But why give them to one type of human relationship over another in the first place?
Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
But why give them to one type of human relationship over another in the first place?
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
If you want to completely deconstruct the thing be my guest. I just feel its eaiser to extend these rights and privelges to this subset of people instead of doing mental gymnastics which can just as eaisly be applied to a loveless/sexless heterosexual couples.Originally Posted by ICantSpellDawg
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
Because questioning our eroded institutions is a bad idea, better to simply build on top of them. I believe that marriage is like religion and it has taken this national debate for me to realize that government has no business in it. Thank you, gay marriage debate.
But it is easier, isn't it? That makes it the right way to go.
Last edited by ICantSpellDawg; 02-09-2012 at 05:56.
"That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there."
-Eric "George Orwell" Blair
"If the policy of the government, upon vital questions affecting the whole people, is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court...the people will have ceased to be their own rulers, having to that extent practically resigned the government into the hands of that eminent tribunal."
(Lincoln's First Inaugural Address, 1861).
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Re: Proposition 8 declared unconstitutional
Exactly.
There, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford
My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.
I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation.
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