"As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live." Pope John Paul III certainly hope that Mr. Van Hollen runs for higher office someday. It's not often that you see someone in public office refuse to do something that opposes their morals.
Armed with sound legal principles and plenty of chutzpah, the Wisconsin Attorney General has told state lawmakers that he will not defend the state's domestic partnership law for homosexual couples against a legal challenge, because the law violates the Constitution and the voters' intent to preserve the natural institution of marriage.
Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen issued a statement last week saying he would not represent the government over the Domestic Partnership Registry, because the people amended the Wisconsin Constitution in 2006 to prohibit lawmakers from creating institutions for unmarried couples that are "identical or substantially similar to that of marriage."
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