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To: Ilaine who wrote (116009)	5/24/2005 7:46:59 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793835

This from the guy who insists I couldn't possibly have graduated from the college I graduated from because "it doesn't teach women," Oh, let's not get so pissy. A good indication that you are losing the argument. vbg Let's talk about Griswold v. Conn. Here's the Connecticut Constitution: sots.state.ct.us The first part of it looks a lot like the BOR in the Federal Constitution, doesn't it? An old document, too, just like Virginia's which, if my old man's memory serves me right, was written in large part by Thomas Jefferson. Nothing in there about contraception, is there? Yet the prohibition against it in Conn. existed since 1879, after the enactment of the 14th amendment. And guess who decided the underlying cases before the Supremes took it up? Why, the incredibly wise Connecticut State courts, of course! A problem, huh, especially for folks like you whose mantra is "laws are made by the Legislatures, not Judges." These legislatures to which you genuflect could give a rat's ass about allowing contraception or a lot of other freedoms. The politically-charged state courts are only a small notch better. In Connecticut, both assumed that they could control reproduction without any substantive consideration or reference to their own Constitution ("So sorry! Nothing there about reproduction!") or to the federal BOR. And G. v. C. is not the only example. Somebody had to step in, do something to protect rights not listed anywhere but which are essential to our complete freedom. Your state courts and especially the state legislatures to whom you bow and scrape are inept, a putrid joke full of charlatans and grifters. Who you gonna call?