Cheney Supports Gay Marriage

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[jveritas]

WOW! Even the worst of the left wing lunatics could not come up with this insane excuse to blame President Bush.

[Bushwacker777]

Cheney’s lesbian daughter has a baby. Condi Rice doesn’t. Who is following God’s command better to “...be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth.”?

[jdub]

Homosexual sodomy is a crime.

I'm curious what your thoughts are on heterosexual sodomy.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Same is true with abortion.

Actually, no. The Constitution actually would make abortion illegal, as in it's entire premise, the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The 5th and 14th amendments also negate the "right" to an abortion.

This of course assumes you believe life begins at conception and the fetus is a person

[KevinDavis]

I would like to know where in the Constitution there is a right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I never heard of a bondholder being told by the government to go screw, either...we are through the looking glass...I believe our best hope now is to absolutley return everything possible to States Rights issues, carve out some sanity and live there...”

I have no objections to that in the abstract (it will never happen) as I am a Scalia fan.

GWB/Cheney were the ‘big federal government do everything take over everything all things to all people including federal pro-life laws ’administration and so the defense of Cheney's ‘pro-gay rights’ positions by claiming he was just being ‘states rights’ is laughable.

And no I wont swallow that it was Bush that wanted big government and Cheney was against it.

[EternalVigilance]

“I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever.” - Thomas Jefferson

[jdub]

What about the full faith and credit clause?

results differ by state, but most have laws, either statutory or court-made, that state that the state does not have to give full faith and credit to the laws of another state that violate the public policy of that state.

[onedoug]

Not by Genesis II 24 He didn’t. Every polygamous marriage in Torah was unhappy in some way.

[neocon1984]

"Merely because morally bankrupt legislatures removed the penalties for the acts involved does not make it less a crime".

Care to explain that? A crime is an act (or if leftards get their way - a thought) that is against law. Perhaps, you meant to say that homosexuality is morally repugnant to you. No problem there, but let's not conflate one's personal opinion (one that I generally agree with) with legality.

[Cyropaedia]

The reason I’m against legalizing same sex marriage is because in inevitably leads to the legalization of plural marriage. Many legal scholars have come forward and more or less conceded this point.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

God endorsed polygamy.

Huh? Please explain. I don't think it says that in the Bible. It was Adam & Eve, not Adam & Eve, & Sarah, & Mable, etc., etc.

http://www.scripturessay.com/article.php?cat=&id=605

[Las Vegas Ron]

Have you ever read The Declaration of Independence or the 5th Amendment? Please tell me you are not serious.

[jdub]

Homosexuals have had the option of civil unions that assure their legal rights.

I've got estate law books that say otherwise.

[Las Vegas Ron]

Amendment V No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

[wiseprince]

Bush, I’m sure, saw that as a way to promote marriage over single life promiscuity. I understand the reasoning but I think that the government tries to focus on too many priorities and as a result ends up getting into areas of society which it has no place

[KevinDavis]

Well the Declaration of Independence is just letter telling England go frack yourself.. It did not setup our form of Government. THE CONSTITUTION DID.

[mewzilla]

results differ by state, but most have laws, either statutory or court-made, that state that the state does not have to give full faith and credit to the laws of another states that violate the public policy of that state.

But the point is, it's something that can be adjudicated. And that means that all 50 state could end up with something only a handful want thanks to the full faith and credit clause. The state's rights thing, to my mind anyway, is a cop out. It oughta be legal in all fifty, or none of 'em.

[Ann Archy]

Surely Dick doesn’t mean that a BROTHER and SISTER enetr into a MARRAIGE....or TWO MEN and WOMEN, even if they all want that....I know he’s a loving father and wants his daughter, the lesbian to be happy, but he’s NOT STUPID.

[EternalVigilance]

I would like to know where in the Constitution there is a right to life...

The Preamble, or as it would be better described, the Statement of Purpose, which lists the document's reason for being, the crowning purpose of which is "to secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves AND OUR POSTERITY."

You could check out the Fifth Amendment as well, which at the heart of the Bill of Rights protects all persons from being killed without a fair trail and conviction on a capital offense. The Fourteenth Amendment reiterates this guarantee of the protection of the most fundamental of unalienable, God-given natural rights.

In order to even attempt to refute this, you have to reject the most fundamental premises of our form of government, in their entirety.