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"Harry Hope" |
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30 Apr 2006 05:25:45 PM |
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Former GOP Sen. John Danforth Says Ban on Gay Marriage a Silly Idea |
From The Associated Press, 4/30/06:
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-danforth-gay-marriage,0,2879512.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines
Danforth: Ban on Gay Marriage a Silly Idea
WASHINGTON --
Former Sen. John Danforth says a conservative push to ban gay marriage
through a constitutional amendment is silly, calling it the latest
example of how the political influence of evangelical Christians is
hurting the GOP.
Danforth, a Missouri Republican and an Episcopal priest, made the
comments in a speech Saturday night to the Log Cabin Republicans,
which support gay rights.
He said history has shown that attempts to regulate human behavior
with constitutional amendments are misguided.
"Once before, the Constitution was amended to try to deal with
matters of human behavior; that was prohibition. That was such a flop
that that was repealed 13 years later," Danforth said.
Referring to the marriage amendment, he added that perhaps at some
point in history there was a constitutional amendment proposed that
was "sillier than this one, but I don't know of one."
The Senate is scheduled to vote in June on a constitutional amendment
that its supporters hope will head off any decision in the federal
courts that could legalize gay marriage.
The measure would need to be approved by two-thirds of those voting in
the House and Senate and then be ratified by at least 38 state
legislatures.
But Danforth said he is opposed.
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