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...Reader's Digest Association, is a leap of faith for Warren at a time when newspapers and magazines are under great financial strain. The launch also took place just months after Warren faced his first real barrage of public criticism, for his support of California's anti-gay-marriage ballot referendum, Proposition 8, and for his prominent role in Barack Obama's Inauguration ceremony. So while the magazine may be a financial gamble, it's also a test of Warren's influence and golden touch. (See the 25 most influential Evangelicals...
...largely in tune with Kentucky's reddest voters, the same folks who will decide the primary in 2010. His fervent opposition to the bank bailout increasingly looks smart, at least in the minds of many in Kentucky who are unimpressed with the economic recovery plans. Strongly against abortion and gay marriage, Bunning was rated last year as the third most conservative senator by the National Journal...
...make whatever changes they desire, so long as they do not alter the basic structure of government. Changes that violate the U.S. Constitution, he added, would of course be struck down on federal grounds, but so far no federal appellate court has ruled that the U.S. constitution protects gay marriage...
...support to your position that the people couldn't do when they did when they invalidated or disagreed with one aspect of the marriage decision," Kennard said. "Our past decisional law doesn't support the argument that the people couldn't do what they did." (Read "Activists Rethink Their Gay-Marriage Tactics...
...hearings did offer hope for the 18,000 or so same-sex couples who have already married. Starr argued that the language in Prop. 8 means that no gay marriages, even those performed when the practice was legal, can be recognized by state authorities. That argument brought a bristling reply from several justices, who said such a ruling would violate basic notions of fairness. Still, such opposition doesn't guarantee that the court won't strike down the existing marriages. Given that three justices voted against gay marriage in the first place, it may be that all Starr needs...