Fighting back.

Your article "'Massachusetts: Land of the Pretenders" (April 19 issue) says it all. As a lifelong resident of the Bay State the land of Teddy and Barney, et al.--I am totally outraged by the actions of what passes for government here. And I am ashamed that a majority of the people of Massachusetts have allowed the present state of affairs to exist, by their continuing support, over the years, for amoral people such as the aforementioned.

Yes, this state has altogether too many pretenders, and now--when the basic issue of the sanctity of marriage is at stake--where are our leaders? Certainly not in the state house or in the "courts." THE NEW AMERICAN is one of the very few voices being raised to put the issue of "same-sex marriage" in its true perspective, to show why a constitutional amendment is wrong and to put the blame on the courts, where it belongs.

Can you imagine a Sam Adams or Paul Revere addressing a like situation, in 1775? They wouldn't have allowed it; they wouldn't have supinely given in, and allowed the word of God to be trampled on, as some wimps in this state's misbegotten govern merit have done. Some of us are working toward doing what THE NEW AMERICAN has exhorted--getting rid of the judges!

"If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?" (Psalm 11:3)

RICHARD T. DARCY

Rockport, Massachusetts