Thompson's Awkward Marriage
by Ryan Sager
Sun, 9 Sep 2007 at 2:32 PM
updated Sun, 9 Sep 2007 at 2:35 PM
From my latest column, on the second day of the Fred Thompson announcement tour, on the new constitutional amendment he has proposed regarding gay marriage:
One of the most striking aspects of Fred Thompson's message in the run-up to his official presidential campaign, which began in this state yesterday, was his commitment to federalism — the principle that decisions about how people live should be made as close as possible to the people themselves, by local or state governments, as opposed to by a federal government hundreds of miles away in Washington, D.C. Rolling along the campaign trail, however, Mr. Thompson seems to have hit the speed bump of political inconvenience. Short version: His new stance is unlikely to please anyone.
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