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...little to do with Bush’s desire to “help parents build stronger families” and much more to do with his agenda to gain popular support for the abhorrent Federal Marriage Amendment. The amendment, co-sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans, attempts to preempt the decision of Goodridge v. Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The plaintiffs in Goodridge are seven Massachusetts gay and lesbian couples seeking marriage licenses, denied to them at their local city or town halls. The Federal Marriage Amendment would make it clear that the BGLT people have no legal basis...
...Epstein’s theory proves to be correct, it could open the door to predicting where West Nile is likely to surface, and enable governments to preempt its deleterious effects...
Rather than protesting an already-formulated policy, the petition seeks to preempt any consideration of radical solutions to the debate over land settlement...
...Washington decided to hand over the missiles because there was no legal basis to hold them, although U.S. officials still have many questions over the transaction. The legal gray area in which the interdiction occurred highlights the complexities of new era in which the U.S. aims to prevent and preempt the emergence of security threats, sometimes in instances for which the rules may be a little hazy...
...behooves me to preempt a few likely criticisms. First, this isn’t about free speech. Gomes has the right to say whatever he likes from his pulpit. I write a newspaper column: If anyone is committed to the right of shooting your mouth off, I am. But that right doesn’t shield you from criticism when the things you say are wrong...