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Senate Scuttles Gay Marriage Amendment (Two no-shows. Care to guess?)
AP/ Yahoo ^ | 7/14/04 | David Espo

Posted on 07/14/2004 9:50:28 AM PDT by 11th Earl of Mar

Edited on 07/14/2004 10:13:18 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

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To: Bob J
The vote was a close 47-50 and your answer is to get rid of the whole party? Wouldn't it be easier to work at defeating the few pubs who voted against it?

That's the catch. You can change any horse but they will A-L-W-A-Y-S find an excuse not to make it happen. We were told that if we had ALL 3 branches of government we would see a conservative agenda. FALSE! But put a liberal 3 branch in place & all he!! liberalism flourishes. How does that happen??? You all are being duped by the elites that control 90% plus of these bastards & they will never allow a conservative agenda to get traction. Guaranteed

41 posted on 07/14/2004 10:07:43 AM PDT by Digger
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To: oceanview

The issue is the remedy-- this amendment. People aren't convinced it's the right remedy. Even Kerry opposes gay marriage, he just opposes amending the Constitution when it's not obvious that such a thing is absolutely necessary.


42 posted on 07/14/2004 10:07:45 AM PDT by GraniteStateConservative (...He had committed no crime against America so I did not bring him here...-- Worst.President.Ever.)
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To: neverdem
It may be too late this year, but these RINOs can be held to account in the future, especially primaries.

As if the leadership will allow that.

We couldn't even knock out Specter without the powers that be getting involved and stopping us.

43 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:07 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Good news for the CONSTITUTION!

Oh, yeah. Now wacko judges can keep interpreting it however they want. Great news.

44 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:27 AM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: truthandlife
Sickening. Who voted against it?

Agreed!! I will be finding out WHO voted against it and I believe we can expect a uproar of anger towards those senators!! SPLINELESS WONDERS they are!!!!!

45 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:40 AM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: nickcarraway

"The Republicans can't even win on an issue that 75%-80% of the public agrees on."

I don't think that's fair to the GOP. It's nowhere near 75-80% in the polls...


46 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:40 AM PDT by Kahonek
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To: truthandlife

Senators who wanted the matter left to the states?


47 posted on 07/14/2004 10:08:48 AM PDT by StoneColdGOP (Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault... Nothing is Bush's fault...)
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To: Lunatic Fringe
Good news for the CONSTITUTION!

No, good news for our black robed rulers.

49 posted on 07/14/2004 10:09:35 AM PDT by King Black Robe
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To: B Knotts
And anyone who disagrees will probably get banned.

Oh, go whine and cry elsewhere. I see constant dissension on this forum. The only folks who get banned are the rulebreakers. And I've seen nothing in the rules resembling what you claim.

If it did exist, you'd already be banned and your post erased.

50 posted on 07/14/2004 10:09:44 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero- Pat Tillman)
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To: GraniteStateConservative
There are exactly two realistic choices:

1. Pass this amendment (or one very similar to it)
2. Accept homogamy

There are no other options. The courts will decide if there is no amendment. Anyone who opposes this amendment supports homosexual "marriage."

52 posted on 07/14/2004 10:09:51 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: B Knotts

btt


53 posted on 07/14/2004 10:10:35 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("FR, best viewed with a budgie on hand")
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To: mewzilla

So go get a new party. Be sure to write now and then so we know you're still doing okay.


54 posted on 07/14/2004 10:10:39 AM PDT by RightWhale (Withdraw from the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty and establish property rights)
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To: StoneColdGOP
Senators who wanted the matter left to the states?

Garbage. That was just cover to play in the mushy middle. The homosexuals are winning the day and the family is under attack.

55 posted on 07/14/2004 10:10:44 AM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: Coop

Why don't you go elsewhere? I was here first. By four days. :-)


56 posted on 07/14/2004 10:11:45 AM PDT by B Knotts
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To: GraniteStateConservative

Kerry does not oppose gay marriage. He just opposes being unpopular on the issue. He didn't even vote for the DOMA. He wants gays to have marriage by another name -- even full federal recognition.


57 posted on 07/14/2004 10:11:46 AM PDT by King Black Robe
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To: 11th Earl of Mar

I had expected it would be worse. We are in better shape than thought. Its NOT over. This is simply Round #1 of a very long fight.


58 posted on 07/14/2004 10:11:50 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: mewzilla
We need a new political party.

No, we just need a new Majority Leader. "Limp Wrist" Frist just 'aint cutting it. Everything was going swell until he allowed debate on the "watered-down" version simultaneously, which led the Dems to change strategy, and alter the focus. Idiot.

59 posted on 07/14/2004 10:11:51 AM PDT by montag813 ("A nation can survive fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within.")
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To: B Knotts

Homogamy? I like that as a term for it. Up to this point I've been calling it matrihomony!


60 posted on 07/14/2004 10:11:55 AM PDT by GeorgeBerryman
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