To: Spiff
Don't argue with me and what you want to pretend is 'untruth'.
I'm not going to read all that, but I read the first paragraph. Just answer my question. Imagine if the court does recognize a right to gay marriage. What would prevent us from enacting a constitutional amendment once that has happened (something that is far from certain)? Why infringe upon state's rights when there is no reason to do so?
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02/18/2007 2:57:39 PM PST by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: LtdGovt
Why infringe upon state's rights when there is no reason to do so?No infringement at all..
Article V
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution, when ratified by the legislatures of three fourths of the several states, or by conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or the other mode of ratification may be proposed by the Congress;...
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