quote from a wise man

[wendyzski]

3stitches, who has friended me for no apparent reason, but we know a couple of the same people in MN

On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU, was requested to testify.

At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said: "Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"

Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."

The room erupted into applause.

Comments

[jfc013.livejournal.com]

Well-put.

[socratesthecat.livejournal.com]

thats good

[rillaspins.livejournal.com]

Oh, WendyZ meet 3stitches. He is also a historical costumer, reenactor and all around "good guy" (although Rhymeswithghoti says he is a bad, bad man.)

He also teaches Reiki and has a whole slew of other hobbies. (One of which is cooking lamb over an open trench...very yummy.)

[3stitches.livejournal.com]

That's "bad old man," thank you very much. Of course, coming from her anyone old enough to legally drink could be considered old. She's an impertinent young woman (or sometimes a not-so-worldly but well-intentioned young man, depending on whether or not she's Will). But thanks for the compliments. Flattery will get you lamb.

WendyZ, pleased to meet you. I friended you, IIRC, because you said some interesting things in response to a couple of Rilla's posts a while back and I figured you'd be an interesting read, and I haven't been disappointed.

[jmthane.livejournal.com]

Actually, that's not the exact quote. The full story can be found here (http://www.raskin06.com/news/06-03-02.baltsun.php).

It's close, but the actual exchange was not quite as inflammatory as what is getting spread around the 'Net.