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Originally posted by Publius
We experimented with “negative rights” once in our history with the 18th amendment (prohibition) and this turned out to be such an utter failure that it took the 21st amendment to correct it. Bush’s plan to introduce an amendment to prohibit gay marriage is an attempt to introduce “negative rights” to the constitution. I believe that this in and of itself is an abomination and, no matter which side you come down on the argument, it should be obvious that this is not the sort of precedent that we should be wanting to introduce because once we start down this path, what other rights can the government decide that they want to take away from the people?
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"I just hope our country isn't overrun by gangster-controlled gay-easies" - Jon Stewart
Eloquent epic post.
