[extropy-chat] gay marriage

[Harvey Newstrom]

Adrian Tymes wrote,
> No, actually, it's the other way around.  Check the newspapers.  It 
> may have been that the Republicans were planning to propose the 
> amendment (for instance, on 1/29, the Senate Family Services Committee 
> passed a measure by 4-3 supporting an amendment of that
> nature), which prompted San Fran's mayor to act, but
> the public announcement of the amendment (2/24) came
> after the marriage2 (2/17). 

Wrong.  President Bush announced his support of such a constitutional
amendment on 1/20 during the annual State of the Union address, predating
everything you say above.  The above actions were following the President's
lead.
<http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/20/sotu.transcript.6/index.html>

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