On Fri, Mar 05, 2004 at 02:41:36PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: > --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > By Orson Scott Card February 15, 2004 > > Homosexual "Marriage" and Civilization > > Marriage Is Already Open to Everyone. In the first place, no > > law in any state in the United States now or ever has forbidden > > homosexuals to marry. The law has never asked that a man prove his > > heterosexuality in order to marry a woman, or a woman hers in order > > to marry a man. > What utter hypocrisy -- You can say that again. How can anyone make this argument with a straight face? Since I have only seen religious people making the argument, I wonder how they would react to someone claiming that the country guarantees freedom to practice religion, as long as the religion they choose is __________. It is just silly. Have these people let religion rot their brain so that they can't see the absurdity, or are they just extremely hypocritical? > > In order to claim that they are deprived, you have to change the > > meaning of "marriage" to include a relationship that it has never > > included before this generation, anywhere on earth. > > Wrong again. Yup. I guess Netherlands and Belgium are not "on earth". > > They steal from me what I treasure most, and gain for themselves > > nothing at all. They won't be married. They'll just be playing > > dress-up in their parents' clothes. > <sad> This is just pathetic - is he losing his wife? children? tax > breaks? social standing as a successful sire? No, on all counts. Good one word description for Card's entire rant. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
