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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 10:23 AM
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House Majority Leader Boehner Refusing To Let Gay Marriage Ban Die
House Majority Leader John Boehner said Tuesday that despite the doomed fate of a bill being considered in the Senate to ban same-sex marriage, he plans to bring the measure up for a vote in the House next month.

"This is a big issue with lots of our members and, frankly, with lots of Americans," Boehner said. "Bringing this issue to the floor, allowing it to be debated, voted on, I think is a good idea."

The West Chester Republican's statement came after Sen. Jim Bunning, a Southgate Republican, told reporters earlier on Tuesday that the bill has little chance of passing the Senate - or even getting enough votes to merit a debate.

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Though the amendment will fail, Bunning said, that shouldn't stop Congress from pushing the issue, if for nothing else than to make a statement "on what a marriage is and what a marriage is not."

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http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060607/NEWS01/606070392/1056
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 10:26 AM
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1. "If for nothing else" than to pander to the RW wackos, is more like it.
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unpossibles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 10:28 AM
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2. sometimes I hate being in Ohio
and can someone please explain how this is "smaller, less intrusive government"?

Oh wait - they only want less intrusive government in the sense of their money. My bad.
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Justitia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 10:34 AM
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3. Let's waste more time & $$$ on meaningless crap that accomplishes NOTHING!
Except pandering to the homophobic freaks on the RW fringe.
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Arkansas Granny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 11:11 AM
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4. Why do they keep insisting that this is a big issue? I have seen
several polls concerning issues important to Americans, and this one ranks near, or at the bottom of the list. This must be the only thing they can come up with that they think will evoke a positive response from the base.
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sui generis Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-08-06 04:56 PM
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5. well yeah, it's a big issue with gay americans too
what a bunch of dumbasses - clearly the only Americans who count are the ones who agree with him.

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