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SAME-SEX continued from page 1 the separation between church and state" and said it would create "Con stitutional discrimination." College Republicans Chairman Jarrett White said his group is " 100 percent behind the idea that mar riage is between a man and a woman," and the group supports a Constitutional amendment. White said marriage is a sacred union cre ated by God and the issue of same sex marriage should be a federal is sue and not left to the states. "You can take if from the biggest states'-rights guy on this campus," he said. "It should be a federal issue. It should all be the same." Father Reginald Martin, a Roman Catholic priest at the St. Thomas More Newman Center near campus, agreed with White that marriage is a permanent exclusive union between a man and a woman, but said he doesn't see the need for a Constitu tional amendment. "I think that individuals should be allowed to make whatever sort of eco nomic unions they want," Martin said. "I believe the state must honor those arrangements. I think the presi dent, whom I admire a great deal, is simply making himself look silly." Dan Bryant, a senior minister for the First Christian Church in Eugene who has performed marriage cere monies for 20 years, said he respects the president but sees the issue in terms of basic human rights. "I don't support the president's po sition," Bryant said. "I have no diffi culty with the issue of same-sex mar riage. To me, it's an issue of loving partnerships and supporting relation ships that are loving and healthy." Garrett Epps, a Constitutional law professor at the University School of Law, explained that passage of any such amendment would be very un usual because no amendment cur rently exists that limits rights. He said decisions surrounding family law and marriage have "been more or less the law of the states." Dominick Vetri, a law professor who teaches gay and lesbian rights at the law school, pointed out that Bush said the nation should consider an amend ment only if courts continue to rule in favor of same-sex marriages; however, he thinks it is "virtually inevitable" that courts will continue to do so. Vetri also said he disapproved of the president's attempt to appease gay and lesbian populations when Bush said, "The same moral tradition that defines marriage also teaches that each individual has dignity and value in God's sight." "I thought it was such a snide way of putting it," Vetri said. "It certainly WEAPONS continued from page 1 been violating the law," Starrett said. "It is a case with statewide implications." Stubbs sued for an injunction from the court prohibiting OUS from con stricting licensed gun holders. He sued for no monetary damages but asked for a reimbursement for attorney fees. 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