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Wed Jan-21-04 05:38 PM
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Poll question: "protecting the sanctity of marriage" by outlawing gay marriage is like |
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:39 PM
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1. "fighting terrorism by invading IRAQ" |
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...is what I'd say.
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:42 PM
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It's just that invading Canada for the purpose would be even more ridiculous. :)
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:42 PM
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2. Stimulating the economy by giving the ultra wealthy a huge tax cut eom |
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:42 PM
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:44 PM
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and then some.
to say *these* people make me :puke: is an understatement.
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:45 PM
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Now I know I'll never get cancer, because I insult my dog every other day of her life! I insult my five tom cats too, but they could care less. I also insult the neighbour's rotty, but I do that from a safe distance.
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:50 PM
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7. Other - By Disallowing Religious Definition |
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I say use their argument against them. If Marriage is a Sacrament then either (a) married couples should have no legally protected rights whatsoever or (b) couples married by any recognized religion should have the same legally protected rights. If married couples wnat to give up their rights, fine. If they want to choose the second option, I believe certain Methodist priests have been performing same-gender marriages.
Wouldn't passing a constitutional amendment defining marriage for the stated purpose of protecting the sanctity of marriage mean the government would be dictating religious doctrine? Have conservatives now gone from arguing that the 1st Amendment protects religion from government not government from religion to arguing that ... well, I guess that the religious clause of the 1st amendment does not exist and was probably planted in the printed texts we see by agents of Oceania.
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:52 PM
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8. Protecting marriage by outlawing interracial marriage. |
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It's just a different form of bigotry.
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Sun Jan-25-04 09:40 AM
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43. This is the argument I usually make |
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Interracial marriage was illegal for too long...just as gay marriage is.
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:54 PM
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9. Protecting American freedoms by burning the Bill of Rights |
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Wed Jan-21-04 05:56 PM
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10. Protecting water fountains from "coloreds" |
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:14 PM
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11. LOL BINGO! There you go! |
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A secular state cannot by definition, uphold the "sanctity" of anything.
Sacraments, sanctity, assigning sacredness to anything is a function of religious institutions.
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:19 PM
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12. i have a headache now |
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giving you a good kick would have prevented it. :loveya:
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:35 PM
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13. Using Guantanimo to show Cubans we're "freedom-loving"? |
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Now that's a real "best foot forward" isn't it? :puke:
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:42 PM
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14. Like leaving the protection of children... |
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:54 PM
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15. Protecting the sanctity of the home |
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by forbidding to buy homes.
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:57 PM
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16. "protecting the sanctity of marriage" by outlawing interracial marr. |
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And it was illegal in many states. And supporters of the law used the Bible for supporting their bigotry.
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Wed Jan-21-04 06:59 PM
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17. Building a coalition.... unilaterally |
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Wed Jan-21-04 07:03 PM
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18. They Want to Protect Marriage by Banning Marriage |
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or rather one type of marriage.
It's more akin to trying to stop an artery from bleeding by cutting open another artery.
It's doing the exact opposite of what they are saying they want to do. They want MORE people to get married and stay married and yet, to do this, they want to PREVENT some people from getting married. :freak:
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Wed Jan-21-04 07:07 PM
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Wed Jan-21-04 07:17 PM
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A true gem! Hadn't thought of that one in a while. :D
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Wed Jan-21-04 07:29 PM
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21. Balancing the budget by cutting taxes. |
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Wed Jan-21-04 07:30 PM
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22. Like a priest lecturing about celebacy as a form of birth control |
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Wed Jan-21-04 08:56 PM
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I say this in a book lst week on the protests against the war....bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.
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Wed Jan-21-04 09:00 PM
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24. Protecting the light, airy infrastructure of Chocolate Mousse |
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by adding a puree of pickled herring.
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Wed Jan-21-04 10:55 PM
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I knew I liked you for some reason. :D
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:17 PM
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26. ROFLMAO !! That one made me spit food |
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Thu Jan-22-04 09:03 AM
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Chocolate-Herring Mousse.
It's not a dessert, it's a weapon of mass destruction!
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:29 PM
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27. Burning down the house 'cause you dont want to pay the electric bill |
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Edited on Wed Jan-21-04 11:30 PM by Cannikin
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:39 PM
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30. being a "secular" govt |
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that refers to God ALL the time and has a fundie AG
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:30 PM
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28. Supporting China in the name of socialism. |
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:34 PM
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29. Is like fighting terrorism by liberating Iraq. |
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Wed Jan-21-04 11:46 PM
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31. Voting for Bush, and hoping for a better America!!! |
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Or, smoking crack to help with insomnia...
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Thu Jan-22-04 12:05 AM
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32. Using the Bible to spread hate. |
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Edited on Thu Jan-22-04 12:07 AM by Cannikin
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Thu Jan-22-04 12:38 AM
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34. I am too strident to be cute about this today |
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Changing my avitar was a profoundly sad moment for me. I know longer feel like an American who happens to be gay but a gay who happens to be American. That angers me. I want my country back.
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Thu Jan-22-04 09:12 AM
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another bogus idea that does nothing but the right wing all fired up. No, wait - that's what it is.
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Thu Jan-22-04 09:32 AM
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37. protecting the rights of truckers by banning cars |
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Tue Jan-27-04 02:44 AM
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46. That may make some sense. |
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Thu Jan-22-04 09:36 AM
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38. ...fighting unemployment by firing all gay people |
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Them's takin' all jobs from us all God-fearin' Republican straight guys!
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Thu Jan-22-04 02:39 PM
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39. Gouging out your eyes to stop the spread of porn |
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Thu Jan-22-04 03:18 PM
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40. Protecting Old Glory by banning all other flags |
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Sun Jan-25-04 05:36 AM
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Edited on Sun Jan-25-04 05:37 AM by TennesseeVol
It's as bad as protecting the sanctity of marriage by marrying your white podunk childhood friend in Vegas and getting divorced 55 hours later.
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Sun Jan-25-04 05:47 AM
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42. Saving the forest from fires |
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by cutting down the trees, another of chimp's plans. :freak: :crazy:
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Sun Jan-25-04 10:42 AM
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44. protecting the sanctity of life by executing children |
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The logic of the wingnuts is remarkably consitent on one point: The conclusions always contradict their premises.
The key to defeating this proposal, I think, will be to expose the hidden assumptions that lead people to accept such obvious fallacies. The worst strategy is to let things remain unsaid. The political difficulty of reasoning with the electorate about emotional topics cannot be accepted as an excuse for timidity in the face of brutal assaults on our humanity.
The freedom to love is essential to who we are. That's ground that can never belong to the right wing, or any totalitarian impulse. Let the enemies of liberty realize the futility of the effort, and see if they don't back down.
Free to love
free to love
free to love
Thank God Almighty
I'm free to love
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