----- Original Message ----- From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 12:55 PM Subject: RE: Federal Marraige Amendment
> At 11:46 AM 2/16/2004 -0500 Bryon Daly wrote: > >It also strikes me as odd for the US Constitution to be delegrating how > >state constitutions > >and laws are to be interpreted. Isn't there supposed to be some firm > >separation between > >state and government powers? This seems to be trying to cross a line that I > >think > >traditionally conservatives would be trying to defend. > > It has been done many times. The Constitution, for instance, forbids > State Constitutions from instituting Jim Crow Laws (equal protection.) It sounds to me as if conservatives are giving up on championing States Rights in order to champion a single reactionary item of the old social order. But I see a problem on the horizon. Are we going to recognise marriages made in (FREX) France if France legalises Gay Marriage? The courts will not allow discrimination in that regard and France WILL retaliate. How about shipboard weddings? Are those legally recognised? (Law Of The Sea?) I really don't see any way it could be stopped if Gay people are determined. xponent Can Of Worms Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
