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Constitution Abuse
In today’s Washington Post, a no less conservative commentator than Charles Krauthammer has weighed in on the wrongheadedness of the “Marriage Protection Act.” In A Ban We Don’t (Yet) Need, buried in the usual nonsensical complaints about “redefining marriage” (water … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Constitution, Federal Marriage Amendment, Law, Marriage, Marshall-Newman Amendment
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Kaine declines to sign
Update: Other conversations going on at Virginia Centrist, Not Larry Sabato and Virginia Progressive. Governor Tim Kaine has refused to sign the enabling legislation that will allow the Marshall-Newman amendment to appear on the ballot in November, and urged Virginians … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Editorials, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Media, Tim Kaine
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Sorry, Victoria: It isn’t so simple
Apparently, what the Commonwealth Coalition has been saying is true: You can believe to the depths of your soul that marriage is the sacred union of one man and one woman, and also think that the Marshall-Newman amendment is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Editorials, Marshall-Newman Amendment, Media, VA "Family" Foundation
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50-50 split on amendment poll
The results of the Too Conservative poll on the Marshall-Newman amendment are posted. Of 300 respondents, it was a 50-50 split. This means absolutely nothing other than what it is on its face: A sample of people who read Virginia … Continue reading
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Dictates on Marriage
Washington Post Loudoun Extra December 11, 2004 Loudoun County attracts all manner of anti-gay ideologues. They participate in local and state government, support misnamed “Marriage Affirmation” legislation and run advocacy groups that fabricate political issues from prejudice and fear. Many … Continue reading
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Tagged Conservatism, Letters, Marriage, Religious authoritarianism
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Reality of Bad Marriages
Washington Post Loudoun Extra October 7, 2004 Contrary to the statement of the Rev. Jack Stagman of the Loudoun Church Alliance [“Religious Groups Nurturing Marriage,” Metro, Sept. 28], equality for same-sex couples was very much an issue at the Healthy … Continue reading
Today’s conservative reason to vote NO
“Leave me alone” conservatives should understand. If two adult individuals certify that they will be faithful to each other, share property, care for each other, and to be a couple until death do they part, why on earth would anybody with a heart want to say no, or worse yet, require the state to intervene in their most highly valued personal contract?
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