Posted on 10/01/2007 9:42:30 AM PDT by pissant
Cannot excerpt from this site, only link.
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071001/NEWS09/710010334/-1/NEWS04
Fred is still your 2nd choice, right pissant? ROFL
Fred’s a big states rights guy, but he takes it a bit far on occasion. I am not gonna fault a guy if he really sticks to states rights on all the issues. Lesser power by the federal government is not a bad thing.
There is only one choice unless he drops out or is run over by a bus.
"This would be a very strange constitutional amendment, unlike any other on record," said Donald Downs, a University of Wisconsin constitutional law professor.
I am sure it is confusing them. It is about States rights and it is based in that weird concept called Federalism.
< / sarc >
I don’t hold this against him, though it seems a bit convoluted. I’m more concerned with his NOT wanting a pro-life amendment
Must be getting real desperate, huh?
Interesting quote from the article, for all the Paulistas, McCainiacs and Rudyphiles out there: Arizona Sen. John McCain, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas have said flat-out that they oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage.
I didn't bold Guiliani's name because that's probably obvious to anyone keeping up.
All criticism of Fred is flawed. He’s always right, even if he just recently flip-flopped.
I’d like to know where his concern for federalism was when he supported CFR.
The federal judges won’t allow the states to have their own laws.
Why is Thompson pretending that federal judges are going to change their ways?
Or when he pushed for mandating term limits on states. It’s priorities. Fred’s aren’t mine.
Interesting quote from the article, for all the Paulistas, McCainiacs and Rudyphiles out there: Arizona Sen. John McCain, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas have said flat-out that they oppose an amendment to the U.S. Constitution banning gay marriage.
I can't speak to either McCain or Rudy, but Ron Paul's being consistent.
He doesn't believe that it should be the federal government's business. It should be left to the states.
I'll give him credit on that - too many conservatives are willing to give the Feds power it doesn't deserve when they think that power will be used in a way they like.
Nonsense. The founders set up a very precise and necessary tool, called a Constitutional Amendment. It is every bit as constitutional as anything else in the founding documents. And you know damn well that if ‘gay marriage’ or abortion had reared its ugly head in 1787, we wouldn’t be needing an amendment for either.
The argument that amending the constitution is somehow against federalism is preposterous.
Is this the old quote or is the a new statement.
This is the boneheaded Federalism argument that is already established as NOT working on this issue.
Fred is a lawyer and he knows better.
I would like to see where he is stating this NOW in light of the recent court decisions in Ohio and Califooooorneeeah.
The additional problem with this is that it does NOT address the issues of federal income tax, immigration, or inheritance on a FEDERAL level which can not be subjected to a constitutional attack.
Even a first year law student knows this alleged current stand is an absurd legal possition.
The 800 pound gorrilla about the Federal Marriage Amendment is the fact that the FMA actuall codifies the STAUS QUO. It does not change or limit anyones marriage rights. (as long as they comply) It also prevents marriage from being a recreational sex test of two adults.
This is no different than when the first nine amendments were codified into the constitution.
The same bogus arguments against the FMA could easily be applied to Religion, Freedom of Speech, or the Second Amendment.
Who?
Is he fer the homos gettin’ married or ain’t he??
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