Re: Race vs. Homo***uality: One You Are Born With, The Other Is An Action

On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:21:08 -0600, Mike Smith <mws@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On 17 Nov 2008 13:59:01 GMT, The Chief Instigator <patrick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:44:49 -0600, Mike Smith <mws@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> On 16 Nov 2008 07:17:16 GMT, The Chief Instigator <patrick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 15 Nov 2008 21:37:50 -0800 (PST), Tracey-Rush-Savage-Hannity
<tracey12_12@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>> On Nov 15, 5:54 am, Boston Blackie <bblac...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>> On 2008-11-14 04:18:17 -0600, Tracey-Rush-Savage-Hannity
>>>>>> <tracey12...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > How can we compared a race and the rights we give those of a race
>>>>>> > vs. an action which any two same *** people can engage in whether
>>>>>> > they are actually gay or not?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Equality for an action?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Should any 3 people be recognized as equal to hetero***ual
couples?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> > Should 6 people who want to marry each other?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Why do you care?
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> "I've always felt that a person's intelligence is directly
reflected
>>>>>> by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain
>>>>>> simultaneously on the same topic."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Abigail Adams.
>>>>>
>>>>> WHY DO HOMO***UALS CARE ABOUT GETTING MARRIED AND BEING RECOGNIZED
BY
>>>>> THE GOVERNMENT AS SOME KIND OF MINORITY TO BE GIVEN SPECIAL RIGHTS?
>>>>
>>>>What special rights?  They're asking for equal rights:  straights can
>>>>marry the non-related consenting adult of their choice, while
>>>>homo***uals can't.
>>>
>>> Are you intentionally lying or are you just ignorant?
>>
>>Maybe you should ask that of yourself.  Prop 8 is likely going to be
>>swatted down after the precedent set by Loving.  You're advocating
unequal
>>rights, which is not what the Constitution prescribes.
>
> Explain yourself. Exactly what unequal rights do normal people have
> that homos do not have? I know of none.

The right to marry the non-related consenting adult of their choice - the
right that us straights have, but the gays don't.

>>> Normal people can marry the non-related consenting adult of their
choice
>>> as long as that adult is a member of the opposite ***. That is the
>>> qualification for marriage. In that respect, homos do have equal
rights.
>>
>>So why is it such a threat to you?  It hasn't devalued (or otherwise
>>adversely affected) my marriage.  
>
> It is no threat at all. Why would you "think" it was a threat?
> Marriage is what it is.

Better consider the Full Faith and Credit clause...it's still legal in
Massachusetts and Connecticut, and it's almost an inevitability that a
case
will make it up to SCOTUS.

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