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Solly Mack

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34. Yep

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:00 PM

May 2012

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I may or may not be the first to say this, but civil rights is *not* a states' rights issue. [View all] Stinky The Clown May 2012 OP

that's been said hundreds of times here- including today cali May 2012 #1

AGREE! AsahinaKimi May 2012 #10

That was another one one George Shitstain's failed policies. Initech May 2012 #21

what on earth are you talking about? cali May 2012 #24

It was Bush's fault they left gay marriage to the states. Initech May 2012 #27

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe May 2012 #2

what uncle joe said. nt xchrom May 2012 #3

K and R bigwillq May 2012 #4

Does not matter if you are first or not MuseRider May 2012 #5

Thank you for putting it so eloquently. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #12

It is an appreciated thread. MuseRider May 2012 #15

I thought that question was settled in the Civil War Canuckistanian May 2012 #6

"Although with THIS court......' Hell Hath No Fury May 2012 #16

I don't want all of our valuable gay people leaving Massachusetts to live in Mississippi. Ian David May 2012 #7

Maybe so, but thank you for saying it. Rex May 2012 #8

Thank you. You are absolutely right. Vattel May 2012 #9

The entire Bill of Rights should not be sliced and diced at the state level. nt hack89 May 2012 #11

It will be decided in the Supreme Court frazzled May 2012 #13

They'd better tcaudilllg May 2012 #28

Ageed 100%. Hell Hath No Fury May 2012 #14

Until the Supreme Court stepped in, interracial marriage WAS decided on a state by state basis. phleshdef May 2012 #20

Absolutely. It is time the DOJ makes that point. Horse with no Name May 2012 #17

I think there are exceptions tcaudilllg May 2012 #29

It took a Supreme Court decision to end the ban on interracial marriage. phleshdef May 2012 #18

+1 progressoid May 2012 #19

K&R. n/t DLevine May 2012 #22

States have powers. slackmaster May 2012 #23

Absolutely right. Maven May 2012 #25

Living almost the ignorant! WV Democrat 59 May 2012 #26

It is, until it isn't MNBrewer May 2012 #30

You're absolutely right, Chorophyll May 2012 #31

Hubert Humphrey - 1948 ashling May 2012 #32

In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court The Velveteen Ocelot May 2012 #33

Yep Solly Mack May 2012 #34

Exactly. I am waiting for the SCOTUS to make is so, like getting rid of anti-miscegenation laws not uppityperson May 2012 #35

No, you're not the first. bvar22 May 2012 #36