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Old 01-19-2004, 09:47 PM  
Mr.Fiction
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Originally posted by arg


The US constitution, as it currently stands, specifically prohibits federal regulation of marriage. It specifically reserves the right to legislate matters involving interstate commerce, which has historically been interpreted to include telecommunications and internet issues. Most efforts at federally forbidding recognition of gay marriage center around modifying the constitution to move some marital legislative authority from state governments to the federal government.
But I thought conservatives believed in more state rights, not less?

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