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Subject:	Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 15 Jul 2004 13:11:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:

In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:

Good sense has prevailed, for now.

What intrigues me is that the rush to amend the Constitution in order to restrict freedom is expressly contrary to the supposed philosophy of true Conservatives, yet so-called Conservatives worked the hardest to enact this change. Interesting.

The proof will be in the pudding. If the Lefties try and challenge the DOMA under the 14th Amendment, then their agenda will be clear, and only a new amendment to the Constitution will protect States’ rights for self-determination.

But that’s a very different issue from Santorum’s holier-than-thou prohibition amendment. The amendment, as proposed, would have stripped individual states of their right to define marriage. If the amendment had forbidden the Federal government from creating a nationwide definition of marriage, then it would have been on much stronger footing, historically speaking.

The real perversion is the attempts by the Left to redefine marriage.

Actually, the real perversion is the attempt by the Right to redefine Campaign 2004 as a crusade for the soul of America.

If we’re really interested in protecting marriage by Constitutional amendment, then why was no mention made of the penalties for heterosexual infidelity or spousal abuse? Don’t these present a much greater danger to Our Oldest Institution than homosexuals? And it’s not an “apples and oranges” issue; either we intend the amendment to protect marriage, or we do not.

Dave!

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) But don't you see that that is the crux of the matter. The Left has forced the issue-- now the only solution is an "all or nothing" one. The activists couldn't just leave well enough alone. (...) Really now. You know that's not what it's (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Santorum Fails In His Effort To Pervert The Constitution
(...) The proof will be in the pudding. If the Lefties try and challenge (URL) the DOMA> under the 14th Amendment, then their agenda will be clear, and only a new amendment to the Constitution will protect States' rights for self-determination. The (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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