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The right gets burned by that pesky Constitution again: Why gay marriage is constitutional

Those frisky Republicans are making me go to the Constitution again. The right is in an uproar after a federal judge overturned California’s gay marriage ban. In his ruling overturning California’s gay marriage ban, Chief District Judge Vaughn Walker declared “Proposition 8 [California's gay marriage ban passed in November 2008] fails to advance any rational... Read more »

By Brian C. Thomas,
August 4, 2010 at 11:33 pm

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    jack

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    This was sort of predicted in last week's comments. Basically the question is what the hotels and caterers made off of ...
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    Richard Davis

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    Wasn't that the French delegation I saw at Billy Goat's? Maybe not. Wasn't that the plan Rahm sold, foreign VIPs ...
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    Brian C. Thomas

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    In reply to Kay S:
    Thanks Kay. As usual, I enjoyed your article too; being a northsider, the NATO summit was something I watched ...
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    First off commend you for questioning your decision. A lot of people do not have the level of self awareness ...
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    Kay S

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    I appreciate this article Brian. I wrote one from the opposite perspective but you make fair points. Favorite ...
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