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Silent H
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Message 91 of 94 (254707)
10-25-2005 12:35 PM
Reply to: Message 88 by Coragyps
10-24-2005 7:32 PM


Re: This just in.......
Heheheh... pretty please with sugar on top. I would like Texas to surpass Florida in stupidity.

holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

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Coragyps
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Message 92 of 94 (254767)
10-25-2005 4:18 PM
Reply to: Message 91 by Silent H
10-25-2005 12:35 PM


Re: This just in.......
I would like Texas to surpass Florida in stupidity.
I think we already have - we gave the country the big brother.
And it'll pass, all right. I just hope that a bunch of suits get filed against county clerks that issue marriage licenses to hetero couples, in plain violation of our state constitution, as soon as it does. That would be truly amusing.

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coffee_addict
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Message 93 of 94 (254840)
10-26-2005 1:31 AM
Reply to: Message 88 by Coragyps
10-24-2005 7:32 PM


Re: This just in.......
You can read proposition 2 word for word here.
quote:
Ballot Language
"The constitutional amendment providing that marriage in this state consists only of the union of one man and one woman and prohibiting this state or a political subdivision of this state from creating or recognizing any legal status identical or similar to marriage."
"Enmienda constitucional que dispone que en este estado el matrimonio consiste exclusivamente en la unin de un hombre y una mujer y que desautoriza, en este estado o en alguna subdivisin política del mismo, la creacin o el reconocimiento de cualquier estatus jurídico idéntico o semejante al matrimonio."
Brief Explanation
HJR 6 would provide that marriage in Texas is solely the union of a man and woman, and that the state and its political subdivisions could not create or recognize any legal status identical to or similar to marriage, including such legal status relationships created outside of Texas.
The yellow part defines what the word "marriage" is. Look at the red part very carefully.
They forgot to put in the word other in that part of the proposition. In other words, anything identical or similar to marriage, which is defined in the first part of the sentence, is prohibited.
Hahaha, I hope it gets passed!!!
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Silent H
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Message 94 of 94 (254872)
10-26-2005 9:04 AM
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10-26-2005 1:31 AM


Re: This just in.......
You know this'll be great to watch all the "strict constructionists" like Bush and Scalia suddenly do a back bend and then a pretzel twist to argue that we know what it means in spite of what it says.

holmes
"...what a fool believes he sees, no wise man has the power to reason away.."(D. Bros)

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