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There are also apparently too many egotistical and fantasy-imbibing jurists, who, fearing the will of the people, take delicate situations into THEIR hands and make pronouncements that have riven our country asunder and made us an unhappy, divided mob instead of a democracy. I refer specifically to Roe v. Wade, which remains the greatest example of genocide in human history, and the main reason our country is obessed with death and offers as an acceptable life-style choice the elevatation of the ego over the common good to a degree that is sociopathological.
you know, there is a reason why we vote for these people. there is a reason why not every single issue if decided upon by the American people and is left in the hand of those we voted for. don't vote if you aren't prepared to have those you vote for take some issues out of your hands and make some decisions for you (you in the general sense). vote against them if you don't agree w/ them. they don't always make the right decisions, but then again, neither does the average narrow minded, judgmental, racist, sexist, homophobic fool (but guess who I trust more of the two?)
Did the people of England ***** and gripe about it like they are doing in the US?
Booooo hoooo the gays wanna get married booooo hooo that is so so horrible. Booo hoooo Jesus this Jesus that. Booo hoo.
No, most people are indifferent or think its the right thing to do. There was more whining about it not being called marriage- might as well call a spade a spade. Oddly non operative transsexuals can get married here, but not gays/lesbians. Its only like this because some bishops have seats in the house of lords.
But lets remember what Jesus said booooooo hoooooooooooo
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No, most people are indifferent or think its the right thing to do. There was more whining about it not being called marriage- might as well call a spade a spade. Oddly non operative transsexuals can get married here, but not gays/lesbians. Its only like this because some bishops have seats in the house of lords.
I am of the FIRM belief that had the decision for segregation been put to a vote, I'd still be sitting at the back of the bus and going to an all-black school to this day. my brother would have never been allowed to marry his white Irish wife if the issue of interracial marriage had been put to a popular vote and my two wonderful nephews wouldn't be here. at the very least, most of the South would still be segregated if people there had a chance to vote for/against desegregation. equal rights of a minority shouldn't be voted upon by a majority. I don't understand why people don't get that. people seem to think that b/c we're a "democracy" we get to vote upon EVERY single facet of a person's life, from who they marry, what a woman does w/ her body, where they sit, eat, go to school, etc. you don't have the right to make those personal decisions for me and it shouldn't even be put up to a vote. sorry, but there are too many stupid, narrow minded, judgmental people out there to put such delicate situations into their hand.
In the states of California, Maine, Washington state, and others where the government put forth initiatives to allow gays to marry, the people voted against it and said not in my backyard.
Just as when desegregation laws were initiated, a vote by THE PEOPLE could have overturned these laws if congress had been motivated to do so. Being black is not abnormal so why would anyone vote to deny black people the right to sit at the front of a bus? Abortion is a medical procedure so why should anyone tell a woman what she can do with her body?
Nobody is denying homosexuals the right to exist, gays exist it's a fact of life. What people disagree with are activist judges and state elected officials who have been persuaded by a band of lobbyists pushing forth the homosexual agenda which includes marriage.
The public is not having it and they prove it time after time with their vote.
Boo hoo but two men together damages the fabric of our society. It is against Jesus and Pastor Peepers. Boo hoo I shart myself every time two men kiss.
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In the states of California, Maine, Washington state, and others where the government put forth initiatives to allow gays to marry, the people voted against it and said not in my backyard.
Just as when desegregation laws were initiated, a vote by THE PEOPLE could have overturned these laws if congress had been motivated to do so. Being black is not abnormal so why would anyone vote to deny black people the right to sit at the front of a bus? Abortion is a medical procedure so why should anyone tell a woman what she can do with her body?
Nobody is denying homosexuals the right to exist, gays exist it's a fact of life. What people disagree with are activist judges and state elected officials who have been persuaded by a band of lobbyists pushing forth the homosexual agenda which includes marriage.
The public is not having it and they prove it time after time with their vote.
Because 5-7% of the population chooses to put their genitalia in places that the majority of people do not does not make them a minority. I'm a lefty, am I a "minority?"
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Its only like this because some bishops have seats in the house of lords.
