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That generated as much heat and animus as this topic did. Please help me welcome a man who stood up to argue and to defend what our nations highest court has now recognized as a constitutional right, professor geoffrey stone. [applause] thank you. Im delighted to be here. My talk this afternoon derives from a book that i am currently finishing titled sex and the constitution. Although the book addresses such issues as obscenity, contraception, homosexuality generally, abortion and so on, i decided to focus specifically this afternoon on the issue of samesex marriage, an issue that cuts to the very heart of the meaning of equal citizenship. In august of 1982, an Atlanta Police officer went to the home of Michael Hardwick to serve an arrest warrant for public drinking. Upon entering the home, he observed hardwick and another man engaged in oral sex. The officer placed both me ....
The declaration tells us that rights come from god, not government. [ applause ] the constitution has a framework thats set up not as some kind of result of bureaucratic haggling, but as something is designed to protect, promote freedom. And the president is right. In many way, we are a shining city on a hill. But the hard truth is that not everyone is sharing in this citys slender and glory. A shining city is perhaps all the president sees from the port ko of the white house and the ver randa of thiz ranch, where everyone seems to be doing well. But theres another city. Another part to the shining city. The part where some people cant pay their mortgages. And most young people cant afford one. Where students cant afford the education they need and middle class parents watch the dreams they hold for their children evaporate. In this part of the city, there are more poor than ever. More families in trouble. More and more people who need help, but cant find it. Even worse. There are elde ....
Cried archives here in washington. This is about 20 minutes. Good evening. Im the archivist of the United States and is a pleasure to welcome you to the National Archives in theater this evening. A special welcome to our friends at cspan and the other Media Outlets who are with us tonight. We have a lot of special guests in the audience today but i want to single out a special welcome to senator mike reed who is a good friend of the National Archives, senator reed from utah. [applause] who himself clerked for a future Supreme Court justice, judge alito when he was at the u. S. Court of appeals on the third circuit. Welcome. On monday the constitution of the ....