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buckeye-ELO@nospam.net wrote:
> www.au.org
> 
> FEDERAL MARRIAGE AMENDMENT DRAWS SUPPORT FROM POLITICAL FRINGES, SAYS
> AMERICANS UNITED
> 
> Testimony By Dannemeyer And Schlafly Proves Amendment Drive Is Out Of Touch
> With Mainstream Opinion, AU Asserts
> 
> Former U.S. congressman William Dannemeyer and Religious Right icon Phyllis
> Schlafly are scheduled to testify in Congress June 24 in favor of a
> proposed Federal Marriage Amendment - a sure sign that the pro-amendment
> drive is a product of the political fringes, says Americans United for
> Separation of Church and State.

   Barry Lynn and his people are absolutely right.  Virtually everyone 
in Colorado's Republican Party -- two stars to the right of David Duke, 
and on 'till morning -- is behind it.  (I can work with them on most 
issues, but there *ARE* times....)

> Dannemeyer and Schlafly hold extreme right-wing views on gay rights and a
> host of other issues, says Americans United. AU charged that their views
> are out of touch with mainstream Americans.
> 
> "Dannemeyer and Schlafly are two would-be American ayatollahs who would
> like to remake this country according to their own exceedingly narrow
> versions of faith," said the Rev. Barry W. Lynn, executive director of
> Americans United. "If trotting these two out is the best the pro-amendment
> side has to offer, then they ought to just throw in the towel right now."
> 
> The two are scheduled to testify before the House Judiciary Committee. They
> will speak in favor of the Federal Marriage Amendment, a proposed
> constitutional alteration that will limit marriage to one man and one
> woman.

   With spokespersons like that, one hardly needs opponents.  Is it on 
C-SPAN?

>  Schlafly's Eagle Forum, best known for its opposition to the Equal Rights
> Amendment in the 1970s, has recently stepped up its criticism of same-sex
> marriage. In a newsletter issued in March, Schlafly attacked
> "out-of-control federal and state judges"

   SchLAUGHly is certainly a recognized expert in "out-of-control."