Last night, I went to go see former abassador Ryan Crocker give a talk at Whitman College (his alma mater) on US Middle East policy. It was really interesting in some regards, particularly his brief history lessons, but it was also maddening to listen to as someone who was against the war in Iraq from the first hints that it was going to happen
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I'm also fine with all state recognized "marriages" just being called civil unions. I don't know what the popular opinion on that is though I would imagine most people who did not have a religious ceremony wouldn't care. Either that, or they'd go get a religious marriage.
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But I completely agree about civil unions. Every "marriage" should be a civil union in my opinion. And the fact that we have to put up basic rights to a vote is ludicrous. It may be our system, but that doesn't make it right.
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I guess that this is yet another case of our wacky federalism fetish. Although that same respect for the importance of states' rights should be contrary to upholding DOMA, I'm skeptical that the current Court is eager to overturn it.
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