[pissant]

Well that settles it then, doesn't it?

[Secret Agent Man]

Soon ‘homogenized’ is going to take on an entirely different meaning.

I think we’re all suffering from being ‘homogenized’ right now in this country.

[RexBeach]

What about homogenized milk? Go back to raw milk?

[silverleaf]

Does the Mormon church consider marriage a “civil right” or an institution ordained by God?

[Zeppelin]

Marie Osmond: "Everybody has a right to believe what they believe. But I do think everyone has a right to have civil rights."

how profound.

[lady lawyer]

Hmm. Well, I guess she actually is the ditz I’ve always suspected she was.

She has always seemed to me to be a self centered dim bulb. She leaves a few blocks from me, in the same stake. A few years ago, she gave a talk at a stake meeting I attended, and I revised my opinion of her upward because she seemed pretty well-grounded.

Seems like I was right the first time.

She has had a messed up family life. Two divorces. It has always seemed to me that both guys were kind of gold-diggers, so maybe it wasn’t her fault. But she has been the breadwinner, while raising a houseful of kids. So,one of her daughters has decided she’s gay, probably to get attention, or because it’s trendy.

Anyway, just because one of your kids screws up doesn’t mean that you abandon all standards to accommodate the kid.

[mnehring]

"One of the things that we have to be careful of is that we don't create hate. Because people believe certain things and we can’t make everyone become homogenized."

This could just as easily be taken as a comment regarding 'hating' those that oppose same-sex-marriage assuming they hate homosexuals. The meaning of this is filtered by the listener and has many possible inferences.

[ClearCase_guy]

I would really like the government to set up a defined list of "civil rights". They could add it to the Constitution and give it a snappy name.

I don't think having access to food, housing, cable TV, air conditioning, or the marriage partner of your choice would necessarily be on that list of actual "civil rights" that government is obligated to ensure on your behalf.

[SupplySider]

If she’s so tolerant I assume she’s in favor of Mormon polygamy, too. Please, Marie, tell us you are not a bigoted polyphobe.

[ninergold3]

Hey Marie! Love Thy Neighbor isn't one of the 10 Commandments:

"And God spoke all these words, saying: 'I am the LORD your God…

ONE: 'You shall have no other gods before Me.'

TWO: 'You shall not make for yourself a carved image--any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.'

THREE: 'You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain.'

FOUR: 'Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy.'

FIVE: 'Honor your father and your mother.'

SIX: 'You shall not murder.'

SEVEN: 'You shall not commit adultery.'

EIGHT: 'You shall not steal.'

NINE: 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.'

TEN: 'You shall not covet your neighbor's house; you shall not covet your neighbor's wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor's.'

[BlueStateBlues]

What’s next, legalized incest? Hmmm. Donnie and Marie. Donnie and Marie. Has a nice ring to it.

[joethedrummer]

Rules... sorry, I have no problem looking at marie...

[a fool in paradise]

Marie Osmond: "Everybody has a right to believe what they believe. But I do think everyone has a right to have civil rights."

One man. One woman. The only exceptions on such a right to marriage are IF you are already married, IF you and your partner of opposite sex are related, or IF you or your partner of opposite sex are too young to consent to marriage.

There is no prohibition on marriage. Anyone of any belief system may get married with the above constraints.