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Senate Approves Marriage Amendment
The NC Senate just approved the marriage amendment (30-16 vote). The House approved the amendment yesterday. It will be on the ballot in May, 2012. Here’s the amendment language: “Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be valid or recognized in this State. This section does notContinue Reading
Marriage Amendment is not Big Government
The Raleigh News & Observer argues in an editorial: And though Republicans claim to be the party of small government, this amendment in fact represents big government. Because of conservative desires to regulate personal behavior, it flies in the face of the right to equal protection under the law. Regardless of where you stand onContinue Reading
Overcriminalizing Actions: The Plaxico Burress Example
As I wrote a couple of years ago, it was absurd that New York Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress went to jail for illegally carrying a gun in a Manhattan nightclub. He has just been released from federal prison. He did have a license for the gun in Florida, but not where he lived. TheContinue Reading