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Should the right to create laws on gay marriage reside at the state level or the federal level?
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| State | 49% | 490 votes | Total: 996 votes | |
| Federal | 51% | 506 votes |
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by Alan Fernald
Created on: May 24, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
There are many people clamoring for the US Government to pass a nationwide ban on same-sex marriage.
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Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure
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by UrMessage
Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
This decision should reside at the state level. Each state is unique and should remain that way. If
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Created on: July 13, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Marriage is what we have come to know of here in America as a fundamental right between members of the
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by Andree Saxer
Created on: April 25, 2008 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Fighting against homosexual rights makes no sense to me. Historically speaking, every group that has
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Created on: August 14, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
The state interference is the lesser of evils. It is, however, and always has been, a great evil. Social
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by Ron N.
Created on: September 01, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Who Owns Marriage?
I have not heard any one ask this very important question when dealing with same
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Created on: June 26, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
I believe that the decisions regarding gay marriage should stay on the individual State level.
The only
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by Jerry Curtis
Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
The Federal Government has no business in regulating civil matters such as marriage, unless it is for
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Federal
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by James Lynne
Created on: August 13, 2008 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Just as the Supreme Court of the US had to remove anti-miscegenation, abortion, and civil rights laws
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Created on: April 03, 2010
The right to create laws on gay marriage should reside at the federal level. Some states never
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Created on: December 29, 2008 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Laws concerning gay marriage have raised issues in America over whether these considerations should
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Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: July 18, 2009
The 10th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution says:
The powers not delegated to the United States
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Created on: January 20, 2009
I think the right to create laws on gay marriage should neither reside at the state level nor at the
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by Aron Powell
Created on: August 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
The right to create laws on gay Marriage should no doubt reside at the federal level.
Because gay marriage -
by Bethany Earl
Created on: August 27, 2007 Last Updated: July 13, 2011
Why have the state mandate who should marry who? Why should one state be granted such privilege and
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Created on: June 20, 2008 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Same sex marriage should be passed on a federal level, well at least at first. The reason for this opinion
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by zackrspv
Created on: September 05, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
Many would say that this issue should be left up to the state. After all, leaving something to the state
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Created on: May 23, 2007 Last Updated: January 19, 2009
One major source of torture in my life is that so many laws exist on the state level.
In my opinion,
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