----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Gay marriage update
> At 03:56 AM 5/18/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: > >Rights are not decided by majority vote. That is the purpose of the > >American system, particularly the judiciary. If rights were decided > >by majority vote than minorities would always be in fear of > >majorities. > > Actually..... in the United States three-fifths of the State Legislatures > have absolutely unchecked authority to establish or deny whatever rights > they want. > > The voting level for "majority" may vary in other countries. > > At any rate, in a de facto sense rights are very much decided by majority > vote. > > Of course, the reason why this country has a "Right to an Abortion Whenever > a Woman Wants" and has no "Right to Life for Unborn Children" is because of > a majority vote on the US Supreme Court. > > >It is unlikely that a marrriage once granted can ever be taken away. > >Would you agree that you were not married if a majority said you and > >your wife were too different? It is also highly unlikely that a > >majority in Mass. will vote to take this away. > > I have stated before that if by the grace of God I am fortunate enough to > marry some day that my appearance before a judge will essentially be a > piece of bureaucratic red tape in my life. It is in this sense that > homosexual couples in the United States are already free to marry in > Unitarian Universalist congregations. > > We'll see what happens when the Massachusetts Voters approve their > constitutional amendment in two years in order to tell those tyrants on the > MA Supreme Court exactly what the MA Constitution says. Well, we've yet to have a constitutional amendment telling those tyrants on the US supreme court exactly what the 15th amendment meant...and its been exactly 50 years. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
