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<DIV><FONT size=4>David,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Have you not read the 14th Amendment to the United States
Constitution? I thought this amendment was one of the cornerstones of
libertarian philosophy.</FONT></DIV>
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<H4 class=nav>Amendment XIV</H4>
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<P><EMP><FONT size=3>Section 1.</EMP> All persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or
enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of
the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law; <FONT size=5><STRONG>nor deny to<FONT
size=6> <FONT color=#0000ff>any person</FONT></FONT> within its jurisdiction
<FONT color=#0000ff size=6>the <FONT color=#ff0000>equal protection</FONT> of
the laws</FONT></STRONG></FONT>...</FONT></P>
<P><BR>Art Deco (Wayne A. Fox)<BR><A
href="mailto:deco@moscow.com">deco@moscow.com</A><BR></P>
<P></FONT>--- Original Message ----- </P></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=dave@davebudge.com href="mailto:dave@davebudge.com">David M.
Budge</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=thansen@moscow.com
href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">Tom Hansen</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 14, 2005 7:20
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] California
Gay-Marriage Ban Ruled Unconstitutional</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hail Machiavelli! But I warn all that think the ends
justify the means of the potential blow-back of judges over-ruling legislation
may just disable judges from doing just that. The CA statute that makes
marriage between one man and one woman is an issue of democracy by
legislation. Legislatures have the upper hand and can change
constitutions. Hence the notion of of "three equal legs of government"
is false. One's reliance on judicial interpretation may some day come
back and bite one on one's ass.<BR><BR>Listen, I'm for love and equal
rights. The libertarian in me says that government should stay the hell
out of the marriage business (to which I have the concurrence of Nick
Gier.) <BR><BR>But just as the Supreme Court made unconstitutional the
practice of executing minors (the outcome with which I approve as I
approve of the outcome of the decision in question) the upshot is a loss of
democracy for residence of the states. Preferably the law should be
changed by democratic process. In other words, the day will likely come
when a law that you favor and is mandated by majority representation will be
overturned by judicial fiat. This is the wrong way to run a democracy or
a republic.<BR><BR>Justice Brandies may be rolling over in his
grave.<BR><BR>db<BR><BR>Tom Hansen wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid200503142119.j2ELJ6KN019334@mail-gw.fsr.net type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Alas! A reason to be proud to be from California.
It is a simple matter of equality. Nothing more, nothing less.
<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/14/gay.marriage.ap/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/14/gay.marriage.ap/index.html</A>
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
"What is objectionable, what is dangerous, about extremists is not that they
are extreme, but that they are intolerant. The evil is not what they say
about their cause, but what they say about their opponents."
-- Robert F. Kennedy
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