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Old 06-06-2006, 02:24 PM   #16
Robin
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Originally Posted by hoyacoug
You are starting to sound a bit like Bill Clinton! It depends on what your definition of "a" is.

According to dictionary.com:

"A"- Used before nouns and noun phrases that denote a single but unspecified person or thing: a region; a person.

Key words being "a single."
Like the 1st presidency letter, I think the language is intentionally vague. We have to imagine how the amendment would be interpreted in the increasingly conservative court system. I think it would give polygamy the boot... except for maybe in the ninth circuit.
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