Well now wait a second Gruss.....the conservatives love applying the slippery slope argument to gay marriage. This is summarily rejected. Yet, you are applying the same argument in this area....
So are these arguments valid, or aren't they? Either "keeping the family intact" will lead to subjugating women and allowing gay marriage will lead to guys marrying wolverines.....or it won't. Which is it? >> Matthew wrote: >> Wow, you really know how to demonize somebody for not agreeing with you. > > I don't mean to demonize you, just your ideas of federal authority. > I'm trying to extrapolate your argument so that you can see how > dangerous it is. There's a reason that we have local government. > > For example, how is your idea of "keeping the family intact" different > from, say, Taliban laws subjugating women? Both are an attempt by a > central authority to moralize to it's citizens; to control their > behavior to "protect" them. > > I'll repeat what Justice Thomas said in his dissent yesterday: "If the > majority is to be taken seriously, the Federal Government may now > regulate quilting bees, clothes drives, and potluck suppers throughout > the 50 states. This makes a mockery of Madison's assurance to the the > people of New York that the 'powers delegated' to the Federal > Government are 'few and defined' while those of the States are > 'numerous and indefinite.'" > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:159914 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
