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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (212378)	11/29/2004 2:51:19 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578161

Ted, in your world, hypocrisy is the only sin, yet you commit it on a daily basis. Last I checked, we share the same world........if there is hypocrisy in that world, don't try to assign that blame to me. "I can tolerate anything except intolerance." When you figure out what's wrong with that statement, let me know. Stop with the cryptic messages.......this thread is not a tutorial. Speak plainly......your attempts at being PC appear to mask your true feelings. My issue is not about tolerance.....its about a war that should never been fought, the loss of freedoms we have fought hard to earn and the intent of some people to impose their alleged 'moral values' on the rest of us. It does not help the situation by giving the appearance of misunderstanding my intent every step of the way.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (212378)	11/29/2004 3:25:35 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1578161

Court Declines to Hear Gay Marriage Case By GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday sidestepped a dispute over gay marriages, rejecting a challenge to the nation's only law sanctioning such unions. Justices had been asked by conservative groups to overturn the year-old decision by the Massachusetts Supreme Court legalizing gay marriage. They declined, without comment. In the past year, at least 3,000 gay Massachusetts couples have wed, although voters may have a chance next year to change the state constitution to permit civil union benefits to same-sex couples, but not the institution of marriage. Critics of the November 2003 ruling by the highest court in Massachusetts argue that it violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of a republican form of government in each state. They lost at the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston. Their attorney, Mathew Staver, said in a Supreme Court filing that the Constitution should "protect the citizens of Massachusetts from their own state supreme court's usurpation of power." Federal courts, he said, should defend people's right "to live in a republican form of government free from tyranny, whether that comes at the barrel of a gun or by the decree of a court." Merita Hopkins, a city attorney in Boston, had told justices in court papers that the people who filed the suit have not shown they suffered an injury and could not bring a challenge to the Supreme Court. "Deeply felt interest in the outcome of a case does not constitute an actual injury," she said. Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly told justices that voters can overrule the Supreme Court by adopting a constitutional amendment. The lawsuit was filed by the Florida-based Liberty Counsel on behalf of Robert Largess, the vice president of the Catholic Action League, and 11 state lawmakers. The conservative law group had persuaded the Supreme Court in October to consider another high profile issue, the constitutionality of Ten Commandments displays on government property. The court agreed to look at that church-state issue before Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. He is working from home while receiving chemotherapy and radiation and will miss court sessions for the next two weeks. State legislators will decide whether to put the issue before Massachusetts voters in November 2006. Voters in 11 states approved constitutional amendments banning gay marriage in November elections. President Bush has promised to make a federal anti-gay marriage amendment a priority of his second term. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court narrowly ruled that gays and lesbians had a right under the state constitution to wed. The nation's high court had stayed out of the Massachusetts fight on a previous occasion. Last May, justices refused to intervene and block clerks from issuing the first marriage licenses. The case is Largess v. Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts, 04-420. hosted.ap.org