To: Modernman
Negative. A bill passed by Bill Clinton in 1996 states that marriage is defined as betwenn a man and a woman and states laws do not supercede Federal laws
51 posted on
01/21/2004 10:47:10 AM PST by
AbsoluteJustice
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To: AbsoluteJustice
Negative. A bill passed by Bill Clinton in 1996 states that marriage is defined as betwenn a man and a woman and states laws do not supercede Federal laws The problem with that is, it's difficult to see where the Federal power to regulate marriages comes from. Marriage has historically been exclusively a power left to the States.
54 posted on
01/21/2004 10:51:46 AM PST by
Modernman
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