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July 1st 03, 03:34 AM
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US senator backs amendment to bar gay marriage..Get rid of him
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. |
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