When would slavery in the Southern States have ended...
You have misused the word bias. Anyone who has actually been to law school knows the difference between bias and prejudice. You have used the former when you meant the latter.
My reference to the Roman Catholic church is exemplary, not universal. Taken in context, my whole paragraph demonstrates an understanding that different churches have different attitudes towards marriages. I have taken an analagous type of legal marriage--that between divorced persons with a living former spouse--and demonstrated that a chuch which is dogmatically opposed to this type of legal marriage has never been compelled to celebrate such a marriage. So if the Southern Baptists oppose same-sex marriage, it is reasonable to conclude that no Southern Baptist congregation will ever be compelled to celebrate one. And why should the Southern Baptists opposition stand in the way of, say, the MCC, who would be perfectly happy to celebrate such a marriage, were it legal.
That is your interpretation of a work of fiction. There are others who interpret that work differently.
Why should the law prefer either of those? What place do Moses and Paul have speaking on the question of whether the State gives legal recognition to a marriage between two men or two women?
42% of homeless youth identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual. --Orion Center, Survey of Street Youth, Seattle, WA: Orion Center, 1986. (available at your local library)
8.4 times--How much more likely gay and transgender youth are to attempt suicide if they are rejected by their families in adolescence compared to if they are not rejected by their family.
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I never said it was. I presented the Roman Catholics as an example of a church who is dogmatically protected from performing marriages that it opposes.
On the other hand I am well aware that you are a Southern Baptist, and I am very clear in levelling a charge of hypocrisy and of wilfully and wantonly causing harm at your Church's leaders.
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We have used the legal system when people and governments have acted illegally. It isn't a case of forcing our values down your throats, it's a case of standing up for the Rule of Law. Have you been prevented from marrying a person of your choosing? How does any same-sex couple's relationship touch on your freedom to live your life in any way? You can still go to Church, you can still believe that homosexuality is sinful, you can still do everything that you are inclined to do. Yet you would deny this same liberty to your fellow citizens? This isn't merely disingenuous, it's hypocrisy.
No referendum passed by any majority of the citizens of any state is of any force or effect if it violates the United States constitution. This isn't a case of the courts interfering with public will, this a case of the courts enforcing the rule of law. No democracy can ever exist without a system of law that prevents the majority from riding roughshod over the rights of minorities.
The soveriegn is subject to the law, and that applies whether the sovereign is a monarch or the sovereign is the people.
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Longshanks had brought up the worn out point that homosexuality and same sex marriage had destroyed Greece and Rome. This is a baseless accusation.
First off, in ancient Greece, where homosexuality was a common practice, men still married women in order to produce an heir in order to pass along property. So no gay marriage in existence to allegedly destroy Greek civilization. No, it was Roman expansion into the Hellenized east and North Africa which caused the forced submission of Greek culture.
As for the Roman Empire, with the adoption of Christianity, homosexuality (which has been exaggerated by modern writers among the Romans) was declared illegal, and punishable by death. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was in fact caused by splitting the empire between the east, which was rich in commerce and high culture, and the west, which was much poorer, and made up still largely of agrarian tribal societies. The west ended up being flooded by either Barbarian refugees or prisoners of war who could one day serve as the western Roman army, then the next were often invaders seizing land and gobbling up the empire piece by piece. In the mean time, centralized power in Italy provided less and less services and protection to the provinces, which by necessity caused them to assert more and more independence. No gay marriage around there to overthrow the Romans.
Homosexuality is nothing but a bogeyman wheeled out by the right to explain the collapse of past cultures by saying that said lifestyle is decadent and destructive.
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Edit: Thank you to the kind sir who solved my dilemma.
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You seem rather uneducated. Edward Gibbon was a Christian. Plus, you mispelled "atheist." And, even if he were an atheist, what would be the relevance to your point?
Where in blazes did you go to school? Edward Gibbon never said this at all.
Your church has hurt people through its support of backward politicians.
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Speaking of "a bunch of psychobabble"
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Speaking of "a bunch of psychobabble"
I wonder, does the holy spirit provide legal aid? As a liberal atheist muslim jew socialist college student, I find myself short on capital and need someone to mooch off of; this "holy spirit" sounds pretty swell
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In regard to Longshanks last point regarding how "liberal" judges defy the will of the majority by extending rights to a certain group of Americans - - the simple fact of the matter is, civil rights are sacrosanct, and can not be left up to a majority to decide if an unpopular group can be cast in the role of second class citizens. It must be remembered, civil rights for black Americans and other minorities had come about only through legislation and court rulings - not by popular vote. Civil rights are much too important to leave to the majority, who will often vote out of blind prejudice rather than out of a realization that the rule of law must provide liberty for all Americans.
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Here in Washington where gay marriage was legalized by the state legislature, the local troglodytes have gathered enough signature on a petition to put it up to a popular vote. I like to think that if gay marriage is voted down, the courts will still uphold the legislature's decision, citing the California case.
Then again, maybe Washington will be the first state to pass gay marriage by popular vote.
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Why would you say such a thing, that is simply un-American
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No, the courts actually denied people their Constitutional Rights. Marriage is a religious issue, not simply a state issue. Furthermore, where does this end, do we allow polygamy next? How about bestilly (or however you spell it), or worse, where does it end.
If you looked at Greek culture, Homosexual behavior was practiced in a manner that we see Sandusky currently on trial for. That behavior was accepted in Ancient Greece.
The Romans thought it was okay to amuse themselves using their slaves, even when Christianity had taken hold, this kind of behavior continued in the dark.
So if we want to be like the Greeks or the Romans, should pedophillia be legalized? How about slavery?
Just because something is seen in the past, doesn't mean it should be practiced, some things should not be seen ever again.
The right to prevent others from marrying is not in the Constitution.
Nope. It is a state issue. State laws determine who may and may not marry.
It is in the Bible.
In your little behind.
Yes.
Sometimes with candlelight.
The old slippery slope argument. How about if we just wear togas, and discuss philosophy in a forum?
Homosexual marriage is actually something new.
Ah yes: http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt172439.html
I'm surprised that drum of yours hasn't fallen apart yet.
Also, we appear to have entered a time warp.
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