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A look back in time......

MY RESPONSE TO THOSE FREEPERS WHO OPPOSE HJR 56...

First and foremost this is NOT petty... it is critical in this day and age that we RE-AFFIRM our MORAL foundation. I AGREE with those opponents who are concerned that the U.S. Constitution should not have to be this SPECIFIC, ....HOWEVER, our JUSTICE system has failed us miserably... by equating a union of two people of the same sex to MARIAGE....

this is a HUGE step in destroying the MORAL foundation of our laws.

I believe that by NOT passing this ammendment the effect will be exactly what some opponenets fear will occur if we DO pass it......

IMHO, it will encourage leftists to try to put their own crap into our laws using the judiciary, and taking advantage of its failure to ensure decisions are grounded in MORALITY........

This Ammendment will send the message LOUD AND CLEAR to our JUDICIARY that we WANT them to make decisions that are grounded in MORALITY and if they don't know what that is then WE THE PEOPLE will have to explain it to them in the CONSTITUTION!!!

66 posted on 07/27/2003 10:40:06 AM EDT by davidosborne (www.davidosborne.net)

our JUSTICE system has failed us miserably... by equating a union of two people of the same sex to MARIAGE

I concur, however..........
Why not pass an act the legislates HJR 56 into US code via the exceptions clause USC Art 3/ Sec 2/ Clause 2} @ the same time?
This would effectively supersede:
State Law
Federal Law
Standing Judicial Opinions NOW
and whilst it was processed thought the states {a matter of years} the The Federal Courts Could NOT Touch It!

Hell, I'd be pleased if they'd just make decisions grounded in the Constitution. I'm not holding my breath though.

Antithetical to the Constitution is the "Federal Marriage Amendment" (H.J. Res. 56/S.J. Res. 26), hoping to nullify that which so many of our countrymen have fought and are fighting for, a free and open society with equal rights for all. Our Civil Liberties are being challenged through the non-patriotic Patriot Act and now through this horrendous ammendment. Marriage is a States issue, not a Constitutional issue, and in fact the Constitution is set up to allow all rights.

I believe that amending the Constitution is an extreme act. I have read that the proposed amendment would deny the right to marry to gay and lesbian couples and also obliterate the family rights that many same-sex couples – and unmarried heterosexual couples -- and their families now have. Revising the Constitution to incorporate discrimination against anyone in America is wrong and should be rejected.

I also believe that the Federal Marriage Amendment is unnecessary and wrong. Even though the country has periodically struggled with the question of marriage -- the last law prohibiting people of different races from marrying was overturned only 35 years ago -- we have never taken the step of amending the Constitution to define marriage. Now is not the time to begin to use the Constitution as a tool for discrimination. Congress certainly has more important issues to consider.

The Federal Marriage Amendment rejects American traditions of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It would reverse the constitutional tradition of protecting individual freedoms. None of our constitutional amendments restrict individual freedoms. In fact, the amendments to the Constitution have been the source of most of the Constitution's protections for individual liberty rights. I understand that the proposed amendment, by contrast, would deny all protection for the most personal decisions made by millions of people in committed long-term relationships.