The right's dangerous legal argument
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The right's dangerous legal argument
| 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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Well, needless to say, you're wrong yet again. The Church certainly doesn't view marriage as a "social construct," but for those that do, it has remained essentially unchanged for thousands of years, so no...it can't "change at any point"...and the fierce opposition to those who wish to corrupt it is a demonstration of that fact.
Actually, the church - the religious organisation - itself is a social construct, so it follows everything about it is as well.
And yet that folly was realized last November in California...so maybe it isn't quite the folly you imagine it to be.
Barely. You keep forgetting 47 + percent of the vote went the other way.
Actually, I don't think that many conservatives are unable to fathom homosexuality.
Never met one who opposed lgbt rights that could.
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They're all integral elements of marriage.
So if two people in their eighties marry, you expect them to have kidlets?
The arguments against are tenuous and grasping at straws.
The law is intertwined with the will of the people...who have a right to determine the values and morals of their society. I'm sure you can appreciate that.
And in this country, religion is out of that second mix. Period.
Our form of government is designed to protect us from that very sort of mob mentality, and really... that is a perfect description of the opposition. Mob mentality.
Religion
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>>And yet we've already seen that happen with church property.
Gays are bullied? Not that I've observed. Statistically, you stand a better chance of being attacked for your religion than you do for being gay. And denied rights? Again, it's a false argument because everyone has the same rights. What gays are asking for are extraordinary rights...and most conservatives would probably be willing to extend all the same rights that marriage confers, but extremists on the left are unwilling to compromise and make this demand for social parity ACTUALLY a demand for rights...and so they make it a fight to the bitter end.
There is no request for 'extraordinary rights', only a request for equality, but
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>>> o some, to others, not so much. In reality, quite easily changeable as societies grow more enlightened.
Or less so as society trends back towards traditional values and morals.
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"You think you know, sir!" ~ Cornflake Girl ~ Tori Amos.
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Edited 4/1/2009 8:55 am ET by llhaesa
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Enjoy your day.
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"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson
"You think you know, sir!" ~ Cornflake Girl ~ Tori Amos.
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"You have no power over my body..." ~ Anne Hutchinson
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Go on, feel free to ignore the fact that religion does not need to play a part in a marriage in order for it to be legal. It's a fact.
Did you have something you wished to discuss about gay marriage and the arguments for and against it?
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