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To: Laissez-faire capitalist
Unless "We the People" act soon, the majority of Americans who are against same-sex marriage may soon find that SCOTUS has forced all the states to legalize same-sex marriages, like they did with the abortion issue, and take away this institution which has been state-controlled since the founding of America.

Why just be concerned about "gay marriage"? We need a constitutional amendment that would allow either a supermajority of the state legislatures or a supermajority in Congress to overturn SCOTUS decisions.

4 posted on 12/22/2004 10:57:29 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Dan Rather's got to go!)
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To: Paleo Conservative

I am all for the overturning of SCOTUS decisions that do not refelect the majority rule will of the people of the U.S., and run counter to what our Constitution says are 'states rights'.

Marriage is a state issue, so is abortion, until SCOTUS dreamed up the decision that they did, invoking 'privacy' into their ruling.


7 posted on 12/22/2004 11:05:34 AM PST by Laissez-faire capitalist
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To: Paleo Conservative

I would be more for an amendment that would limit judges in their ability to "make laws" instead of strict reading of the Constitution, which is their job. Legislatures make laws, Judges do not. Any laws judges have made, including MA same sex marriage, are in fact, not valid, and illegal.


30 posted on 12/22/2004 3:56:07 PM PST by gidget7 (God Bless America, and our President George W. Bush)
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