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Marriage supporters, including Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, abandoned the Travaglini-Lees Amendment long ago because of its flawed compromise on civil unions. Since civil unions are same-sex “marriage” in nearly all but name, they remain an unacceptable compromise to most marriage supporters. Consequently, the...
You can safely dispense with the fear-mongering over the voting process if you believe the will of the people has already been exercised and 56 percent of the voters favor same-sex “marriage,” as you contend. However, it is worth noting that there...
A former U.S. attorney general and a former clerk to Justice Clarence Thomas have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the high-profile Solomon Amendment case arguing that if the controversial amendment is overturned, the entire constitutional justification for federal aid to universities will be undermined.
Waxman’s brief acknowledges that the federal government has a “perhaps compelling interest” in ensuring that its funds are not used to support racial or sex discrimination. But, according to the brief, the Solomon Amendment is not needed to prevent federal funds from...
Halley said “there are ways that you can make the distinction” between the anti-Solomon Amendment argument and the Bob Jones case. But, she added, “The danger is that the court might not.”