state interest, he ruled, and “the exclusion of same-sex couples from the institution of civil marriage is rationally related to furthering that interest.” Marriage, with its imm