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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Roger - some states and the feds are juxtaposed on marriage equality. Idaho has a ridiculously restrictive ban on same sex marriage that I think is extraordinarily ripe for picking off in a constitutional challenge. It just takes the right set of circumstances to file suit and run it up the flagpole to the Supremes. With them being hammered with so many cases already, it's just a matter of time before they strike down the bans nationwide. It's a shame that we repeated the same mistake of the past. Inter racial marriage was banned in some states up until a 1967 SCOTUS ruling.<br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 20:38:07 -0800<br>To: vision2020@moscow.com; thansen@moscow.com<br>From: lfalen@turbonet.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Attorney general to extend recognition of same-sex marriage rights to all states<br><br><title></title>
<div class="ecxiw_mail" dir="ltr"><div class="ecxiw_mail" dir="ltr"> He does not have that authority. His job is to enforce laws passed by congress.<BR>
Roger<br><BR>
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<hr size="1">-----Original Message-----<br>From: "Tom Hansen" <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>To: "Moscow Vision 2020" <<a href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>Date: 02/08/14 12:02<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Attorney general to extend recognition of same-sex marriage rights to all states<br><br><div style="">Courtesy of CNN at:</div>
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<div style=""> <strong style="padding:0px;">(CNN)</strong><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">-- Attorney General Eric Holder says he is set to extend the federal government's recognition of same-sex marriages even in the 34 states that don't consider it legal.</span> </div>
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<div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">CNN has obtained excerpts of a speech Holder will deliver at the Human Rights Campaign's New York City gala event Saturday night.</span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Holder plans to announce that the Justice Department will issue a memo Monday that recognizes same-sex marriages "to the greatest extent possible under the law."</span></div>
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<div><span style="background-color:rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div>
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