> [Platt]
> I favor whatever decision the Supreme Court makes. Otherwise, anarchy.
>
> [Arlo]
> Nice dodge. Do you, or do you not, think that interracial marriage
> should be decided by the states?
Follow me closely: I do not think that interracial marriage should be
decided by the states. Why? Because the Supreme Court has decided
otherwise. I support Supreme Court decisions. Otherwise, anarchy.
> [Platt]
> Are you in favor of the Supreme Court striking down current state
> marriage laws to allow gay marriage?
>
> [Arlo]
> Sure.
Figures. How about allowing polygamy? If not, why not?.
> [Arlo had asked]
> You seem pretty vocal that gay marriage would contribute to the
> (further) degeneration of society. Do you believe interracial
> marriage has as well?
>
> [Platt]
> Not sure. Possibly.
>
> [Arlo]
> Thank you for being honest.
> [Platt]
> Nonsense. Out-of- wedlock births, prostitution, pornography,
> violence, drugs, profane language, discipline, upholding the law are
> behaviors AS A RESULT of weakened moral codes. Behaviors are NOT
> codes. Where is your brain?.
>
> [Arlo]
> Fair enough. Then you are implying that things such as these would be the
> _result_ of gay marriage.
Only you would conclude out-of-wedlock births would be the result of gay
marriage.
> But let's take a look at your comment again.
>
> "I think the effects are more subtle than that. When "marriage" comes to
> mean something other than socially approved union of a man and women,
> another moral code of society is weakened. For example, we have seen over
> the years a weakening of codes regarding out-of-wedlock births,
> prostitution and pornography, violence, drugs, profane language,
> discipline, upholding the law, etc., etc., all of which undermine the
> bonds that hold a society together."
>
> You are directly associating the "weakening of moral codes" that
> comes from "gay marriage" with similar "weakening of codes" (your
> words) "regarding out-of-wedlock births, prostitution and
> pornography, violence, drugs, profane language..."
>
> I've said my peace. This is a direct, atrocious rhetorical
> association. Keep denying it. The evidence is right there in that sentence.
Only you would associate gay marriage with out-of-wedlock births. Truly
hilarious.
> [Arlo had said]
> I know, the great beacon of "freedom" wants everyone to be "free"
> to be like him, nothing more.
>
> [Platt]
> I'd rather everyone be free like me than free like Marxist you.
>
> [Arlo]
> Yeah, I know. When all else fails "Arlo is a commie".
Well, isn't he? Do you not subscribe to Marx's ideas?
> Oddly, I
> support freedoms for people that leads to them leading lives that are
> different from mine. If you call that "Marxism", be my guest. But it sure
> as hell beats "free to be just like Platt". Yes, it's quite convenient to
> be all for "freedom", when coincidentally all the things that people should
> be free to do are just the things you choose to do.
Better to be free to do the things I choose than become a serf in
Marx's dictatorship.
> [Platt]
> On June 12, a memorial in Washington to the 100 million Victims of
> Communism was dedicated. ("Victims" means "those who died under the
> yoke of " in case you try to distort what it means.)
>
> [Arlo]
> If you can show me one post where I've denied the brutal savagery of
> regimes that called themselves "communist", or denied that where not
> millions of innocent victims of these regimes....
Just a friendly reminder of the historical record your idol Marx has
spawned.
> While you look, I stand by my assertion that none of these regimes
> was "communist" in any sense envisioned by Marx. Instead, they fell
> prey to similar neoconservative thinking that strong state
> nationalism, unyielding patriotism and "holy war" mentality was
> needed to subjugate the flock.
What Marx "envisioned" is besides the point. What he wrought is what
counts.
> By the way, gays could not marry in Stalinist Russia, or Pol Pot's
> Cambodia either.
What's you point?
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