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Why a Good Person Can Vote Against Same-Sex Marriage
The Dennis Prager Show ^ | October 30, 2012 | Dennis Prager

Posted on 10/31/2012 3:05:54 PM PDT by iowamark

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To: iowamark
Understanding Marriage
21 posted on 10/31/2012 6:37:16 PM PDT by alphamainetv.net
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To: iowamark; Abundy; Albion Wilde; AlwaysFree; AnnaSASsyFR; bayliving; BFM; cindy-true-supporter; ...

Maryland “Freak State” PING!


22 posted on 10/31/2012 7:27:52 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Obama should change his campaign slogan to "Yes, we am!" Sounds as stupid as his administration is.)
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Opponents of same-sex marriage also ask:

If homosexual, why not cousins? Why not brothers and sisters? Why not multiple partners?

Why allow homos but not cousins to marry?

Until you fight for cousins’ rights to marriage - which are specifically banned - you aren’t truly about “being fair” or “open”. You’re in it only for yourselves/homos.


23 posted on 10/31/2012 8:12:16 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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Cousin marriage is a bad analogy.

First cousins may legally marry with no restrictions in the following states: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia.

Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Utah, and Wisconsin allow first cousins to marry under certain circumstances.

The rest of the states have prohibited it. However, as far as I know, none of them refuse to recognize as valid cousin marriages that were performed in the states where it is legal.


24 posted on 10/31/2012 8:42:29 PM PDT by Hepsabeth
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To: iowamark

The United States of Fairness. How can that go wrong?


25 posted on 10/31/2012 8:54:13 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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RE :”That is why proponents have it much easier. All they need to do is to focus the public’s attention on individual gay people, show wonderful gay individuals who love each other, and ask the American public: Is it fair to continue to deprive these people of the right to marry one another?”

Is it fair that opposite sex couples in most situations can marry one another, but same sex couples ‘in love’ are not allowed?

Well..

Is it fair that most opposite sex couples under 40 can reproduce naturally, but same sex couples ‘in love’ can not?
Is nature fair? Should we pass a law to make it fairer?

This is what you get when morons vote.

26 posted on 10/31/2012 9:03:26 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Romney is still a liberal. Just watch him. (Obama-ney Care ))
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No it’s not. It’s a valid law in most states and widely-assumed premise everywhere. The point is close-family relations is anathema as is polygamy and under-age. There are laws on the books. Meanwhile I’m unaware of ANY old laws that specifically prohibit male-male/female-female marriage - that was just assumed!


27 posted on 10/31/2012 9:19:10 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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This is what you get when morons vote.

gullible voters are the tools of evil in our decaying Republic, as well as in every civilization in history...

queer *marriage* is akin to a square circle...God defined the terms, if it isnt *fair* then these morons need to argue with Him...

we can legislate marriage to the extent that we can legislate against the law of gravity...sure, we can manipulate it a bit, but we cant change the fundamental nature of it...

our society/culture is on the backside [pun intended] of the toilet trap, and the sucking sound is the next flush thats pushing us down the line toward the tank...

28 posted on 11/01/2012 2:28:44 AM PDT by Gilbo_3 (Gov is not reason; not eloquent; its force.Like fire,a dangerous servant & master. George Washington)
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“This is what you get when morons vote.”

Bring back the Poll Tax!!!


29 posted on 11/01/2012 6:05:01 AM PDT by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit, but it's better than a burqa.)
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To: sickoflibs

you can pass a million laws and it still wont change nature


30 posted on 11/01/2012 6:06:38 AM PDT by dalebert
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mark


31 posted on 11/01/2012 7:12:08 AM PDT by sauropod (For Barack so loved the poor, he created millions more of them.)
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To: iowamark

I think everyone here is being too hard on Dennis. I think he makes a compelling argument that is best suited for our friends and family that may disagree with our conservative stance on marriage.

This is pretty much how I’ve argued it in the past and I’ve had great success. People who are not practicing or religious tend to shut down when presented with any moral argument based on religion.


32 posted on 11/01/2012 8:07:47 AM PDT by Skeez
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Agreed. It was a pretty good piece. 1 I will post to my ultra-lib cousins when they Facebook me garbage like “Isn’t Obama’s Health Care Wonderful?”


33 posted on 11/01/2012 9:06:14 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: null and void
To the degree that it cuts down on promiscuity and the spread of STD, it's "good".

Well then I am sure you would support monogamous pedophiles as well....

You employ moral relative argument. There are absolute truths that one can not simply compromise away.

34 posted on 11/01/2012 9:32:21 PM PDT by DBeers (†)
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To: DBeers

Ever hear the phrase “damning with faint praise”?


35 posted on 11/01/2012 10:06:31 PM PDT by null and void (Day 1381 of the Obama hostage crisis - Barack Hussein Obama an enemy BOTH foreign AND domestic)
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To: GOPsterinMA

Repeal the 19th!! That will end this so called gender gap!

In all seriousness, basic intelligence test should be required, and the test conducted in English.


36 posted on 11/02/2012 4:28:50 AM PDT by Impy (Don't call me red.)
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