[bnelson44]

There is no "maybe" about it. It is the only way.

[Gay State Conservative]

To consciously legislate against religious traditions . . . is really an affront to my faith," Craig Axler, leader of Reform Congregation Beth Or in Maple Glen, Pa., told reporters.

Message to Craig...the word's out! "Reform" Jews are actually atheists who occasionally like to get out on a Saturday morning.Same goes for Unitarian/Universalists on Sunday morning.

[rottndog]

At the core, this really isn't a religious argument. The basic question is whether or not the people have the right, through their elected legislators, to define and set parameters by which the society will function--in this instance marriage being between one man and one woman. The people have consistently and overwhelmingly spoken on this, only to be ignored by tyrants wearing black robes.

The question is whether or not we really have a representative republic.

[Paladin2]

Gain control of the southern border first!

[Beagle8U]

This is just scare tactics... "If queer marriage is outlawed, liberals disrupt everyones Religion and the world as we know it."

All that will happen is the sodomites wont be able to indoctrinate the children into thinking it is an accepted lifestyle. Go back to your closet you freaks!

[spikeytx86]

I have been a strong opponent to the FMA from the beginning on the principal of restrained government. However at this point, the only option I can see of restraining federal power especially the judiciary is through the FMA. If we don't check the SCOTUS soon this country will be well on it's way to being ruled by a dictatorship of 9 people.

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[gondramB]

>>But Mr. Axler and his group, "Clergy for Fairness," weren't rallying against same-sex marriage. They were complaining that the Federal Marriage Amendment, scheduled for a June 5 vote in the U.S. Senate, "raises alarming constitutional concerns" because defining marriage as between one man and one woman would restrict the liberty of religious leaders who, like Mr. Axler, want to be able to marry same-sex couples.<<

Nobody (I hope) is talking about restrciting religious marriage, only governmnet recognized marriage.

[MichiganConservative]

With the social respectability accorded by state-sanctioned marriage ...

How does a piece of paper issued by some bureaucrat give the bearer respectibility? Why should it? Why do people think marriage is a human right, let alone a right at all? Marriage is not a right, as it requires two people and there is no such thing as a "group right".

The only reason the state's interested in if and to whom you are married is that they have classifications for doling out the spoils of the welfare state. If the government weren't in charge of redistributing wealth in a myriad of ways, they wouldn't give a damn if you were married, single, or claim to be married to a tree stump.

When this country was founded, marriage was something that you did at a church and recorded in a family Bible. States started requiring licenses in the mid 19th century to prevent the miscegenation that the Democrats of the time disliked.

This notion of marriage as a contract between two people and the state is a load of BS. It should be rejected. If I had ever gotten married, I never would have gotten a license from the state.

The homosexuals who want to marry have a few motivations that I can see. One is they want in on the welfare state benefits. The other is that they are subversives and want to destroy Western civilization. The other is that they really believe that marriage is a right and that they are being discriminated against, regardless of the facts marriage is not a right and that you can set up civil contracts that provide for inheritance, etc.

[petercooper]

How cute.

[Waco]

After all this prtty well detroyed support for the church suckin up to queers, will the Fed/Guv require people to go to church, present a punch card varifing attendance, and make damn sure they put enough in the collection plate?? Woudn't surprise if it happens. The DNC will devise the law which congress will pass/shove.

[muir_redwoods]

As currently constituted, there is no way 2/3 of the congress will vote for a protection of marriage amendment. This will never get to the states for ratification for years to come. It is being proposed now as a simple sop to the right wing base the republicans worry about losing.

People of traditional values are being led by the nose on this one so that they can be induced to forget the immigration issue, McCains treachery on free speech and the out-of-control spending of what I thought were fiscal conservatives.

We're being had

[Salvation]

**In a separate development, the Vatican issued a statement declaring that the placement of adoptive children with same-sex couples violated Catholic teaching.**

Gotta lovoe Benedict XVI!

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

"The truth of the matter . . . is that on the question of marriage, the Constitution will be amended," Mr. Frist said in a recent floor speech. "The only question is whether it will be amended by Congress as the representative of the people, or by judicial fiat."

..where does the power to make law reside?

[heights]

This is a dog and pony show too divert our attention from their fooling the country with illegals. I really could give a damn what the gays are doing.

[Tunehead54]

Oops! Please see #47. Sorry. ;-)

Muggs - you too.