Argument #2
The Massachusetts Constitution does not guarantee the fundamental right to marry a person of the same sex. The institution of marriage is a stabilizing social structure and only the Legislature can control and define its boundaries, not the judiciary. Allowing same-sex marriages would mean the court is creating a right that doesn't exist. There is a rational and historical basis for defining marriage as between one man and one woman. The institution of marriage remains the principal weave of our social fabric.