http://blog.goliard.us/2010/08/11/the-obsolescence-of-article-v/ The new home of goliard blogging Sun, 20 May 2012 18:30:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://blog.goliard.us/2010/08/11/the-obsolescence-of-article-v/#comment-78 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 15:49:50 +0000 http://blog.goliard.us/2010/08/11/the-obsolescence-of-article-v/#comment-78 [...] Second, he would like to reiterate his main point from two posts prior (”The Obsolescence of Article V“). If it required a Constitutional Amendment to extend the voting franchise to women (or to extend it to 18-year-olds, or to end the poll tax), then it should absolutely require an Amendment for the Federal government to require states to expand or modify the scope and terms of marriage, or even to enshrine marriage in civil law in the first place. [...] […] Second, he would like to reiterate his main point from two posts prior (”The Obsolescence of Article V“). If it required a Constitutional Amendment to extend the voting franchise to women (or to extend it to 18-year-olds, or to end the poll tax), then it should absolutely require an Amendment for the Federal government to require states to expand or modify the scope and terms of marriage, or even to enshrine marriage in civil law in the first place. […]

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