Sore Losers
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BoneSoft wrote:
I don't think it necessarily would, but I guess I see the possibility.
It is not a mere possibility. It is a fact. There is a wide class of benefits only available to people who are married. There is also a Federal law (the Defence of Marriage Act) that prohibits the Federal Government and all federal agencies from extending any federal marriage-based benefits, privileges and rights to same-sex couples (this is true even if they are married). http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/11/06/doma/index.html[^]
John Carson
Then DOMA should be the target. Prop 8 wouldn't have done them any good. I wasn't aware that DOMA explicitly denied federal rights, which is wrong. Off the legal issue and on to personal opinion (just because I feel like sharing)... Personally as a religious person, I feel that instead of trying to dictate their lives, that we have an obligation to tell them what we believe and then leave them alone. And I'm pretty sure at this point there are damn few who haven't already been told where Christianity stands on the issue. As a rational person with brain cells, I don't believe that they decided one day to be gay (OK there are a few people who do, but they aren't your normal case). Or event worse, that they caught it as if it were some airborne pathogen. I find it very hard to believe that you aren't born that way. There's no way I could imagine changing what turns my crank, there's no reason for me to believe that could happen for somebody else. In any event, it doesn't matter. It's not my job as a Christian to make sure everybody does what Christianity says is right. Which is all a very long way to say, I don't like it, but I'm not the one doing it, knock yourself out. Live and let live.
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
right to life
mebbe
Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
liberty
'fraid not
Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
CHILLING OUT
Like a fine wine?
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Jason Henderson wrote:
I will do my best to do what is right.
So you're for giving the same rights to everyone regardless of race, color, creed, religion, or sexual orientation?
Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!
I think he made it clear that it was alright for anybody, regardless of race, color, creed, religion, or sexual orientation to marry someone of the opposite sex. ;P Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
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Vigilantism can cause innocent bystanders to get caught in the violence. Its wrong. Calling for the burning of churches is a serious threat (terrorism) against a 1st amendment right.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
Religious fundamentalists seem to threaten violence more than any other group. They also burn down abortion clinics. And then when they systematically ruin the lives of homosexual people, they suddenly play innocent, as if they're the most persecuted group in history and the whole world's against them.
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Then DOMA should be the target. Prop 8 wouldn't have done them any good. I wasn't aware that DOMA explicitly denied federal rights, which is wrong. Off the legal issue and on to personal opinion (just because I feel like sharing)... Personally as a religious person, I feel that instead of trying to dictate their lives, that we have an obligation to tell them what we believe and then leave them alone. And I'm pretty sure at this point there are damn few who haven't already been told where Christianity stands on the issue. As a rational person with brain cells, I don't believe that they decided one day to be gay (OK there are a few people who do, but they aren't your normal case). Or event worse, that they caught it as if it were some airborne pathogen. I find it very hard to believe that you aren't born that way. There's no way I could imagine changing what turns my crank, there's no reason for me to believe that could happen for somebody else. In any event, it doesn't matter. It's not my job as a Christian to make sure everybody does what Christianity says is right. Which is all a very long way to say, I don't like it, but I'm not the one doing it, knock yourself out. Live and let live.
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BoneSoft wrote:
Personally as a religious person, I feel that instead of trying to dictate their lives, that we have an obligation to tell them what we believe and then leave them alone. And I'm pretty sure at this point there are damn few who haven't already been told where Christianity stands on the issue. As a rational person with brain cells, I don't believe that they decided one day to be gay (OK there are a few people who do, but they aren't your normal case). Or event worse, that they caught it as if it were some airborne pathogen. I find it very hard to believe that you aren't born that way. There's no way I could imagine changing what turns my crank, there's no reason for me to believe that could happen for somebody else. In any event, it doesn't matter. It's not my job as a Christian to make sure everybody does what Christianity says is right.
Very reasonable of you. :)
John Carson
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Jason Henderson wrote:
I will do my best to do what is right.
So you're for giving the same rights to everyone regardless of race, color, creed, religion, or sexual orientation?
Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!
Absolutely, but I don't think marriage applies to homosexuals by definition. Marriage has been defined as a covenant between a man and a woman since the beginning. If you change it's meaning, then how can it be called marriage anymore?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
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Religious fundamentalists seem to threaten violence more than any other group. They also burn down abortion clinics. And then when they systematically ruin the lives of homosexual people, they suddenly play innocent, as if they're the most persecuted group in history and the whole world's against them.
Threatening violence is against my religion as a Christian. REALLY, these people that claim to be Christians and do these things are Christians in name only. But, just because fundamentalists have done bad things before, does not give gays (or anyone else) the right to do violence against them and especially against innocent non-fundies.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
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Absolutely, but I don't think marriage applies to homosexuals by definition. Marriage has been defined as a covenant between a man and a woman since the beginning. If you change it's meaning, then how can it be called marriage anymore?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
I agree. But I don't know that what marriage means, requires a legal basis. Personally, I'd like to see some arrangement that affords them the rights that they are denied, and leaves marriage alone. Seems like that would be a win win. How to do that seems to be the big issue, and I think that's all a legal issue.
