Chicago Tribute reporter Staff Reporter Rex W. Huppke reports that "Traditional Marriage ruling disappoints activists" and quotes Modesto Tico Valle, executive director of the Center on Halsted as saying: The ruling is ".. not in touch with the rest of the country as more states, like Iowa, begin to affirm the right to get married" The Traditional Marriage debate is not about social rights, popular opinion, polls are what is fashionable as in relative ethics, but as to absolute values which do not change over time -the values the Nation will not compromise, as the President has often said, but never defined. On the other hand, the President's nomination of Judge Sotomayor is a major step to defining the values the President thinks are right for the country, or politically expedient; which may include social castration, for example

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