Jerry Oxendine
July 1st 03, 04:34 AM
NOPE! Give him a medal!!
J
Lord Floyd > wrote in message
...
> WASHINGTON, June 29 (AFP) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said
> Sunday
> he would support an amendment to the US Constitution to ban same-sex
> marriages, days after the nation's highest court struck down state
> sodomy laws.
> Frist told ABC's "This Week" program that he "absolutely" supports
> a
> constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a
> man and
> a woman.
> "I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament, and that sacrament
> should
> extend and can extend to that legal entity of a union between, what is
> traditionally in our Western values has been defined, as between a man
> and a
> woman," he said.
> US law already defines marriage as between one woman and one man
> for
> federal purposes, and allows states to decide not to recognize same-sex
> marriages performed in other states.
> No US state currently allows gay marriage, but the northeastern
> state of
> Vermont allows civil unions for same-sex couples.
> The debate in the United States reignited after Canada announced
> earlier
> this month it would legalize gay marriages, which would be available to
> Americans who cross the border for the ceremony.
> Then the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down state sodomy laws,
> in a
> decision that conservative lawmakers believe could pave the way for gay
> marriages in the United States.
> Conservative members of Congress have proposed an amendment banning
> gay
> marriage, but constitutional changes require enormous support to pass.
> Two thirds of both houses of Congress must approve the measure,
> which then
> needs support of at least 38 of the 50 state legislatures to take
> effect.
>
>
J
Lord Floyd > wrote in message
...
> WASHINGTON, June 29 (AFP) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said
> Sunday
> he would support an amendment to the US Constitution to ban same-sex
> marriages, days after the nation's highest court struck down state
> sodomy laws.
> Frist told ABC's "This Week" program that he "absolutely" supports
> a
> constitutional amendment that would define marriage as being between a
> man and
> a woman.
> "I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament, and that sacrament
> should
> extend and can extend to that legal entity of a union between, what is
> traditionally in our Western values has been defined, as between a man
> and a
> woman," he said.
> US law already defines marriage as between one woman and one man
> for
> federal purposes, and allows states to decide not to recognize same-sex
> marriages performed in other states.
> No US state currently allows gay marriage, but the northeastern
> state of
> Vermont allows civil unions for same-sex couples.
> The debate in the United States reignited after Canada announced
> earlier
> this month it would legalize gay marriages, which would be available to
> Americans who cross the border for the ceremony.
> Then the US Supreme Court on Thursday struck down state sodomy laws,
> in a
> decision that conservative lawmakers believe could pave the way for gay
> marriages in the United States.
> Conservative members of Congress have proposed an amendment banning
> gay
> marriage, but constitutional changes require enormous support to pass.
> Two thirds of both houses of Congress must approve the measure,
> which then
> needs support of at least 38 of the 50 state legislatures to take
> effect.
>
>