Hey, Edwards? I love you and all, but this? Not fucking cool. It's a human rights issue, not a goddamn states' rights issue. Stop trying to frame it as such.
Saying it's a states rights issue is an excellent backdoor toward getting it recognized on the federal level, though ... rights is rights, and once they establish them in one place it's hard to suppress them elsewhere.
Gah. I know. I mean, small steps, etc, I'd prefer it be a states' issue over a federal issue if it needs to be one of them, but I really have how they both seem to be backtracking on this issue (not that they were ever in full support, but, yeah...) ugh. BetterthanBushbetterthanBush.
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Date: 2004-08-07 12:50 pm (UTC)/not a defense, tho
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Date: 2004-08-07 05:30 pm (UTC)