Steve
Mostly Harmless
I already answered this question. Post 164.So instead of crying about a law that does not effect you what are you going to do to fix this great social injustice?
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I already answered this question. Post 164.So instead of crying about a law that does not effect you what are you going to do to fix this great social injustice?
If I, as a heterosexual, don't want my family involved as next of kin, I am free to get a power of attorney and let whoever I choose have that power.
This is true for close to 999 of those supposed 1000 rights that gays are said to be denied. Be responsible for your life.
yesterday, in a defense budget bill, a law was put in by republicans in the house that states us gay military personel are not allowed to marry. When heterosexual people are subject to these same type of laws, then you can tell us about how the homosexuals in our country are not subject to discrimination. Gays are allowed to serve openly in our military now, and about time. Now repubs in the government are saying, "sure, its okay if you serve and maybe die in that service to our country, but you better not want to marry someone you love." it is nothing more than prejudice. Some of it might be from society and some might be from religion, but in the end it treats people as second class citizens because they are different.
and?
It could be, they threw something the left would find objectionable to get the entire law vetoed... It has been done before...Also part of the bill that was added by Republicans, if a soldier is from a state that allows gay marriage, his/her spouse is not allowed spousal benefits, including if they are KIA. So for you guys argueing about it being a states decision, or should be up to the voters, or the fed should not be deciding issues like this, how do you feel?
I have to ask again, why are these laws being enacted?
“It is good to see that after intense political pressure that President Obama has finally come around to the Dick Cheney position on marriage equality.To a Republican politician, it seems the only good gay is one that died fighting for the rights others can enjoy, but they themselves can't.
and? and the world will be a better place when the generations that think like you do are no longer voting.
To a Republican politician, it seems the only good gay is one that died fighting for the rights others can enjoy, but they themselves can't.
Also part of the bill that was added by Republicans, if a soldier is from a state that allows gay marriage, his/her spouse is not allowed spousal benefits, including if they are KIA. So for you guys argueing about it being a states decision, or should be up to the voters, or the fed should not be deciding issues like this, how do you feel?
I have to ask again, why are these laws being enacted?
Fair enough question, Ballen. I voice my opinion trying to use logic and common sense, I use my vote, I write my representatives, and on rare occasions I will donate part of my meager funds to politicians who fight against bigotry.
Now could you answer some of the questions I have posed?
And why does that matter? When it coems to voting your free to vote for any reason you want you don t need a good one to vote. You dont need to justify your vote when you cast it.Time and again I have asked how letting gays marry negatively effect anything. The silence in reply has been defening.
There are plenty of things that the Govt does that I believe go against our constitution.When asked why we need such laws, I get responses of "the bible says its a sin." Now correct me if I'm wrong, but our constitution is written in a way that protects minorities from religious and civil persecution
Have we suspended the constitution?
Like it or not if you got enough people to vote for it you conld do all of those things.Should we go back to a time when lynching was okay because most people thought it was okay to hang that particular person? Or maybe just okay violence against minorities when whites do it because after all, whites are the majority...for now. I know, lets take Jewish wealth among Christians, because the sentiment among many is that Jewish peole are wealthier than non Jews.
It should not become law your right but it is and does. Its the way the cookie crumbles as you say. Id rather give the power to the people then say the Govt knows best and allow them to make our choices for usWhen we, as a country, decide it is okay to limit minorities' civil rights because of prejudice, we open the door for our own civil rights to be trampled on. I am not even saying a person does not have a right to be a bigot. That bigotry should NOT become law though.