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5.19.08 @ 12:01AM

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The question now is: Do the people of California and their elected officials have the backbone to stand up to their renegade court and place the restoration of authority for making constitutional decisions where it belongs -- with the people? Californians have already made their voice heard once. Now, they must stare down these bullies in black robes in order to enforce the freedoms they mistakenly thought were guaranteed by the same document these rogue judges have manipulated for their own political purposes.
-- Rick Arand
Lee's Summit, Missouri

The difference between civil unions and gay marriage is simple: the first one gives gays de facto equality, insofar as government can confer it to anyone; the second capriciously overturns thousands of years of religious and conventional understanding to placate a particular constituency.

I have no problem with civil unions. But if they attempt to write a gay marriage ban into my state's constitution, I will support it -- along with any attempt to reign in the kind of judicial activism that
makes a mockery of the legislative process.
-- Arnold Ahlert
Boca Raton, Florida

Will the ruling by the court now rend civil unions nil and void? In other words, if couples living together expect partner benefits will they have to be married now? Maybe for employers this will be more cost-effective.
-- John Cropp

THE PORTLAND VOTE
Re: Peter Suderman's Wrong Side McCain:

I read the following line some time ago and I've never forgotten it, "Proponents of man-made global warming want you to believe that John shot Jane. When you ask for proof they will point out how terrible it is that Jane is dead."

Man-made global warming is on its way to becoming the excuse for a government grab based on the need for all to sacrifice to save our planet. The public doesn't understand the true science of climate change and their ignorance makes them ripe for the taking. Our government is moving to open up a spigot of taxed wealth to all who will worship at the eco alter and for those who will not, loss of wealth and freedom.

All true conservatives who value personal freedom and limited government should educate themselves on matters of global warming and fight this movement!
-- Paul Case
Auburn, Washington

One must not be too hard on McCain for his remarks in Portland. Let's not forget it was the "Oregon Plan" which inspired the 17th amendment thereby destroying federalism; that the spotted owl destroyed our logging industry (and raised the price of your house); that assisted suicide or more rightly euthanasia is public policy approved by ballot; -- its in the air. Oregonians cannot help themselves, they fall for every snake oil salesman who has a voice loud enough to drown out the sounds of our beautiful streams and rivers and a gloomy enough picture of the world to make even our dreariest days look bright.
-- Rose Storey

Senator McCain, his science and environmental advisers are scientifically challenged and obviously unaware or oblivious to the facts:

* That even as CO2 increases the global temperature has leveled off since 1998 and even cooled slightly in 2007.

* A number of U.S., English and Russian scientists using computer models are forecasting a cooling period for the next decade.

* 3000 thousand Argo monitors that have been recording and reporting the temperatures of the oceans since 2003 have found no evidence that the oceans are warming.

* The Arctic ice has returned and the Antarctic ice cap is colder and increasing.

* The polar bear population is increasing, according to Canadian authorities.

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