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Wisconsin Congresswoman Got It Right – Prop 8 Response

Wisconsin Congresswoman Got It Right – Prop 8 Response

Wisconsin congresswoman Tammy Baldwin responded to the Proposition 8 decision from CA Supreme Court, “We live in a democracy wherein majority rule is checked and balanced by the guarantee of inalienable minority rights. This case, as it wends its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, presents jurists with fundamental questions about minority rights and majority rule. I believe Judge Walker got it right, declaring that denial of marriage rights and protections to gay and lesbian citizens violates the Constitution even if it reflects the will of the majority of Californians.” In Wisconsin same-sex marriage is illegal, same-sex adoption...

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Marriage Need to Remain a Government Process

Marriage Need to Remain a Government Process

Recent legal and legislative decisions to legalize gay marriage in Iowa and Vermont have brought suggestions from some commentators that government should get out of the marriage business entirely, grant civil unions to all couples and leave marriage to religious faiths. But University of Iowa law professor Ann Estin said that while such ideas are interesting in the abstract, they fail to recognize the deeply rooted importance of marriage in American culture and the many ways that civil and religious marriage interact. “Marriage is clearly understood across secular and religious frames to be a good thing, something to be...

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