At 09:46 AM 2/28/2004 -0700 Michael Harney wrote:
>> 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.
Kevin Tarr posted the relevant excerpts from the US Constitution. That
process can theoretically be completed within a year.
>> 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.
You mean, the same Supreme Court that decided Roe vs. Wade and Casey vs.
Pennsylvania?
Sorry Michael, but if the Supreme Court rules against us, as Massachusetts
has learned, it is already too late.
I have no problem with amending the Constitution to handle situations -
much like the present one - which the framers never envisioned. And I
honestly don't think that you seriously that the FMA is redundant.....
JDG
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