so separate but equal is OK as well. I thought that the SOCOTUS disagreed with that one.
larry On 11/9/05, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So why did we change slavery, women's voting rights, or civil rights? > > The same reason: persecution of the minority by the majority. > > Whenever you deny somebody a right other's have, you are persecuting > > them. Banning Gay Marriage is simply immoral. > > > > A constitutional amendment against Gay Marriage is, in fact, about the > > most cowardly, childish, vindictive act of denial there is. It > > essentially says, "even though we know you will live together as > > married couples anyway, we will deny you equal rights because we don't > > like it." > > Wait a minute, I want a clarification here. Does a civil union grant > partners the same rights as marriage? I'm curious because, I've always been > under the impression that a "marriage" is nothing more than a civil union in > the eyes of the government. > > If a civil union is the same as a marriage, and gays can join into civil > unions, then i don't see anyone's equal rights being denied. Again, that is > IF civil unions offer the same rights...which I don't know. > > I think the answer to this is pretty simple: remove the term "marriage" > completely from the LEGAL aspect of it. Grant all couples a legal civil > union. Leave the term "marriage" to the religious folks who can, and will, > deny that rite (sacrament) from whomever they choose. > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:5:180581 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
