Re: [OT] The record industry, RIAA and US law

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 05/17/07 18:25, Michael M. wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-05-16 at 22:04 -0400, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote:
> 
>> I'm sorry, but that is ridiculous.  Everyone has a right (at least in
>> the US) to the "pursuit of happiness."
> 
> 
> Not really.  The phrase comes from the Declaration of Independence, not
> the Constitution.  There's no explicit right to "the pursuit of
> happiness" in the Bill of Rights.
> 
> Interestingly, though, the phrase was used by Justice Earl Warren in
> Loving v. Virginia, which overturned anti-miscegenation laws.  Warren
> wrote "The freedom to marry has long been recognized as one of the vital
> personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free
> men."
> 
> Given the current status of gay marriage in the U.S., we plainly do not
> have an unambiguous right to the pursuit of happiness -- not when the

Is redefining marriage an Orwellian act?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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