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Snow was questioned during the White House Briefing about the Marriage Ammendment. At one point the reporter (David?) jumped in with a debative, pointed question and Snow replied "Oh C'mon.." and the reporter retorted "No, don't c'mon me..". To which Snow showed a "WOAH" facial response, laughed and said "this is what people have been waiting for!" Got a good laugh from the room. Also funnied about how some people want our troops to sing "Kumbaya" all the time, when we're supposed to fighting. Seems like he's doing a good job. Use of humor and "help me help you, media...

LINK TO SJ RES 1(27 CO-SPONSORS) COSPONSORS(27), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 1/24/2005 Sen Allen, George [VA] - 2/16/2005 Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 1/24/2005 Sen Coburn, Tom [OK] - 1/24/2005 Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 1/26/2005 Sen Cornyn, John [TX] - 1/24/2005 Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 1/24/2005 Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 1/24/2005 Sen Dole, Elizabeth [NC] - 1/24/2005 Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 1/24/2005 Sen Frist, William H. [TN] - 1/24/2005 Sen Hatch, Orrin G. [UT] - 1/24/2005 Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 1/24/2005 Sen Inhofe,...

Black-robed tyrant -- Judge Doris Ling-Cohan -- decreed on Friday that it would be "irrational and perverse" to deny homosexuals the "right" to marry. Can you believe it! Now it is "perverse" NOT to allow homosexuals to marry! With a single arbitrary slam of her gavel, Ling-Cohan impose HER INDIVIDUAL WILL on the City of New York and struck down a New York law which was originally established in the 19th Century. Ling-Cohan did not just make a travesty of the law when issuing her proclamation. She trampled on the will of the people of New York, the will of...

The pre-spin: Bush will spend about 1/2 the speech on foreign policy, 1/2 on domestic, with heavy emphasis on Social Security reform. It's said he will provide a detailed tutorial on the SS system and its problems with a few details on his personal accounts proposal. Laura's guests are said to be an Afghan voter and an Iraqi voter (too bad there's no Ukrainian wearing an orange hat!). Should we start a drinking game on how many times the pool camera swings to Hillary? Hmmm. Probably not...it would likely hamper out typing ability. Word on the blogs has it that...

Just curious...

HELENA, Ark. (AP) -- Republican Jim Holt brushes past the "other" issues to get to the central focus of his campaign to unseat Democratic incumbent Blanche Lincoln in the U.S. Senate race. "Every person in America has come together on this issue of same-sex marriage," the freshman state senator from Springdale declared during a recent campaign thrust to cultivate support in Lincoln's soil-rich but cash-poor home base in the eastern Arkansas Delta. "We have the issue. That is, we must defend our traditional values," Holt told supporters, hammering Lincoln's opposition to a proposed federal constitutional amendment to define marriage as...

To: Friends and Supporters From: Gary L. Bauer, Chairman Campaign for Working Families Date: Wednesday, July 7, 2004 Edwards Is Their Man The selection of Senator John Edwards as Kerry’s running mate has certainly “fired up” some people. Within hours of his selection the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Policy Institute issued a statement bragging that “John Kerry and John Edwards make up the most gay-supportive national ticket in American history!” Those are strong words and you can bet they will result in more money pouring into the Democratic National Committee from the homosexual rights crowd. In a week...

Once upon a time, liberals were champions of democracy. From the early 19th century until the mid-1960s, liberalism was distinguished by a passion for Lincoln’s government of the people, by the people and for the people. Liberals pioneered universal suffrage – extending the franchise in successive stages to poor whites, women and blacks. The Populist movement secured the direct election of Senators, as well as initiative and referendum (allowing voters to bypass their representatives and legislate at the ballot box).Harry Truman, Hubert Humphrey, John F. Kennedy and other liberals of a bygone era weren’t elitists who feared the common man....

H.J.RES.56 Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Sponsor:Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] (introduced 5/21/2003) Cosponsors: 116 Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. ------------------- COSPONSORS(116), BY DATE [order is left to right]: (Sort: alphabetical order) Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 5/21/2003 [D-TX-4] Rep McIntyre, Mike - 5/21/2003 [D-NC-7] Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 5/21/2003 [D-MN-7] Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 5/21/2003 [R- VA-1] Rep Vitter, David - 5/21/2003 [R- LA-1] Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 6/2/2003 [R- PA-16] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. -...

