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I mean consenting adults although that will probably change in the next 10 years as well. The polygamists are making the argument now, then it will be mothers and fathers who want to marry their adult children.
I really don't care what consenting adults do to each other.
Ding, Ding, Ding...Exactly! What consenting adults to do and with each other is nobody's business. I don't care if it's 50 consenting adults or 1 consenting adult. People (whether man and woman, woman and woman, man and man, 1 man and 4 woman [lucky guy!], etc.) should be treated equitably under rule of law no matter what someone's religion says.
Well, I couldn't disagree with him more, but he is allowed to post his views. If he really is getting nasty messages, I hope that he reports it. There's no reason for that. I figure if you can't post it publicly, you shouldn't say it.
I totally agree with you. I meant the whole rationale is suspect.
I totally agree with you. I meant the whole rationale is suspect.
The rationale is obvious. Bigots (religious & otherwise) against Gays & Lesbians do not want the government to legitimize Gays & Lesbians as equals. They just won't openly admit it these days. Hence the silly arguments that have been made here.
I hope not. Instead of spending tax payers money on this bs spend it on schools!
The "BS" that is a waste of money if to continue defending the ban. Why should the government care, never mind spend tax money, on keeping people from marrying each other? It will not cost any tax money to legalize same-sex marriage; in fact it will bring in more in marriage license fees, never mind the rise on "wedding purchases" that has bumped the economy in many states that do have full marriage equality.
And to anyone who says "it's the law, Roy Cooper swore an oath to uphold the law"... the Constitution trumps state law. And it so happens we have an unconstitutional law that a couple people here seem dead-set on imposing.
Note that NC's same-sex marriage ban is being challenged by religious groups on the grounds of violating their religious freedom. That's exactly what it does: forces everyone to live under one religion's law when other religions don't share the same view. The argument that gay rights violate someone else's "first amendment rights" could not be more refuted.
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