>> cHat wrote: >> When you look at the ballot initiatives in the states we can see this as >> well: >> - Arizona, California and Florida all voted in measures to ban gay marriage. >> - Arkansas passed a measure banning same-sex couples from adopting. >> - Washington voted to allow doctor assisted suicide. >> - Abortion limits measures failed in every state they were attempted in. >> > > Would you agree that all of these initiatives took place on the state > level where they belong? > > In other words, gay marriage, euthanasia, abortion, et al are all > issues for the state and have no place in a federal election?
In some cases yes, in some cases no. Gay marriage, at least the state acceptance of such a union, might be a state level issue if the feds were not pushing for an generic "acceptance" (I forget the term now, but the gist is, "if it happens in one state, all other states must honor it."). Abortion - completely a states-rights issue, as is euthanasia. Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:278593 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
