From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 08:49 AM 2/28/2004 -0700 Michael Harney wrote: > >Yes, and the national amendment process can take up to seven years after > >it's already been passed in both the House and the Senate. > > > >Let's see, leave it to the states: 2 years. Deal with it on a national > >level: 7 years. Methinks you have your proirities backwards. If other > >states are affraid of "judicial activism", they can amend their own > >constitutions a lot faster than you can amend the US Constitution. > > A US Constitutional Amendment can, from time to time, move more quickly > than that. Examples, please. Show me that a US Amendment can pass faster than 2 years. > In addition, if federal judges are anything like those in Massachusetts, > they will likely in short order find the Defense of Marriage Act > unconstitutional, thus necessitating a Federal Marriage Amendment. > Now this is just paranoia. You are already assuming a bad outcome if it goes to the Supreme Court. The same Supreme Court that found in favor of George W. Bush's position on the ballots in Florida. Surely, you can expect a fair ruling from them, not activism. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
