[who_would_fardels_bear]

Phyllis was the one who first suggested that the Equal Rights Amendment would ultimately lead to gay marriage. Her argument was that if men and women were viewed as identical before the law, then a man marrying a man is no different than a man marrying a woman.

A few years ago the Hawaiian supreme court used that very argument based on their own state ERA to support gay marriage.

It took an act by the Hawaiian legislature to overturn that decision, but it turns out it is too late as we currently see what is going on in Vermont, Massachusetts, etc.

She may seem silly to you, but she was prescient.

[MikefromOhio]

Equal RIGHTS does NOT mean equal privileges. Just because both men and women have the right to vote, doesn't mean it's ok for gay marriage. That's an asinine comment and the weakest argument I think I have EVER seen against Equal Rights.

The Liberals are the ones taking it too far, not things like not smoking at a gas pump (DUR DUR DUR Puff KABOOM ring a bell?).

[Graybeard58]

Phyllis was the one who first suggested that the Equal Rights Amendment would ultimately lead to gay marriage. Her argument was that if men and women were viewed as identical before the law, then a man marrying a man is no different than a man marrying a woman.

I well remember the "slippery slope" theory, it has been extended to people marrying more than one partner, marrying their pets etc.

I don't totally discount that thinking because I am old enough to remember when divorce was socially looked down upon. It was brought up in Reagan's first campaign for the Presidency. Now with the divorce rate at more than 50% it's just an accepted fact of life.

The birth control pill was controversial at one time too and abortion was not spoken of. Everything changes in society and not always for the better.

[bybybill]

I got a broken clock that is right a couple of times a day too.
Anybody that is saying that the President is conspiruring with another nation to destroy America ain`t playing with a full deck. Anybody that does that and uses that nonsense to raise money, well, there is a name for that too.