The right's dangerous legal argument

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Registered: 08-13-2008
The right's dangerous legal argument
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Thu, 03-05-2009 - 9:46pm

Appearing for the supporters of Prop 8, Kenneth Starr, the former Whitewater prosecutor, said the people hold the right to modify the state constitution by adding or subtracting protections for civil rights.


Court appears ready to uphold Prop. 8



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"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson


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Full length fiction: worlds undone

"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson

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Registered: 11-27-2007
Wed, 04-01-2009 - 11:55pm

the tyranny of the majority doesn't win in the end. Racism, bigotry, homophobia, fear mongering....ultimately lose.


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Registered: 07-04-2005
Wed, 04-01-2009 - 11:59pm

Fearmongering doesn't work.


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Registered: 01-22-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:05am
Perfectly serious...and if you hadn't dismissed the sources out of hand, you'd have noticed that neither source was the one who conducted the studies referred to.
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Registered: 01-22-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:06am
And where is the "fear" you feel is being "mongered?"
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Registered: 01-22-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:09am

>>> Fortunately, this comes down to a legal issue. Religion is not required for the legal right to marry.

True...but it is a HUGE factor in convincing others to support your cause...or not.

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Registered: 01-22-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:10am
No truer words...
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Registered: 02-19-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:11am

Thank you for

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:13am

It doesn't matter.


The courts favor equality.

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Registered: 02-19-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:28am

Thank you.

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Registered: 02-19-2009
Thu, 04-02-2009 - 12:30am
Too funny.

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