Antonin Scalia
Judge
"When did it become unconstitutional to exclude homosexual couples from marriage? 1791? 1868, when the 14th Amendment was adopted?"
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Corrine Brown
Politician
"I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage."
Benjamin Franklin
Inventor, Statesman, Author
"All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse."
Byron White
Judge
"The 1st Amendment protects the right to speak, not the right to spend."
Coretta Scott King
Civil Rights Activist
"A constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriages is a form of gay bashing and it would do nothing at all to protect traditional marriages."
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"The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment."
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"The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the Revolution over!"
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"When liberals advocate a value-added tax, conservatives should respond: Taxing consumption has merits, so we will consider it - after the 16th Amendment is repealed."
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"The Grameen Bank Ordinance with amendments up to 2008 is a beautiful legal structure for the fulfillment of the ideals and objectives of the bank. Any change in this structure will be devastating for the bank."
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