Ryan Sager: Thompson Proposes New Marriage Amendment

Apparently he's taking some heat for opposing the Marriage Protection Amendment, which includes a national definition of marriage as the union of husband and wife, and attempts to leave civil unions etc. to state legislatures:

"Fred Thompson Proposes Marriage Amendment to Restrain Judges

Posted by Ryan Sager
Fri, 7 Sep 2007 at 11:49 AM

Speaking in Sioux City, Iowa, moments ago, Fred Thompson endorsed an
amendment to the Constitution that would prevent state judges from altering
the definition of marriage without the direction of their states'
legislatures.

Mr. Thompson has been under fire from social conservatives in recent days
for refusing to support the Federal Marriage Amendment, which would define
marriage in the United States as being between one man and one woman. He's
said that such an amendment would conflict with his views on federalism.
Along with restraining state judges, the amendment Mr.
Thompson is proposing would also mandate that no state be forced to
recognize gay marriages from other states (such as, say, Tennessee being
forced to recognize gay marriages from Massachusetts).

Mr. Thompson's proposal came in response to the second of two questions Mr.
Thompson got from the crowd in Sioux City on the question of what the
federal government's role should be in regard to homosexuality."

posted by maggie at 12:42 PM VOTE

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