Comments on Advance Indiana™: More Questions About Unintended Consequences Of SJR-7

If the democrats are only concerned with the 2nd s...

2007-03-24T17:08:00.000-05:00

If the democrats are only concerned with the 2nd sentence, then I say pass the entire amendment AS IS. I am gay and if this passes AS IS, my partner may lose domestic partnership benefits provided by my employer, as well as other rights. BUT..so may many other people - gay AND the "innocent" straight. Pass the amendment AS IS so the state of Indiana can live with the gross consequences. If my rights will be stripped, then I want everyone's rights stripped. And WHY is it OK for our democratic reps to be ONLY concerned with the 2nd sentence, and not question the 1st?

Or if not Bopp, who at the Senate hearing said tha...

2007-03-24T15:02:00.000-05:00

Or if not Bopp, who at the Senate hearing said that since his law firm helped draft SJR-7, and to paraphrase him "if our law firm was involved the people of Indiana can be assured of a top-notch constitutional product", then why not Notre Dame Constitutional Law Professors Gerald V. Bradly and/or Charles Rice, who have been touted by out-of-state attorney Chris Stovall. Bradley helped write the Federal Marriage Amendment, and certainly had to know its ins and outs and changes made. Yet not even a letter offered and introduced at the House hearing. While I'm a bit skeptical of the "mistaken copy" rumor Gary's reader has advised him of, the bottom line is that something isn't right here. Mainstream print and broadcast media, where are you on this one? Where is Carl Woodward when we really need him?

You hit a nerve with someone, Chris. I know that t...

2007-03-24T14:38:00.000-05:00

You hit a nerve with someone, Chris. I know that the proponents in the past have scheduled these hearings to fit within Bopp's busy schedule. It will be interesting to see what excuse they offer. Given the fight they knew they were in for in the House, it would have been critical for him to appear. Without him, they had nothing but paid propaganda spreaders and a couple of attorneys with no unique qualification to speak on the subject.

Well, thanks a lot, Douglas! Oh, and don't hold y...

2007-03-24T13:37:00.000-05:00

Well, thanks a lot, Douglas! Oh, and don't hold your polluted cigar breath waiting for me to be civil to you again anytime soon.
;-)

Here, here!(Or it Hear, Hear?)(There's an interest...

2007-03-24T12:11:00.000-05:00

Here, here!

(Or it Hear, Hear?)

(There's an interesting backstory on why Bopp was not there, but that backstory will only be appropriate to discuss when this is all put to bed, and we're sharing war stories in our old age. I'm sure a cover story may become available, but the reality one day is to be savored with a cigar and a good peaty scotch.)