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Constitution Shouldn’t Limit People’s Rights

By Rep. Jerrold Nadler
Special to Roll Call
March 26, 2004, 1:16 p.m.

The proposed Constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage would, for the first time, amend the Constitution to limit the rights of Americans rather than to enhance and protect their rights.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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Constitution Shouldn’t Limit People’s Rights

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