Constituional Myths. No Backlash from gay marriage

Is the Constitution a living document that created and guides our nation, or is a permanent document that, in Jusitice Scalias words, is there "to prevent change and protect certain rights so future generations cannot take them away"? Or is it both and we just have not figured out how to strike the right balance? Ray Raphael joins us in Segment 1 to discuss his new book, Constitutional Myths: What wse get wrong and how to get it right. Will a decision legitimizing gay marriage nationwide by striking down DOMA or Proposition 8 in a way that prevents states from banning it create a backlash like Roe v Wade did for the anti-choice movement? Not likely says Harvard Law Professor and legal historian Michael Klarman. He tells us why in Segment 2. A new concept in the opinion-driven world of talk radio, Fairness Radio is a daily one-hour on-line and on-air radio show featuring liberal Patrick OHeffernan interviewing national guests from across the political spectrum. Patrick talks with everyone from conservative Senator Jim DeMint to former Democratic Party Chairman Governor Howard Dean to explore news, politics and culture from all sides in a civil conversation that focuses on idea, not gotcha's. With an international team experts from all sides of the political spectrum Fairness Radio covers the events of the world like no one else.

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