Exactly...the founding documents did not address such deviations from the moral norm at the time...so, to state the it did would be incorrect. This argument (men marrying men..women marrying women) is an evolving subject (from a historical perspective), and is an assault on the moral norm of the fabric of our civilization, and in my opinion, is a frontal assault on the backbone of that moral norm, Judeao-Christian dogma. If this was just about gaining some commercial-civil legal rights, this could easily be done through contracts or even corporate structures.....it is the desire to have the term "marriage" applied to their arrangements, because of the religious connotation of the term.
100% wrong. Haven't you ever seen a pic of those homo revues?? No flat chested pixie boy haircuts to be seen. The fact is that homo men are good at design, gardening, color coordination, and they love all the things that women love. Hmmm... seems like they're kind of womanish! Women are the ones who judge each other the most, way more than men. For us, if they have a heartbeat and don't weigh 400 pounds, we're good to go!
Who said anything about public? Anyway... If you are a butcher, you can sacrifice animals as much as you like in public, which goes to show how screwed up our country is that they allow an animal to be unnecessarily sacrificed for food, but not for religious beliefs... America is a weird country. People give more love to their pets than their family, then they go eat brutally slaughtered roasted dead animal flesh at McDonald's... When it comes to sex, we have laws on the books about public obscenity, and indecent exposure. This has nothing at all to do with the right of gays or straights to marry and have sex any way they like in the privacy of their own home... "How can a Court allow same sex marriage but then uphold laws prohibiting incestuous marriage?" The only reasonable argument against incestuous marriage would be genetic dangers if children were the offspring. Do you remember when it was required by law to get a blood test to get married? That isn't an issue any more. If both parties are consenting adults, I don't see a problem. (If people take the Bible literally, then from Adam and Eve the direct descendants of Adam and Eve were incestuous to produce further human beings. Who did Adam and Eve's children procreate with but either their brother or sister, or with their mom and dad?) I have addressed the question of tax laws previously were a man to marry his adult daughter to avoid the estate tax, and the scientific reasons that would have to do with the danger to offspring of inbreeding are valid concerns, so excluding those issues, tell me what is wrong with informed and consenting adults marrying? If you look to the history of this country, like or not, we have seen the taboos change over time. It used to be taboo to do certain things which are now so routine that people don't even pay attention... A supporting opinion found here: http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/04/24/171159.php
There was a time in America when it was the norm to view black people as less than human, as animals. Fortunately, norms do evolve and change. Gay rights are at a similar place to where blacks were in past generations where they did not enjoy the same right and freedoms of the the white majority... Marriage only has a religious connotation to certain religions, from the perspective of law there is no mention of religion being a factor. Atheists can marry, convicted felons can marry, a man on death row for the most heinous crime can marry, communists can marry, etc. but a good man and another good man, who subscribe to the same values of the majority of Americans but gay sex can't marry? It is ridiculous... It is time the religious people in America practice their own religion and allow other people to practice their own beliefs... Look, if gay marriage were legalized nationwide, would you be tempted to then marry someone of the same gender as you simply because it was legalized? Don't worry, gay marriage is not going to damage straight marriage. The straights have screwed up marriage and family structure quite nicely on their own, and until they can fix their own problems, they should keep their nose out of the marriage of gays or others...
Right wing Christians harass politicians all the time, preach hatred of others who do not conform to their beliefs, etc... I get it, you are a bigot, and you are in America you are the right to spout your ignorance and bigotry... Reasonable people look at folks like you, and it actually helps the cause of the gay rights activists... They can see the level of ignorance, and find that they can no longer get behind the blind bigotry and hatred expressed by bigots like yourself...
Black slaves were property because they were thought to be less then human. ........Seems like parts of society have the same feelings about the fetus....maybe they will evolve
Ahhh, a right to lifer who opposes gay marriage...and wants to control what a woman does with her own body... What a shock...
I don't want to scare you ....... but this ability is coming down the pipe, (so to speak). give em twenty years ... the homos will be literally shitting out babies.
who the fuck would choose to be gay and be a member of a group that gets ostracized and physically assaulted by the majority?