House Proceeding 07-18-06 on Jul 18th, 2006 :: 2:18:51 to 2:22:45
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Speech By: Mike Pence

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Mike Pence: massachusetts. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for three minutes. mr. delahunt: i thank the gentleman. two years ago this may, people in massachusetts, my home state, woke up

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William D. Delahunt: thinking and talking about same-sex marriage like everyone else. couldn't avoid it. it was on the cover of every newspaper. it was a national issue. now, since then 9,000 gay and lesbian couples

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Speech By: William D. Delahunt

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William D. Delahunt: have been married in massachusetts. you know what the news flash is? the news flash is that there isn't a news flash. the sky hasn't fallen. the tsunamis haven't come. everyone is going through

2:19:33 to 2:19:46( Edit History Discussion )

William D. Delahunt: their daily lives. mr. speaker, the average american family doesn't wake up every morning worrying about same-sex marriage. instead, they're worried about the price of gas that they have to put

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William D. Delahunt: in their vehicle to take their kids to school, they worry about whether their kids are getting a decent education, they worry about health care, they worry about mortgage rates, and whether

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William D. Delahunt: they'll ever be able to retire. and if they're worried about any marriage, by suggest it's their own. there are plenty of threats to marriage out there today. we're all aware of them. trying

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William D. Delahunt: to find time to spend with their families, the pressures of making ends meet. all the challenges that we all know exist. but what isn't a threat is gay marriage. in massachusetts, gay

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William D. Delahunt: couples are not masterminding acts of terrorism. they're not cutting medicaid. they're not putting a hole in the medicare prescription drug program. they're not running up the federal deficit. they're

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William D. Delahunt: doing what everyone else does. they're getting through life. others have alluded to the constitutional issues. there are states everywhere, mr. speaker, that are addressing this through the constitutional

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William D. Delahunt: means available to them as states. and that's fine. a recent ruling in massachusetts from the supreme judicial court that entered the famous decision that has provoked some controversy said

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William D. Delahunt: that if the people of massachusetts want to overrule the decision of the massachusetts supreme judicial court, they can via their own state constitutional mechanism. let them do it if they want.

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William D. Delahunt: as others have said, this is an area that has been reserved continually through our jurisprudence to the states. but no, it's an election year. could i have another 30 seconds? mr. nadler: i yield the

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William D. Delahunt: gentleman another 30 seconds. mr. delahunt: but we know it's an election year. and we know you have to do it. you've got to energize the base. but the american people are not stupid.

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William D. Delahunt: they see through this. they know what's going to happen. you know, i remember when the president came to office pledging that he would be a uniter not a divider and what we're doing today is

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William D. Delahunt: divisive and dividing americans. let's experience a sense of tolerance. with that i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from georgia, mr. kingston. mr. kingston: mr. speaker,

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William D. Delahunt: what's the balance of the time? the speaker pro tempore: you have 25 minutes on your side. mr. kingston: and how about -- the speaker pro tempore: 4 1/2 on the other side. mr. kingston:

2:22:45 to 2:22:59( Edit History Discussion )

Joseph R. Pitts: if i may yield two minutes to the distinguished gentleman from pennsylvania. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for two minutes. mr. pitts: mr. speaker, marriage has been under

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Speech By: Joseph R. Pitts