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LeahMira Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-12-04 11:57 AM
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7. Amendments to the Constitution...
... have usually been made to extend more rights to people over time.

It would be a sad turning point for the country if the Constitution were amended to limit people's rights.

It would take a majority in two-thirds of the states to ratify any such amendment. I'd hope that the people in the states would have better judgement than the White House currently demonstrates.

Even so, if worse comes to worst, remember that prohibition was eventually repealed. The religious nuts might have their day, but it will be a short one if it comes. I do think that a new administration will change the whole cultural atmosphere of the country for the better, though, and that the religious nuts will have to go back under their rocks. Let's just hope they don't have a chance to infect the next generation with their poison.
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