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Today a bill was introduced in the South Dakota Legislature proposing an amendment to the South Dakota Constitution banning gay marriage. It would also such render invalid such things as civil unions and domestic partnerships. The measure appears assured of passage, being sponsored by 56 of 70 House members and 23 of 35 Senate […] Item 1: As a follow-up to my earlier post on the “under God” resolution in the South Dakota legislature, it appears no state Senator was willing to stand up and be counted. Item 2: I see Thune is co-sponsoring a bill that would propose an amendment to the US Constitution banning gay marriage. I will […] Hats off to five South Dakota legislators. The state House voted 63-5 Thursday to approve a resolution “expressing legislative support for the preservation of the words, under God, in the pledge of allegiance.” The resolution purports to be an effort to protect religious tolerance. Yet religious tolerance would recognize that there are persons in this […] A public service announcement offered solely for informational purposes without comment pro or con: Grassroot Democrats is sponsoring “A Blue Party in a Red State” the night of the inaugural. It will be held from 7-10:30 p.m. January 20 at the Downtown Holiday Inn in Sioux Falls. There is a $10.00 cover charge per person. […] Other things have had me distracted for a while but posts on Daily Caucus and more recently on Thune v South Dakota finally clicked with some earlier fact-checking I did. In defending the fact they did not disclose on their blogs that they were paid by the Thune campaign, two Daschle-bashing bloggers (and some of […] |
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