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4 Years On, ‘Marriage Equality’ Slogan Still Doesn’t Add Up
The Daily Signal ^ | June 26, 2019 | Ryan T. Anderson

Posted on 06/26/2019 7:48:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Most everyone in America was and is in favor of marriage equality. Most everyone was and is in favor of marriage equality because most everyone wants the law to treat all marriages equally.

The debate in the United States in the decade and a half before Obergefell v. Hodges wasn’t about equality. It was about marriage. We disagreed about what marriage is.

Of course, “marriage equality” was a great slogan. It fit on a bumper sticker. You could make a red equal sign your Facebook profile picture. It was a wonderful piece of advertising.

And yet it’s completely vacuous. It doesn’t say a thing about what marriage is. Only if you know what marriage is can you then decide whether any given marriage policy violates marriage equality.

Before you can get to considerations of equal protection of the law, you have to know what it is the law is trying to protect equally.

Sloganeering aside, appeals to “marriage equality” betray sloppy reasoning.

Every law makes distinctions. Equality before the law protects citizens from arbitrary distinctions, from laws that treat them differently for no good reason.

To know whether a law makes the right distinctions, whether the lines it draws are justified, one has to know the public purpose of the law and the nature of the good it advances or protects.

After all, even those who want to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples will draw lines defining what sorts of relationships are a marriage and what sorts are not.

If we are going to draw lines based on principle, if we are going to draw lines reflecting the truth, we have to know what sort of relationship marriage is.

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1 posted on 06/26/2019 7:48:25 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
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To: 100American; 3D-JOY; abner; Abundy; AGreatPer; Albion Wilde; AliVeritas; alisasny; ...

PING!


2 posted on 06/26/2019 7:50:05 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (The Modern Democrat Party: America's largest hate group.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
"...After all, even those who want to redefine marriage to include same-sex couples will draw lines defining what sorts of relationships are a marriage and what sorts are not..."

And once one has made the distinction that there is no distinction to what can and cannot encompass "marriage", all things are possible.

Man marrying Man, Woman marrying Woman. Men marrying children. Women marrying trees. It can go anywhere. And if there is one thing that is 100% true...if something is possible in the brain of a man, it is inevitable.

3 posted on 06/26/2019 7:54:20 PM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

It sure is a lousy slogan, but they won.


4 posted on 06/26/2019 7:55:02 PM PDT by Salman (The Democrat agenda in one word -- revenge.)
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To: Salman

You want an even worse one?

The “Equality Act” pending before Congress.

It should actually be called the “Making Christianity Illegal Act.”


5 posted on 06/26/2019 7:58:00 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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Marriage Equality is a canard.

Govt doesn’t belong in the business of marriage. Hell, it literally turned marriage into crap


6 posted on 06/26/2019 8:08:29 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: rlmorel

Akin to Rule 34. It’s unfortunate, but true.


7 posted on 06/26/2019 8:16:05 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: rlmorel

Man who divorced tree found by court to owe $16 billion in child support. Demands for paternity tests met with claims of dendrophobia.


8 posted on 06/26/2019 8:25:50 PM PDT by DrGunsforHands
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Ammo Equality:


9 posted on 06/26/2019 9:54:11 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (This Space For Rant)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

They had equality; they did not want it:

They had the same right to marry a person of the opposite sex, of an age of consent, and of not too close a blood relation.

They do not want objective equality of opportunity; they want subjective equality of outcome: to be with “the one you love.”

It is not equal rights; it is special privileges.


10 posted on 06/26/2019 10:44:07 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Only in one state did gay marriage ever pass via votes

One

Everywhere else it lost


11 posted on 06/26/2019 10:48:56 PM PDT by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...th)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

At a carnival tonight, I saw grandparents with their little 7-ish granddaughter.

The little girl was sporting a pink shirt with EQUALITY in rainbow glitter.

Evil.


12 posted on 06/26/2019 10:55:28 PM PDT by Salamander (Death makes angels of us all, and give us wings where we once had shoulders, smooth as ravens' claws)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

This is like discussing whether humans should fly in planes.

Gay marriage is here to stay.


13 posted on 06/26/2019 10:55:42 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: Yaelle

1. It is not the same: This issue has inherent moral and spiritual components that threaten society, family, and children. (A flight on a plane does not directly endanger the mind and soul of a vulnerable and impressionable child.)

2. It is not here to stay: It is inherently unnatural and unstable; it may only end with the ending of this nation, but it will not endure forever. (Was the debauchery of Rome there to stay in perpetuity, or did it rather hasten Rome’s - and its own - end?)


14 posted on 06/26/2019 11:55:44 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: YogicCowboy

A bit too late to make that argument. Gay marriage is entrenched into law. Can’t undo it.


15 posted on 06/27/2019 2:28:11 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Yaelle
Gay marriage is here to stay.

But WE'RE not!


