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I think gay people deserve to be treated with fairness and respect and equality.
If a heterosexual person can legally marry the person they love and a gay person can not, then to my way of thinking gay people are second class citizens.
I believe the right to marry is a civil right and the US Supreme Court was correct in allowing inter-racial marriages in the Loving case.
The rights of a minority group should NEVER, ever, be put to a popular vote.
There's no 'right' to a civil marriage unless the state says it's a right.
The Loving case dealt with discrimination Within the female-male marriage contract. Ssm deals with Broadening the contract. Different.
No one is banning homosexuals; they can get married just like anyone else. What you guys want to do is redefine what marriage is.
Words change meaning all the time. We redefined marriage 44 years ago when we allowed mixed races to marry. We redefined marriage when women actually were treated as equals in a relationship instead of property. We redefined marriage when we added a religious element to it, that did not exist before.
Marriage has been redefined countless times, and will continue to be redefined as society continues to change. Language is not static. Stop living in the Dark Ages.
Then either change the name, or take the concept out of the law.
Why is it heterosexuals are entitled to a special legal entity in our secular, civil law only for them that gives them 1400 civil rights homosexuals can't have? That's incredibly disgusting, incredibly anti-American, and violates our Constitution.
Because right wing conservative "Christians" like Charlotte and Sophiasmommy do not know the first thing about how our government works. They seem to think we're a Christian theocracy where their beliefs trump the legal system.
Judicial activism was over turned by the will of the people.
Do you not understand how our government works? Why do you continue to ignore people who are obviously more educated then you, when they tell you that you do not understand American government or law?
One is a religious observance, the other is a historical one. Gay Pride is celebrating what exactly. If you had said "Irish Pride Parade" or "Mexican Pride Parade" I would agree with you that they are equally as dumb as gay Pride Parades.
It celebrates the dignity and new found freedom of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered to be able to be open about who they are without risk of being harrassed or murdered by people who share your views.
I assume the thread is meant to make a sordid point.
Here's another one..... the equal rights of any minority should NEVER be voted upon by a majority......these things are what the judicial and court system are for!
Upset about New York I assume and needing to vent!
That's the thing...this isn't a civil rights issue.
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