Tom Feeney: “Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is, the Constitution is going to be amended. Either radical, unelected judges are…”

“Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is, the Constitution is going to be amended. Either radical, unelected judges are going to amend the Constitution from the bench to redefine the traditional view of marriage, or the people's Representatives here in this House and across in the other body are going to act to amend the Constitution to preserve the traditional, historic definition of marriage. I notice that none of the opponents yet of this amendment have said that he or she will do whatever it takes to defend marriage when the time comes, but the action is unnecessary. If they are willing to commit to do whatever it takes to defend marriage, that is another matter; but that is not what they are saying. Mr. Speaker, we have already seen the Massachusetts Supreme Court undo over 400 years of history in Massachusetts, undo a Constitution which is older than the United States Constitution, and find some new right. In doing so, in establishing same-sex marriage, what the Massachusetts court did is to belittle the traditional definition of marriage and all of the States that actually believe that.”