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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:21 PM Original message |
Gay marriage... What do you think? |
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TrogL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Civil rights are not a matter of majority rule |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. True, but there is a larger picture here... |
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Bertha Venation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. good point -- but those issues aren't at the fore now. |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
14. But there are people who are on the fence, |
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Loonman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
2. Don't know |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
4. Here's what's happening that's good. |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Well, I certainly hope that you are right... |
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David__77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. "Moderates," by definition, wouldn't go for that generally. |
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pagerbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Of course it is |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:04 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. But won them the Congress two years later. |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:38 PM Response to Original message |
5. If local governments like San Francisco do the fighting |
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adamblast (219 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. I'm an older, single gay man... with no immediate prospects... |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:48 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Agreed, and there has been steady momentum on this issue for years |
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BR_Parkway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:10 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. There are a couple of reasons it won't be the issue |
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DuctapeFatwa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'm in favor of equal protection under the law, & I think a secular state |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. There is no real reason to keep them from Marrying... |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Agreed, but you hit the nail on they head... |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. I think |
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Selwynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
19. I don't think its any of my business, nor the State's. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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gator_in_Ontario (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. I agree |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:01 PM Response to Reply #20 |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
21. I think the debate is long overdue... |
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jansu (473 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fighting for a Human Right, it is always a good time to do it! |
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soleft (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 03:54 PM Response to Original message |
24. Isn't this point moot now, how would you propose stopping it? |
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brainwashed_youth (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
26. Shoulda left it alone for awhile |
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Catt03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
27. Maybe the question should be "marriage", what do you think? |
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brainwashed_youth (640 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. pretty much the benefits |
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thom1102 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 04:27 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Actually that isn't it... |
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cally (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
29. I raised this question in a thread the other day |
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ulysses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
31. it's not up to us to have the debate now or later. |
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democratreformed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
32. Here's my position: |
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foreigncorrespondent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
33. Before reading the entire thread... |
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kayell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-24-04 04:31 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. :Applause: |
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truthbetold (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
34. IMHO... |
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Martin Eden (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-23-04 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
35. Gay marriage issue will hurt more than help in 2004 election |
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