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#1159074 - 04/07/09 04:29 PM
Wonder how the Bollywood Coldcuts will spin this?
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Vermont passes gay-marriage bill BOSTON (Reuters) - Vermont lawmakers on Tuesday overrode a veto from the governor in passing a bill that would allow same-sex marriage, clearing the way for the state to become the fourth in the nation where gay marriage is legal.
The Vermont House of Representatives passed the bill by a 100-49 vote after it cleared the state Senate 23-5 earlier in the day. In Vermont, a bill needs two-thirds support in each chamber to override a veto.
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#1159080 - 04/07/09 04:33 PM
Re: Wonder how the Bollywood Coldcuts will spin this?
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#1159082 - 04/07/09 04:34 PM
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What's to spin?
Even Fox is currently reporting it as 'URGENT.'
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#1159084 - 04/07/09 04:35 PM
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ooh ooh, let me try!!!
Nine years ago the Vermont Supreme Court instructed the state legislature to come up with a system for giving gay couples the same rights as married couples under state law.
How's that Barbarian?
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#1159086 - 04/07/09 04:36 PM
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#1159088 - 04/07/09 04:40 PM
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How about this for spin: If we took as long as the Vermont legislature to complete assigned tasks, none of us would have jobs.
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#1159092 - 04/07/09 04:42 PM
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Didnt Iowa just do this too?
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#1159094 - 04/07/09 04:43 PM
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No. Iowa did it by judicial fiat.
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#1159095 - 04/07/09 04:43 PM
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Vermont legislature reacts expeditiously to the Supreme Court!
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#1159101 - 04/07/09 04:45 PM
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Once again, isn't it a judges job to determine how constitutional a law is? (Based on present constitutions).
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#1159104 - 04/07/09 04:48 PM
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Vermont moves quickly, residents of New York and New Jersey are eggstatic!
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#1159147 - 04/07/09 05:22 PM
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Depends on whether you are talking about applying enumerated rights or invented rights.
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#1159154 - 04/07/09 05:28 PM
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idk.
But I thought justices were using the 'equal protection' clauses to strike down such laws as unconstitutional? If the legislature thinks such clauses do not include same sex marriage, then pass an amendment to the constitution banning such marriages. Do any states have such amendments? Once those amendments pass, then I guess it would be elevated/challenged at the federal level.
ie - Do the newly passed amendments violate the rights granted in the US Constitution.
Last edited by Eggcited; 04/07/09 05:30 PM. Reason: some wording changes
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#1159155 - 04/07/09 05:29 PM
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That being said, it seems the people of Vermont, through its elected representatives, have approved of this. What, exactly, is the problem?
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#1159205 - 04/07/09 06:38 PM
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^^^^^^^^^^^where is your spin?
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#1159209 - 04/07/09 06:44 PM
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What is there to spin? Its not like someone claimed (in the face of glaring proof) that the US did not help fund the UN.
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#1159330 - 04/07/09 08:21 PM
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idk.
But I thought justices were using the 'equal protection' clauses to strike down such laws as unconstitutional? If the legislature thinks such clauses do not include same sex marriage, then pass an amendment to the constitution banning such marriages. Do any states have such amendments? Once those amendments pass, then I guess it would be elevated/challenged at the federal level.
ie - Do the newly passed amendments violate the rights granted in the US Constitution.
From the last paragraph in the article: "Forty-three U.S. states have laws explicitly prohibiting such marriages, including 29 with constitutional amendments restricting marriage to one man and one woman."
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#1159354 - 04/07/09 08:35 PM
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what do movie producers in India have to do with this and why do you care about their opinion?
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