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Politics : PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Srexley who wrote (590726)	7/14/2004 5:01:16 PM
From: Steve Dietrich	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

<<Dems have a tendency to throw out the state's rights argument whenever it suits them.>> Now ain't that the opposite of the truth. Republicans have been using state's right's to oppose civil rights legislation since the 60's. It's amazing how little principle actually means to you guys. Gay marriage is an issue too important to consider state's rights but segregation was for the states to decide? <<What do you think?>> I really don't know. I'd guess it would stand, especially with this court. But ultimately you guys have lost. There's going to be gay marriage, it's just a matter of time. We believe in equality more than we believe in marriage as only between a man and a woman. <<Feel free to post one of these "many polls".>> Here are a few (pollingreport.com is a great resource btw) UPenn. 6/16-30. MoE 2%. Favor 43 Oppose 48 CBS News. 5/20-23. MoE 3%. Favor Legal Marriage 28 Favor Civil Unions 29 No Legal Recognition 40 Fox News. 5/18-19. MoE 3%. Favor Legal Marriage 25 Favor Legal Partnership 26 No Legal Recognition 40 The first one was on the amendment, the second two are on the subject. Here are the Republican Senators who opposed the President and voted to shut the debacle down: Campbell, Chaffee, Collins, McCain, Snowe, and Sununu. You guys couldn't even get 50 votes, let alone the 60 needed to end debate or the 67 to pass the amendment. What does that tell you about popular support for the President's position? Steve Dietrich