I was engaging in poetic license! sandy
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Newsom Michael Sent: Mon 11/7/2005 2:31 PM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Social Notes from All Over This may be off topic, but what makes the invitees the "finest" people? ________________________________ From: Sanford Levinson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sanford Levinson Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 1:41 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: RE: Social Notes from All Over Rick writes: It seems to me that inviting people to dinner is totally unrelated to supporting a radical re-definition of marriage. The one is socially decent, the other would be totally destructive of a great institution. Bush is right to invite his Veep's family & guests to dinner at the WH. He is also right to stand up for traditional marriage. If Bush invited Clinton to dinner, would it mean that he is celebrating disbarred lawyers. I think not. I think that Rick is missing the point that we're talking about a state dinner (or, in this case, lulncheon). If this were a constitutional law case, there would be "state action" in a way that would not be the case if we were referring to the Bush's having someone for dinner in their private quarters. This is the United States of America recognizing the fitness of honoring Ms. Cheney and her companion with an invitation to meeting His Royal Highness and his wife. Indeed, everyone knew that an important line had been crossed when Queen Elizabeth formally accepted the presence of Camilla Parker-Bowles at some Buckingham Palace event after the Queen had, for many years, refused formally to rcognize the reality of the relationship. This is precisely why the Right is ultimately going to lose this battle in the great culture war. Most Americans, including Rick, apparently, believe there's nothing at all wrong in the United States of America's recognizing the humanity of two people of the same sex who are in a committed relationship with one another. Today a State Lucheon at the White House, tomorrow (or, say, ten years from now), Ms. Cheney and Ms.Poe will, should they wish, be allowed to get married in places other than Massachusetts. After all, even the Archbishop of Canterbury, I believe, congratulated His Royal Highness on his marriage to a divorced woman with whom he had had an adulterous relationship. I presume the United States of America officially shares that joy, given the occasion of the State Luncheon to which the finest people in America were invited. sandy.
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