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1 posted on 05/30/2004 8:20:56 PM PDT by VRWCer
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I have already written to my representatives, and even got a lovely response back from one of them, promising to do his best to get the amendment passed. I wish an amendment were not necessary, but with judges increasingly legislating from the bench and blurring the lines between the branches of government, I believe we have precious little choice if we wish to preserve a strong society for our children.


2 posted on 05/30/2004 8:24:03 PM PDT by VRWCer
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If Congress says it can't hear us, Congress won't feel pressured to act. The word has to start coming from the grassroots with an intensity that will make it an unmistakable message: "We demand action to defend the sanctity of marriage between a man and a woman. We are watching this issue closely. What you do on this issue will be remembered in November!"

I was listening to Dennis Prager online a couple of weeks back, and he echoed Weyrich. He had actually addressed an audience of conservative pols on the importance of maintaining marriage as we know it, and they said they couldn't step out public and back any proposed Amendment without previous assurance that they wouldn't be standing alone.

He said that as much as he doesn't like the idea of amending the Constitution, an amendment is the last stand of the traditional family. Activist judges will not stop until they have created the right to same-sex marriage out of whole cloth.

3 posted on 05/30/2004 8:31:12 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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The problem is "the public" is being convinced that an amendment is not necessary. The conventional wisdom out there right now is that the amendment is overkill. Of course, the media is trumpeting that loud and clear.

Conservatives have to do a better job of making their case to the public.


4 posted on 05/30/2004 8:46:52 PM PDT by DameAutour (It's not Bush, it's the Congress.)
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