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Posted on 12/01/2003 8:29:13 PM PST by panther33

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To: Darkbloom
**I don't think it does.**

Nevertheless, it is the one church that has stood (sometimes alone) against contraception, abortion, euthenasia, Planned Parenthood and many other organizations that do not respect Life.
281 posted on 12/02/2003 5:01:51 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Ohioan
It is important to enforce contractual rights in a situation, where the well being of the next generation is involved.

Well done.

282 posted on 12/02/2003 5:14:04 PM PST by NutCrackerBoy
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To: Darkbloom
rabbi- quite clearly stated that it'd be a church state issue when they recognize only one religious institution as valid. Quite clearly stated that it was a state licensing issue.

You lose on that count.

interracial marriage. Up till the civil rights act it was a states rights issue. The federal gov't changed that by forcing states to not descriminate based on race.

You lose on that count.

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So state the federal act that says that the state must not prohibit gays from getting married. Just state the law.

Your arguments are lame. And at the age of 23 my memory is crystal clear. Take your anger based arguments and try them on angry people.
285 posted on 12/02/2003 6:19:29 PM PST by Bogey78O (No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
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To: Darkbloom
Well when you show me a human nymph or drone then we'll talk.
287 posted on 12/02/2003 6:27:08 PM PST by Bogey78O (No! Don't throw me in the briar patch!!!!!)
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To: Hypocrit
Anal sex does not spread any more diseases than any other sexual act.

Take an anatomy class. We are talking about going in the out door. This ALWAYS damages the tissue. And your comparison to vaginal sex is completely wrong. For one thing, unlike the anus, the vagina was designed for sexual intercourse and normally does not sustain injury during sex. Secondly, there is not normally bacteria in the vagina. There is normally bacteria in the rectum. Lots of bacteria, no matter how good of hygeine is practiced.

293 posted on 12/02/2003 7:32:51 PM PST by Zevonismymuse
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To: Zevonismymuse
The walls of the rectum are significantly thinner than the walls of the vagina. (This makes perfect sense when you consider that the latter is designed to pass a baby's head, significantly larger than anything exiting the former.) As a result, anal sex much more frequently results in the damage of surrounding tissues than vaginal sex. This damage provides a means for foreign agents to enter the bloodstream. Thus it is actually quite logical that the likelihood of AIDS transmission during a single instance of vaginal intercourse is significantly lower than during a single instance of anal intercourse.
294 posted on 12/02/2003 7:59:03 PM PST by mcg1969
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To: Zevonismymuse
Sorry, I didn't quite reply correctly---as you can see, I actually agree with you on this :)
295 posted on 12/02/2003 7:59:51 PM PST by mcg1969
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To: Hypocrit
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1032027/posts?q=1&&page=295#293
296 posted on 12/02/2003 8:01:09 PM PST by mcg1969
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To: Darkbloom
Well a Gacy may "murder" some of his potential spouses in the 70's, but in 2014's OED, why murder of spouses is not. "Murder" that is. In "2014" murder means practising homophobia. And gee golly gay molly, in 2014, we hang murderers.

Such as Mr. Gacy was not.

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Ps. In 2014, the OED recoginzes the more accurate Clintonian defintion of "is" as meaning "was not".

297 posted on 12/02/2003 8:06:16 PM PST by bvw
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To: panther33
Marriage has a history somewhere north of 15,000 years. Seems a bit of a travesty to go against such a well founded tradition.

We need to give "gay unions" a name other than marriage.

How about...Convortation

maybe that'll keep the tail thumpers happy

298 posted on 12/02/2003 8:11:44 PM PST by HardStarboard (Dump Wesley Clark.....he worries me as much as Hillary!)
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To: panther33
"I am consequently faced with a perplexing dilemma: to argue a moral issue without injecting religion"

Yes, you are faced with a dilemma. The reason you are faced with this dilemma is because you are of the opinion that the only way one can have a moral code is if that code stems from the bible. So, then, that leads you to the next problem. If the state is separated from the church, then how can a legal code be moral? If the state isn't using the bible as it's basis is establishing law, then where will it get the guidelines to ensure the law is moral.

Atheists are moral people, too. We don't have to believe in a God in order to know what is wrong and right. I believe it is morally wrong to tell someone who they don't have the right to love. I think it is morally wrong to tell two people who love each other how they are to express their love to one another. And if the State wants to make it illegal, that means the law has to be enforced with the point of a gun. Which leads to actually forcing two people of the same who love each other to not express that love romantically.

By the way, Christ was asked, of all the commandments, which one is the most important. He said "Thou shalt have no other gods before me and love thy neighbor as thyself". That's it.

299 posted on 12/02/2003 8:30:24 PM PST by Violette
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To: Spok
If you're afraid to quote scripture in defense of your beliefs, you've been intimidated and you've already lost the battle. You need to back up and challenge THEIR position that scripture is not a basis for good law. Is it their argument that because it's scriptural it's wrong?

No, it's their premise that religious text cannot be used in forming government policy. Otherwise, we would, in all fairness, be expected to quote the Koran and other religious texts as well.

Yours,
panther33

300 posted on 12/02/2003 8:33:13 PM PST by panther33 (NAACP: National Association for the Advancement of Caucasian People)
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