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To: timeislightislife
i do not like gay people but outlawing the right for a church to wed gays is not going to stop anything.

Sure it is. What if I want to wed my horse? Who are you to say that's wrong? Also, I expect my horse to be taken care of under my company's health care system. My horse also has several foals from a previous relationship, which will all be counted as 'dependents'. EIC, here I come!

we have to teach people why something is bad and what its side affects are.

You'd have to know what is really at stake before trying to teach others.

i'm for gay marriage, but im also for the discrimination of gays through proper teaching.

This makes no sense whatsoever. Consider this:

Real discrimination, the kind that you are implying, is wrong. What is equally wrong, is being unable to tell apples from oranges. Yes, people should be treated fairly, but humans are not all the same. Two men in love, and a man and a woman with children, are two totally different concepts. Treating them differently is not 'discrimination'.

Also, any 'proper teaching' you care to quote will be against gay marriage. I haven't checked with the Reverend Moon, but I'm pretty sure he'd be on board too.

but, half the people in this country don't agree with me so ill never impose my religious and moral rights on them

Making people follow laws they may not agree with, even ones with 'moral or religious' relevence, is part of living in an orderly society. Our Constitution is a social contract, and one that exists to preserve as much freedom as possible while still maintaining order. If you believe in the Constitution, you are contributing to the enforcement of some uniquely Western / Judeo-Christian ideals onto the body of society.

by opinion. you say im slinging the false opinions around. yall are slingin the heart breaking opinions around that oppress a minority.

Gay people are not a minority. They're not an ethnic group. They're not a nationality. They're hobbyists. They have a sexual practice they enjoy, and due to the nature of it, they often run into social discomfort.

That is not the same as being lynched because you're black. Being gay is an act, not a physical attribute.

38 posted on 07/13/2004 1:07:59 AM PDT by Steel Wolf (What? Bread AND circuses, ... for free?!?)
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To: Steel Wolf

bump!!!!


39 posted on 07/13/2004 1:43:19 AM PDT by antceecee
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