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CNN) -- Same-sex marriage became legal in Maine on Wednesday as Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill less than an hour after the state legislature approved it. Maine Gov. John Baldacci signed a bill Wednesday legalizing same-sex marriage. "I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage," said Baldacci, a Democrat. But he raised the possibility that the residents of the state would overturn the law, saying, "Just as the Maine Constitution demands that all people are treated equally under the law, it also guarantees that the ultimate political power in the State belongs to the people."
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Mora James :
ReplyDeleteI agree 100% with your fight for Kindness, Racial Harmony and the advancement of Minorities, Racial and Sexual. And other wonderful friends of these beautiful causes, that I respect and admire.
Hate Crime Legislation - Unsound, Absurd and Illogical Court decisions should be reviewed and appealed. Everywhere in the World -The Right to live and stay alive.
I have observed that Racists and furious antiObamists are enemies of the "Hate Crime" Concept and of all Federal Powers.
They dislike any Federal Intervention and defend "State Rights" in the extreme, so that they can commit whatever action and manipulate only the Local Authorities.
They say that any crime involves "Hate", and they do not see the danger for Society of the True Real Hate Crimes.
"Hate Crime" is a juridical concept not only for the USA but for all the World. This is necessary in all and every country on planet Earth, and there are already stricter legislations and constitutions in advanced or backward countries against Hate Crimes.
The First Duty of any Republic is to guarantee the right to live, the rigth to stay alive, of the Citizens, Residents, Visitors, or any Human Being inside their borders, with no excuses or exceptions.
Otherwise we would return to Sparta in Ancient Greece and the right to kill the Helots, for fun, sport and entertainment.
Human Life is an asset, even Sparta recognized that it needed Workers and Warriors and in extreme times of crisis had to employ the Helots as Mercenaries. Eventually the System of Oppression brought the downfall of Sparta
By the way, the military situation is grave and delicate :
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