Unusual Marriage in Holland of Three People Was Forecast in Detail in 2000
       The unusual marriage in Holland this fall of two bisexual lesbians and a straight man was forecast in detail by us in April 2000 when we looked at our neighbors in Vermont.
       Our article was written by J. Edward Pawlick, who had been a lawyer for forty years. In 1972 he began publishing newspapers for lawyers and counseling them about the significance to their clients of important opinions from the courts. In it he predicted that:
        Gay marriage would destabilize marriage
        The legal logic that was used in Vermont would require that the SJC create homosexual marriage in Massachusetts. (It was even the same lawyer who argued both cases!)
        If two homosexuals can raise a child successfully, why couldn’t a group of three do it even better?
        How about a man with two wives, Betty and Joan? Can we give life insurance benefits to Betty and not to Joan?       
       It is uncanny to read what he wrote when he counseled all of us back in 2000. It was his forecast that caused his wife, Sally, to found "Massachusetts Citizens for Marriage" that same month.
       It causes us no pride to say, "We told you so." We wish we had been all wrong, but sadly we weren't. There are many today who still say we exaggerate and we are bigots. We printed a letter just yesterday from an intelligent, young father who admonished us that there are many attacks today on the institution of marriage, "but Gay marriage isn't one of them."
       Inasmuch as we've had more than enough problems in this country, we hadn't yet looked at Holland. Then one of our editors yesterday afternoon urged us to look at the wedding in Holland. We followed his advice and immediately realized this validates everything we've been saying since 2000.
       If only we had had 1/100 of one-percent of the wealth that Pinch Sulzberger had when he inherited The New York Times Company in 1997, we would not have gay marriage in our state today. When Atty. Pawlick sold his publishing company in 1997 (Lawyers Weekly newspapers), he was advising the most successful lawyers in the United States, who constituted more than 30% of the practicing lawyers throughout the country.
       But the good news is that we have Emile Goguen, who is steadfast and honest, and we're on the same side as the vast majority of citizens in this state and this country. They are solidly in favor of traditional marriage. With all of those people working hard now that they know the facts, we will prevail, regardless of the machinations of the Sulzberger family.

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