Blunt: Amend now

Gov. Matt Blunt released a statement in the wake of the New Jersey Supreme Court ruling granting gay couples the same civil rights as heteroesexual couples.

Statement from Gov. Matt Blunt on NJ Supreme Court Decision

“If we do not define marriage in the federal constitution then renegade
judges will define it for us. The latest news from New Jersey is just one
more indication that we need to protect traditional marriage within the
United States Constitution. Now is the time to act. I urge all members of
Missouri’s Congressional delegation to support an amendment to protect
traditional marriage.”

Time Magazine columnist and openly-gay conservative Andrew Sullivan has a quick reaction to the ruling, "Leave the m-word to the churches; but let the state grant equal protection under the law."

The National Review calls the court's decision to base its ruling in the New Jersey constitution's free-exercise clause, "simply put, judicial activism run amok."