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The Marriage Amendment Defeat: My Take
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The Marriage Amendment Defeat: My Take

Politics – So Wednesday the Senate defeated the Marriage Amendment that President Bush and several conservatives were pushing for. For anyone who doesn’t know (all two of you), the Amendment would have added a clause to the U.S. Constitution officially defining marriage as between one man and one woman. As a gay blogger, I suppose that it’s my turn to wri

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The points raised by Scott-O-Rama focus on the crux of the matter. As he argues, this was simply more diversionary tactics used to turn the public's attention from the White House. However, one must question if such alarmist propaganda is a contributing source to recent attacks against gay people. Think about it. Is "Faith-based policies" inciting hatred and attacks against the gay community? You decide.

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Bob- Let's open that up a bit further. Are any "Faith-based policies" even legal? I would say no, not if we honor the idea of separation of Church and State. S.

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We saw it earlier when the immigration bill was up for debate. A sharp rise in 'Hate Crimes' against Hispanics was seen.

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People should do as they wish..''supposeably'' this is a country of freedom..yeah ok.

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What if I want to have two wives....No, maybe even six! What would be the difference? As long as we were all consenting adults, who should it bother?

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