H.J.RES.56 Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Sponsor:Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] (introduced 5/21/2003) Cosponsors: 115 Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COSPONSORS(112), BY DATE [order is left to right]: (Sort: alphabetical order) Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 5/21/2003 [D-TX-4] Rep McIntyre, Mike - 5/21/2003 [D-NC-7] Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 5/21/2003 [D-MN-7] Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 5/21/2003 [R- VA-1] Rep Vitter, David - 5/21/2003 [R- LA-1] Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 6/2/2003 [R- PA-16] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. -...

Bush to Back Gay Marriage Ban Amendment By DEB RIECHMANN WASHINGTON - Jumping into a volatile election-year debate on same-sex weddings, President Bush on Tuesday backed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage _ a move he said was needed to stop judges from changing the definition of the "most enduring human institution." "After more than two centuries of American jurisprudence and millennia of human experience, a few judges and local authorities are presuming to change the most fundamental institution of civilization," the president said in urging Congress to approve such an amendment. "Their action has created confusion on an issue...

To: Califonia Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Mayor Gavin Newsom of San Francisco has violated California law by Marrying Same-sex couples in San Francisco. It is patently unlawful to issue marriage certificates to same-sex couples. Section 308.5 of the California Family Code plainly defines a valid marriage as being limited to one man and one woman. Furthermore, California Penal Code section 115 prohibits the knowing procurement of any false or forged instrument to be filed or recorded in any public office, making such an act a felony punishable by up to three (3) years in prison. The Mayor of San Francisco is...

Feb 19, 11:54 AM (ET) By Alan ElsnerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush's political director has told a group of prominent conservatives that the president would soon publicly endorse a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage.Bay Buchanan, sister of former Republican presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, told Reuters she was one of several conservatives who heard the message from political director Karl Rove two weeks ago."We were told by Karl Rove that the president would support the constitutional amendment -- not just that he would endorse it but also that he would fight for it," Buchanan said.Specifically, Rove told the alliance of...

Los Angeles, CA-- It's been two years since male models Steve and Mark applied for a marriage license in Los Angeles county and were told by the county clerk that their application could not be accepted. "She actually laughed in our faces and thought it was a joke," says Steve, a 6'3" muscular 24 year old. "I told her she was a fat cow," Mark adds, smiling. Mark and Steve, who have been living together in a charming tudor style cottage on Coldwater Canyon for the past five years now find themselves facing down the system once again. "We are...

H.J.RES.56 Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Sponsor: Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [CO-4] (introduced 5/21/2003) Cosponsors: 39 Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COSPONSORS(39), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date) Rep Akin, W. Todd - 6/10/2003 [MO-2] Rep Barrett, J. Gresham - 7/8/2003 [SC-3] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. - 6/2/2003 [MD-6] Rep Brady, Kevin - 7/10/2003 [TX-8] Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. - 7/10/2003 [SC-1] Rep Burgess, Michael C. - 6/10/2003 [TX-26] Rep Burns, Max - 7/8/2003 [GA-12] Rep...

<p>H.J.RES.56 Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.</p>

H.J.RES.56 Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Sponsor:Rep Musgrave, Marilyn N. [R-CO-4] (introduced 5/21/2003) Cosponsors: 96 Latest Major Action: 6/25/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COSPONSORS(96), BY DATE [order is left to right]: (Sort: alphabetical order) Rep Hall, Ralph M. - 5/21/2003 [D-TX-4] Rep McIntyre, Mike - 5/21/2003 [D-NC-7] Rep Peterson, Collin C. - 5/21/2003 [D-MN-7] Rep Davis, Jo Ann - 5/21/2003 [R- VA-1] Rep Vitter, David - 5/21/2003 [R- LA-1] Rep Pitts, Joseph R. - 6/2/2003 [R- PA-16] Rep Bartlett, Roscoe G. -...