Tag Archives: Marshall-Newman Amendment

There it is.

Posted on September 12, 2006 by David

Finally, someone has been honest about the intent behind the Marshall/Newman amendment: No, we’ll kick you back under your rocks in November. I guess they’re getting desperate. Unable to sustain the fiction that the Marshall/Newman amendment “only defines marriage,” the … Continue reading →

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An interesting “social contract”

Posted on September 9, 2006 by David

I think we’ll pass. According to right wing blogger Jerry Fuhrman, the Supreme Court decision in Lawrence v Texas represented some sort of “implicit agreement” struck between the GLBT community and people like him. In this decidedly revisionist version of … Continue reading →

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Conservatives refusing to be radicals, Part 2

Posted on September 5, 2006 by David

Today’s Washington Post includes an opinion piece by conservative 4th Circuit Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, recently on the short list for a Bush appointment to the Supreme Court. In his rejection of both federal and state constitutional amendments to … Continue reading →

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It’s official; they lied.

Posted on September 1, 2006 by David

We previously reported the fact that the Ohio organization most responsible for passage of that state’s version of the Marshall/Newman amendment, Citizens for Community Values, had filed an amicus brief in a domestic violence case. The brief argues that unmarried … Continue reading →

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The AG won’t answer my questions, either

Posted on August 30, 2006 by David

But not just my questions, any hard questions about the Marshall/Newman amendment. During a live blog with Vivian Paige last night, our AG was asked several good questions about the amendment and it’s reach into the lives of all unmarried … Continue reading →

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Short attention span?

Posted on August 29, 2006 by David

In one of the funniest things another blogger has ever said to me, Insider made this earth-stopping observation: Gee, David. I’m noticing you refuse to say you oppose gay marriage. More about that later, because I couldn’t help noticing this. … Continue reading →

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Opposing Sides Ready For Battle Over Marriage Amendment

Posted on August 25, 2006 by David

Leesburg Today August 25, 2006 By Charlie Jackson Battle lines have been drawn in Loudoun County and across the commonwealth by the opposing sides in the battle over gay marriage. Defeating the amendment would make history, according to David Weintraub, … Continue reading →

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