The right's dangerous legal argument

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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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Registered: 01-22-2009
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 1:40am

I just no longer give a rip about debating with you, sorry.

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Registered: 02-12-2009
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 2:59am
And?
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Registered: 01-22-2009
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 3:43am

~rude~


It's just not working out.

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Registered: 01-22-2009
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 4:05am

Speaking of dreaming...

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 4:47am

Right.


And each RELATIONSHIP is different.


And to publicly declare that the only difference between someone elses MARRIAGE relationship and YOUR relationship with your best friend is sex...is rude, and incorrect on so many levels.


The appropriate response when someone objects to having their marriage trivialized by a stranger who knows nada about their marriage is

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 4:49am

So marriage is only a civil right for straight people?


Wow.


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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 4:56am

Simple isn't the word I'd use.


If one says "the only difference between MY marriage and my relationship with MY best friend is"....

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Registered: 07-04-2005
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 4:57am

No one has ever asked that churches be forced to perform gay marriages.


Churches already decide which marriages to perform..that would not change.


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Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 8:09am
No dream...just a realistic assessment of people's reactions when they realize that they've been bamboozled.



Really, the right was bamboozled, despite


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Registered: 08-13-2008
Tue, 03-24-2009 - 8:11am

Hope you enjoyed a good night's sleep, and see you upon your return.



Full length fiction: worlds undone


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


"You think you know, sir!" ~ Cornflake Girl ~ Tori Amos.


Full length fiction: worlds undone

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

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