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Threatening violence is against my religion as a Christian. REALLY, these people that claim to be Christians and do these things are Christians in name only. But, just because fundamentalists have done bad things before, does not give gays (or anyone else) the right to do violence against them and especially against innocent non-fundies.
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
No, it doesn't, but it sure is hypocritical.
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Absolutely, but I don't think marriage applies to homosexuals by definition. Marriage has been defined as a covenant between a man and a woman since the beginning. If you change it's meaning, then how can it be called marriage anymore?
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler." - Albert Einstein
Jason Henderson
Jason Henderson wrote:
Marriage has been defined as a covenant between a man and a woman since the beginning. If you change it's meaning, then how can it be called marriage anymore?
The definitions of a lot of things have changed over time as well as roles in society. Just because you personally don't like the change is no reason for change not to take place. Because it's always been is just as silly as all those claims of because the bible says so.
Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!
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I agree. But I don't know that what marriage means, requires a legal basis. Personally, I'd like to see some arrangement that affords them the rights that they are denied, and leaves marriage alone. Seems like that would be a win win. How to do that seems to be the big issue, and I think that's all a legal issue.
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The how has been explained to you several times by several people, get government out of marriage entirely and, if desired, replace it with civil unions. Which part don't you understand?
Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!
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Oakman wrote:
Like a fine wine?
Only if it's white. :cool:
Your silly assed, irrelevant opinion has been duly noted. Now take it elsewhere!
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Oakman wrote:
The state should provide only civil unions and leave marriage as something for churches to decide.
Churches or any other private organisation that wants to set itself up in the marriage-issuing business. While I agree that the state should only provide civil unions, I doubt that the proposal will work politically. The traditionalists who oppose gay marriage are also likely to be traditionalists in the sense of wanting state sanctioning of their marriage.
John Carson
John Carson wrote:
The traditionalists who oppose gay marriage are also likely to be traditionalists in the sense of wanting state sanctioning of their marriage.
You're probably right. Folks like Ilidgit need to force everyone else to do things their way.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Religious fundamentalists seem to threaten violence more than any other group. They also burn down abortion clinics. And then when they systematically ruin the lives of homosexual people, they suddenly play innocent, as if they're the most persecuted group in history and the whole world's against them.
Do abortion clinics still get burned down ? I wonder how many actually did. There are, of course, extremists, as there are in most groups of people. It just gets mentioned so often and I wonder how widespread it actually was. 'they also burn down abortion clinics' sure implies that any fundamentalist, however you define that, carries some matches and petrol in the car, in case they see a clinic on the way to work. I do agree that it's stupid for Christians to assume to seek to legislate their personal morality. I hate that.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
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Do abortion clinics still get burned down ? I wonder how many actually did. There are, of course, extremists, as there are in most groups of people. It just gets mentioned so often and I wonder how widespread it actually was. 'they also burn down abortion clinics' sure implies that any fundamentalist, however you define that, carries some matches and petrol in the car, in case they see a clinic on the way to work. I do agree that it's stupid for Christians to assume to seek to legislate their personal morality. I hate that.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
Christian Graus wrote:
Do abortion clinics still get burned down ? I wonder how many actually did. There are, of course, extremists, as there are in most groups of people. It just gets mentioned so often and I wonder how widespread it actually was. 'they also burn down abortion clinics' sure implies that any fundamentalist, however you define that, carries some matches and petrol in the car, in case they see a clinic on the way to work.
I have no idea. I obviously wasn't gonna parade about the flaws in my argument, though, was I? :laugh:
Christian Graus wrote:
I do agree that it's stupid for Christians to assume to seek to legislate their personal morality. I hate that.
Yeah. It seems that the more arguments I hear in favour of objective morality, the more I identify with 'moral nihilism'. I figure, until you can prove that particular morals produce favourable social outcomes, then it's just another opinion.
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Tim Craig wrote:
Only if it's white
Racism has reared its ugly head. :((
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
I don't get racism. It's pretty much all the same colour, just darker or lighter; it's just a different cocktail of eumelanin, pheomelanin, and human arrogance. :doh:
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I don't get racism. It's pretty much all the same colour, just darker or lighter; it's just a different cocktail of eumelanin, pheomelanin, and human arrogance. :doh:
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Ravel H. Joyce wrote:
It's pretty much all the same colour, just darker or lighter
I had a black girlfriend once who told me that only white boys claimed to be color blind.
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
Are you accusing me of being a latent racist?
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Do abortion clinics still get burned down ? I wonder how many actually did. There are, of course, extremists, as there are in most groups of people. It just gets mentioned so often and I wonder how widespread it actually was. 'they also burn down abortion clinics' sure implies that any fundamentalist, however you define that, carries some matches and petrol in the car, in case they see a clinic on the way to work. I do agree that it's stupid for Christians to assume to seek to legislate their personal morality. I hate that.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "Iam doing the browsing center project in vb.net using c# coding" - this is why I don't answer questions much anymore. Oh, and Microsoft doesn't want me to.
Christian Graus wrote:
Do abortion clinics still get burned down
Not very often these days. On the other hand. . . "I realized that a large number of very important things would be accomplished by my shooting another abortionist in Pensacola."
Jon Smith & Wesson: The original point and click interface
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Are you accusing me of being a latent racist?