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Disappointing disconnect
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
I think you still need it to prevent judicially mandated civil unions by renegade state courts. One could revise the first sentence to read: Marriage in the United States and any of the several States shall consist only of the union of a man and a woman. But that still wouldn't prevent the Vt. or (first) Mass. decision (the one requiring gays to be allowed to something).
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On this view, Bush wants to amend the Constitution (as opposed to just passing a law) to ensure that a state that wants to recognize same-sex marriages must pass a law, instead of just applying its constitution.
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