--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good article. This one is from the Weekly Standard: > http://www.crosswalk.com/news/weeklystandard/1231944.html , "The Federal > Marriage Amendment is Hopeless" > > It argues that, by failing, the FMA will have the exact opposite effect of > what it intends.
I don't think that is really the central point of the article. Rather, the article suggests that: "For most of its history, the Supreme Court held that traditional marriage forms a family unit which is the fundamental building block of free society. The forms of self-government could not survive without it, so any weakening of the marriage privilege undermines free government. To preserve republicanism, the federal government is obligated (Art. IV, S. 4) to strengthen its basis in the marriage union." Which basically means that they oppose a FMA because it would be so much simpler for Bush to simply send federal marshalls to jail the mayor of San Francisco on grounds of undermining the republican form of governance of the State of California. Thanks for the link, though. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
