Actually in one of his last speeches before the election, the President said he would support Civil Unions. Adding equal protection to Civil Unions can be done by Legistlature, all it requires is a Bill. However defining marriage federaly would require an Amendment. Stuntman
> > George Bush proposed the Federal Marriage Amendment. If it had passed in > congress then it would have needed to passed by 3/4 of the states to be > enacted. It failed in the senate and died. > > This past election, 11 states did what John Kerry supported and voted to > decide what constitutes the legal definition of marriage in their > individual states. The people in those states decided by voting. That's how > democracies work. So now Ohio has a more restrictive state constitution > than most other states. > > At 03:10 PM 11/4/2004, Stacy Harim wrote: > >That is what John Kerry was saying all the way through the election. > >George Bush was saying it's just wrong. > >Stacy > > > >"People who hate you do not win unless you hate them. Then you destroy > >yourself" > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Jim Lubin > > >I see nothing wrong with defining that a "marriage" is a union between one > >man and one woman. I do agree that the measure in Ohio went too far > >because it bans any "legal status for relationships of unmarried > >individuals that intends to approximate the design, qualities, > >significance or effect of marriage." But people thought it should be left > >to the individual states to decide and that's how the people in the state > >of Ohio voted. > > -- It's not the fall that hurts. Home page http://tnthompson0.tripod.com/homeincyberspace/ Graphics portfolio http://tnthompson1.tripod.com/index.htm Domain space http://nw-in.com/index.html
