Posted on 07/17/2004 12:35:48 PM PDT by Engraved-on-His-hands
The Federal Marriage Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was defeated in the Senate this week, but it remains a grand gesture in the most important battle of the ''culture war'' -- the battle to save marriage from being blurred to include homosexuals. The amendment said important things, but it left much undone.
(Excerpt) Read more at miami.com ...
Finally someone is talking some sense.
According to the 7/14/04 Foxnews.com website, there were six RINOs voting no on the constitutional amendment to unhold the traditional concept of marriage between one man and one woman: Senators Campbell, Chafee, McCain, Snowe, and Sununu. What a shame!!
This was in the Miami (gay) Herald?
Really? I expected to actually read this writers variety of reasons why civil unions are wrong and got fluff instead. Stating the obvious and already known facts doesn't accomplish much.
Unfortunately, however, it was followed immediately by this:
Keep bigotry out of the Constitution
Still, it was encouraging to see Miss Lafferty's excellent article.
If they want to form unions, let them.
What is there that cannot be provided by personal service contracts and durable power of attorney under existing law?
"What is there that cannot be provided by personal service contracts and durable power of attorney under existing law?"
- Providing legal sanction via a supposedly representative government for a 'lifestyle' that is chosen by a small minority.
- Forcing the rest of the population to support behavior that they may or may not consider to be right/healthy/defensible/etc.
I used to have a live-and-let-live attitude toward homosexuals until it became clear that they do not have such a mindset toward those who disagree -- they are Leftists to the core, after all.
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