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To: tejek who wrote (196634)	8/5/2004 7:14:07 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (2) of 1575020

By overturning or seeking to change laws, or by ignoring laws they where sword to upheld while also going against majority opinion. You must have great bed time stories. The issue of marriage typically has been a states' rights/local issue........you know the issue that was a major plank in Bush's 2000 campaign. However, when some local communities went in a direction that upset the all so moralistic righties, Bush and his confederates suddenly changed their position and tried to make it a federal issue. 1 - Its not "some communities" as much as is it some state judges and some local officials acting against the laws of their states, 2 - Marriage has been a national issue because A - When a couple are married in one state the other states are supposed to recognize their marriage, and B - The federal government gives benefits to married people. Until recently there usually has not been much national level controversy about marriage because pretty much the entire nation had the same basic definition of what marriage is. The details and requirements, things like blood tests and waiting periods and divorce laws, could be worked out by the states as different details all still followed the national consensus on the definition of marriage. When a state did challenge the national consensus (Utah and polygamy) it was forced to change. How do you think an issue is raised in this country? How do you think a law is changed in this country? I swear I think the real problem is you guys just don't like the way a democracy works. I'm not telling you (or those who are involved on this issue) to not try and change the law if they think it is unjust. I am saying don't try to change the law and then when the other side resists complain that they shouldn't be wasting time on this issue. Either its ok for both sides to fight this issue now, or its ok for neither. I'll let you pick...

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