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bvar22

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36. No, you're not the first.

Reply to Stinky The Clown (Original post)

Wed May 9, 2012, 08:57 PM

May 2012

Other Democratic Presidents believed the same,
and had the courage to Step UP and Do the Right Thing.

Civil Rights Act 1964

You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.
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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