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To: TideGlider who wrote (741996)6/5/2006 10:59:15 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Respond to of 769670
 
usually a little more subtle
this is too obvious



To: TideGlider who wrote (741996)6/6/2006 9:25:45 AM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Respond to of 769670
 
45 states have acted to ban gay marriage

By The Associated Press
Mon Jun 5, 6:54 PM ET
news.yahoo.com

Forty-five states have acted to define traditional marriage in ways that would ban same-sex marriage.

Nineteen states have constitutional amendments: Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas and Utah.

Twenty-six states have enacted statutes but not constitutional amendments: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

Five states have not taken either action: New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.

Copyright © 2006 The Associated Press.



To: TideGlider who wrote (741996)6/6/2006 1:46:06 PM
From: Mr. Palau  Respond to of 769670
 
"The secret to this game is you always want to be thinking politically, but you don't want to look political. This looks like desperation politics."

-- GOP strategist Ed Rollins, on CNN, discussing President Bush's proposal to ban gay marriage with a constitutional amendment.