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Author Topic:   Cali Supreme Court ruling on legality of same-sex marriage ban
Stile
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Message 43 of 448 (466949)
05-18-2008 8:25 PM
Reply to: Message 21 by Fosdick
05-18-2008 12:56 PM


Actions are louder than words
Hoot Mon writes:
I'll sum it this way: I believe gay couples should have all the legal rights that straight couples have in the area of state-sanctioned civil unions. Beyond the government's legal interests, "marriages" should be the exclusive domain of free enterprise. Just take the word "marriage" out of the law.
Yes, this is the ideal you're hiding behind. But it's obvious that this isn't the forefront of your position.
If this is what you were worried about... you'd do what you say. You'd be working on removing the word "marriage" from the law. But you're not doing that. You're here, in a gay-rights thread, arguing against gay rights.
You're hiding behind what you think is a neutral cause. But it's not working. Your actions give you away.
If getting the government out of the marriage business is your goal, then start acting like that's your goal. Once that's accomplished, and only once that's accomplished, can you actually argue your 'neutral ground' against gays getting married. Before then, like now, your anti-gay sentiments come across for exactly what they are: bigoted actions.
You're not fooling anybody.

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Stile
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Message 170 of 448 (467438)
05-21-2008 4:36 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Taz
05-17-2008 11:07 AM


Just Wondering
Taz's Thread Title writes:
Cali Supreme Court ruling on legality of same-sex marriage ban
Does this mean same-sex marriage is now allowed in California (only)? Or across the US?
Even if it is California-only, the rest of the states will follow, eventually. Some quicker than others, I'm sure.
Oh... I'm happy for this outcome, I think it's been a long time coming. It's nice when the law finally catches up with rational thought and human equality.

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