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RightatNYU said:Okay, look. I really admire the fact that you're active in politics, that you know what you want, and you're willing to argue for it. Honestly, I think it's a trait that's severly lacking in today's society. I'm operating under the assumption that you're a high school student, probably 17, and looking at colleges. When you get to college, try to take a class or two on the constitution. Because your interpretations, while well meaning, and admirable for the attempt, are off.
"Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State."
That right there in a nutshell says "If a contract is entered legally in one state, and then the person whom it was done to travels to another state, the other state must recognize the legality of the contract."
This applies to states that have differing ages for marriage (In a recent case, a 14 year old and a 20 year old wanted to get married. The state they lived in did not permit that, so they went to Kansas, where 14 is the minimum age for marriage. They were married, and went back to their home state, which was forced to recognize the marriage.) This is the reason why gay marraige cannot be handled state by state.
And regarding your ban on soft money proposal. The courts have held, over and over, that money = speech. You simply cannot ban soft money. It doesn't work. You just get 527 groups like we saw in 2004 which I argued were worse than the problem.
First of all, I'm 20, and if colleges teach young people as poorly as they've taught you, I think that I'll stay clear of them. Stare decisis upheld Plessy vs. Ferguson for 58 years. That is called judicial activism. "Full faith and credit" does not imply that laws on anything must necessarily be uniform from state to state unless it is mandated by the Constitution or by Congress. Read this again:
Full Faith and Credit shall be given in each State to the public Acts, Records, and judicial Proceedings of every other State. And the Congress may by general Laws prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be proved, and the Effect thereof.
Let me translate that for you: "Full faith and credit" is specifically mentioned as a phrase to be interpreted by Congress. If I didn't know better, I'd assume that you were in the 3rd grade.
As for soft money, you are again leaning on stare decisis. That is your excuse for upholding Roe vs. Wade and it is also your excuse for supporting soft money. The Constitution takes precedence over all Supreme Court decisions. In fact, the Judicial Branch of government has un-Constitutional power at the present time in violation of Article III, Section 2.