No Sam...they were religious ceremonies...just like the heterosexual marriages.
-----Original Message----- From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:45 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. They were civil unions and they were rare . On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > Bullshit Sam...up until the Middle ages, even Christianity performed > gay marriages. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 28, 2013 3:04 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > Again with this? > > It was very rare and they had no legal standing. > > . > > > On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Eric Roberts < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Thousands of years of traditions that allowed gay marriage Sam? > > Romans allowed it. Pre-Christian Celts and Norse allowed it. > > Greeks > allowed it. > > Hindus allowed it. The only faiths that didn't allow it were Islam > > and Christianity...even most sects of Judaism are fine with it. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 10:32 PM > > To: cf-community > > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > > > > Apples and oranges. That ruling is based on thousands of years of > > traditions from around the world. By introducing it that way, the > > same-sex marriage has no standing. I'm sure that ruling can also > > apply to sacrificial lambs the way you're using it.It doesn't > > declare what a marriage is, but uses traditional heterosexual > > standard for it's ruling. > > > > . > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Eric Roberts < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Marriage is a right according the ruling in Loving vs. Virginia in > > > 1967 > > > > > > In Chief Justice Earl Warren's opinion for the decision he stated that: > > > " Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental > > > to our very existence and survival..." > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Sam [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:09 PM > > > To: cf-community > > > Subject: Re: BITTER SCALIA LEAVES U.S. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I don't like to use the word "hate". Do they hate the people who > > > > are gay? I doubt it. > > > > > > > > > The article you found funny implied Scalia hated (disliked) gays > > > so much he was looking for a country that didn't have them. > > > > > > Are they grossed out or uncomfortable with people who are gay? > > > > Most likely. > > > > > > > > > How the hell did you get in their heads and come up with that? > > > Maybe a percentage feel that way but that's an awfully large brush > > > you paint > > with. > > > > > > Do they want to deny these people equal rights because of > > > > > > > those feelings? Apparently. > > > > > > > > > > Is marriage a Right? > > > > > > > > > > > That's just bizarre. Most of my gay friends don't give a rats > > > > > ass about gay marriage and they don't hate gays. Only the ones > > > > > that hate hero-sexuals do. In my experience. > > > > > > > > > > > > > I've met a lot of gay people...but never ONE who hated heterosexuals. > > > > That would be weird to "hate" about 90% of the population.... > > > > > > > > > > I have a friend that relives his black eye from London in the > > > 70's, every year we get to relive the story on facebook. Another > > > blames hetro's for his lovers suicide 15 years ago. We hear about > > > that all the time. They don't come out and say they hate hetro's > > > but it's like Larry and conservatives, you know where he stands. > > > > > > > > > > > Marriage isn't a constitutional right but somehow, now, gay > > > > > marriage > > > is? > > > > > And the way they did that was to label all opposed as haters? > > > > > A sad day indeed. > > > > > > > > > > > > > YOU are labelling them haters....the rest of us are labelling > > > > them as people who would deny others equal rights because of how > > > > they were > > born. > > > > You like to use the word "hate" because it brings emotion to the > table. > > > > > > > > > > > Again equal rights? Civil unions create equality. I don't know > > > anybody that's against civil unions. Do you? You started with the > > > emotions about the justices. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Well...that's great for billboards and bumper stickers...but > > > > when you get down to brass tacks, it's really quite simple: Do > > > > you wish to deny people equal rights because of how they were born? > > > > > > > > > > > Civil Unions > > > > > > > > > > Sam....give me one valid argument AGAINST gay marriage that does > > > > NOT involve a view that would prejudice against homosexuals, or > > > > in some way cast their love as inferior or even harmful, when > > > > compared to hetero relationships?? Give me one, and i'll happily > > > > admit that there is a non-bigoted argument against gay marriage. > > > > > > > > > > > Most people that are against gay marriages, I'm guessing, have > > > nothing against gays and civil unions. They just want to avoid > > > watering down the traditional marriage as we know it. It's already > > > having trouble with divorce rates increasing regularly. > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:365056 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