 

A BIBLICAL Message about homosexuality



 
Genesis 13:13
Now the men of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Genesis 18:20-21
20. Then the LORD said, "The outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is so great and
their sin so grievous
21. that I will go down and see if what they have done is as bad as the outcry that has reached me. If not, I will know."

Genesis 19:4-7
4. Before they had gone to bed, all the men
from every part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the house.
5. They called to Lot, "Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex with them
."
6. Lot went outside to meet them and shut the door behind him
7. and said, "No, my friends. Don't do this wicked thing.


Leviticus niv

18:22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

20:13 If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

 
 


Psalms 12:8 The wicked freely strut about when what is vile is honored among men.

Doonesbury Cartoon for Feb/08/2013

Isaiah 3:9 The look on their faces testifies against them;

they parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it.

Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves.

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2 Peter 2:13b Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight.

They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.


Ezekiel 16:49-50
49. "`Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.
50. They were haughty and did detestable things before me. Therefore I did away with them as you have seen.


Romans 1     New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
 
 18 The wrath of God is indeed being revealed from heaven against every impiety and wickedness of those who suppress the truth by their wickedness. 19 For what can be known about God is evident to them, because God made it evident to them. 20 Ever since the creation of the world, his invisible attributes of eternal power and divinity have been able to be understood and perceived in what he has made. As a result, they have no excuse; 21 for although they knew God they did not accord him glory as God or give him thanks. Instead, they became vain in their reasoning, and their senseless minds were darkened. 22 While claiming to be wise, they became fools 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for the likeness of an image of mortal man or of birds or of four-legged animals or of snakes.
 

24 Therefore, God handed them over to impurity through the lusts of their hearts for the mutual degradation of their bodies. 25 They exchanged the truth of God for a lie and revered and worshiped the creature rather than the creator, who is blessed forever. Amen. 26 Therefore, God handed them over to degrading passions. Their females exchanged natural relations for unnatural, 27 and the males likewise gave up natural relations with females and burned with lust for one another. Males did shameful things with males and thus received in their own persons the due penalty for their perversity. 28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God handed them over to their undiscerning mind to do what is improper. 29 They are filled with every form of wickedness, evil, greed, and malice; full of envy, murder, rivalry, treachery, and spite. 


2 Peter 2

1. But there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the sovereign Lord who bought them--bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute.
3. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up. Their condemnation has long been hanging over them, and their destruction has not been sleeping.
4. For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but sent them to hell, putting them into gloomy dungeons to be held for judgment;
5. if he did not spare the ancient world when he brought the flood on its ungodly people, but protected Noah, a preacher of righteousness, and seven others;
6. if he condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by burning them to ashes, and made them an example of what is going to happen to the ungodly;
7. and if he rescued Lot, a righteous man, who was distressed by the filthy lives of lawless men
8. (for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)--
9. if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue godly men from trials and to hold the unrighteous for the day of judgment, while continuing their punishment.
10. This is especially true of those who follow the corrupt desire of the sinful nature and despise authority. Bold and arrogant, these men are not afraid to slander celestial beings;
11. yet even angels, although they are stronger and more powerful, do not bring slanderous accusations against such beings in the presence of the Lord.
12. But these men blaspheme in matters they do not understand. They are like brute beasts, creatures of instinct, born only to be caught and destroyed, and like beasts they too will perish.
13. They will be paid back with harm for the harm they have done.
Their idea of pleasure is to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their pleasures while they feast with you.



But there IS hope!!!

1 Corinthians 6:9-11

9. Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived:
Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders
10. nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
11. And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.


If you could NOT change, you would be in most pitiful shape...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 


The Health Risks of gay sex.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We are living in a Genesis 19:9 world...
 

"Get out of our way,” they replied.
“This fellow came here as a foreigner, and now he wants to play the judge!
We’ll treat you worse than them.”
They kept bringing pressure on Lot and moved forward to break down the door.
 
 

16 posted on 06/27/2019 3:53:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Really?

Come on down to the slave auction this Saturday. I hear there are some good ones up for bids.


17 posted on 06/27/2019 3:54:40 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: rlmorel

That was the point of the whole homo marriage movement: to erase the boundaries of normalcy and dissolve the morality that has defined us as a people.


18 posted on 06/27/2019 5:16:50 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: Salamander

“The little girl was sporting a pink shirt with EQUALITY in rainbow glitter. Evil.”

How many Americans these days believe evil exists? Believe in God? Believe in (let alone understand) natural law? How about cause and effect?

The progressives since the 1910’s have gradually, successfully perverted America - morally, socially, sexually and financially. Pubic school teachers were/are their greatest resource, along with lawyers.


19 posted on 06/27/2019 6:15:40 AM PDT by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Homosexuality is violence, not marriage. It should be a jailable offense in a decent country. Which America mostly isn’t anymore. God will judge the immoral.


20 posted on 06/27/2019 6:16:34 AM PDT by backwoods-engineer (Enjoy the decline of the American empire.)
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