>-----Original Message----- >From: Steven Montgomery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 3:54 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [ZION] Vote Now! > > >At 09:45 AM 3/23/2004, you wrote: >>But only if the current Constitutional powers are >obeyed and honored. >>When we have mayors in San Francisco and elsewhere >giving out marriage >>certificates in defiance of the law, then what piece >of paper is there >>that can establish the law? And when judges overstep >their proper role >>and legislate from the bench, then what happens if >they ignore Congress? >> >>Or what happens if Congress does not have the cajones >to moderate the >>courts? Pushing an amendment gives them reason to act >on the lesser >>action of moderating the courts. Without the impetus >given of an >>amendment, we have no pressure on Congress to act. So, >even if it >>doesn't pass, or it takes years, I'm for the amendment >going forth in >>discussion; if only to get Congress to do its duty. >> >>Gary Smith > >Well, even though I'm in favor of utilizing the power >inherent in Congress >vis a vis Article III, Section II of the United States >Constitution to >limit the jurisdiction of Federal Judges (And perhaps >abolishing some >Federal Courts altogether), and even though I think >there are still >problems with the amendment route, I did sign the >petition urging passage >of a Constitutional Marriage Amendment <grin>. So >perhaps I'm just covering >all the bases here.
Tell us how you feel about the amendment now that we know there's a move afoot to change the language? <grin> What's Wilkins reaction to same? This thing is beginning to feel like an election year stunt gone haywire. RBS ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
