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To: Luis Gonzalez
My argument is that neither States, or the Federal government have the Constitutional power to restrict two able-bodied, consenting adult citizens, from entering into the civil contract known as marriage, performed by government licensed magistrates, because in order to justify the refusal to license the union, either the State, or the Feds must fall back on a reason wholly based on religious beliefs as every other "societal" argument fails miserably to hold up to the light of day.

Nonsense. Massachusetts defined, by default, civil marriage to involve the union of one man and one woman.

A runaway liberal lawless court made a preposterous ruling to the contrary.

299 posted on 12/09/2003 9:12:59 PM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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To: NutCrackerBoy
So what?

Some States fought hard in defense of the anti-miscegenation laws on their books...they lost.

Things change.
301 posted on 12/09/2003 9:26:23 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Gift Is To See The Trout.)
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