With the exception of a similar argument from Ramesh Ponnuru, I haven't seen my central point with respect to the FMA and civil unions explicitly repeated anywhere — either restated or refuted — even though I've been stating it repeatedly (and pointing it out to others) since July. Well, the point has finally found its way into the arguments of Those Who Matter, specifically the Weekly Standard:
Insofar as the amendment affects legislatures, it merely requires them to specify the benefits they wish to give to relationships outside marriage--which is what civil-union legislation ought to do in the first place.Posted by Justin Katz at February 18, 2004 4:13 PM
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