"protecting the sanctity of marriage" by outlawing gay marriage is like

[ulysses]

[Richardo]

1. "fighting terrorism by invading IRAQ"

...is what I'd say.

[ulysses]

3. I know.

It's just that invading Canada for the purpose would be even more ridiculous. :)

[terrya]

2. Stimulating the economy by giving the ultra wealthy a huge tax cut eom

[ulysses]

4. good one!

[Th1onein]

45. What he said...

eom

[buddhamama]

5. all of the above

and then some.

to say *these* people make me :puke: is an understatement.

[Gemini Cat]

6. Hot damn!

Now I know I'll never get cancer, because I insult my dog every other day of her life! I insult my five tom cats too, but they could care less. I also insult the neighbour's rotty, but I do that from a safe distance.

:dem:

[ieoeja]

7. Other - By Disallowing Religious Definition

I say use their argument against them. If Marriage is a Sacrament then either (a) married couples should have no legally protected rights whatsoever or (b) couples married by any recognized religion should have the same legally protected rights. If married couples wnat to give up their rights, fine. If they want to choose the second option, I believe certain Methodist priests have been performing same-gender marriages.

Wouldn't passing a constitutional amendment defining marriage for the stated purpose of protecting the sanctity of marriage mean the government would be dictating religious doctrine? Have conservatives now gone from arguing that the 1st Amendment protects religion from government not government from religion to arguing that ... well, I guess that the religious clause of the 1st amendment does not exist and was probably planted in the printed texts we see by agents of Oceania.

[Ready4Change]

8. Protecting marriage by outlawing interracial marriage.

It's just a different form of bigotry.

[duhneece]

43. This is the argument I usually make

Interracial marriage was illegal for too long...just as gay marriage is.

[kayell]

9. Protecting American freedoms by burning the Bill of Rights

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Protecting water fountains from "coloreds"

[DuctapeFatwa]

11. LOL BINGO! There you go!

A secular state cannot by definition, uphold the "sanctity" of anything.

Sacraments, sanctity, assigning sacredness to anything is a function of religious institutions.

[buddhamama]

12. i have a headache now

giving you a good kick would have prevented it. :loveya:

[TahitiNut]

13. Using Guantanimo to show Cubans we're "freedom-loving"?

Now that's a real "best foot forward" isn't it? :puke:

[Sapphocrat]

14. Like leaving the protection of children...

...to the Vatican.

[library_max]

15. Protecting the sanctity of the home

by forbidding to buy homes.

[DrWeird]

16. "protecting the sanctity of marriage" by outlawing interracial marr.

And it was illegal in many states. And supporters of the law used the Bible for supporting their bigotry.

[POed_Ex_Repub]

17. Building a coalition.... unilaterally

:wtf:

[Beetwasher]

18. They Want to Protect Marriage by Banning Marriage

or rather one type of marriage.

It's more akin to trying to stop an artery from bleeding by cutting open another artery.

It's doing the exact opposite of what they are saying they want to do. They want MORE people to get married and stay married and yet, to do this, they want to PREVENT some people from getting married.
:freak:

[Terwilliger]

19. Fucking for chastity

:D

[ulysses]

20. LOL

A true gem! Hadn't thought of that one in a while. :D

[library_max]

21. Balancing the budget by cutting taxes.

[Generic Other]

22. Like a priest lecturing about celebacy as a form of birth control

[gate of the sun]

23. bombing for peace

I say this in a book lst week on the protests against the war....bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity.

[SOteric]

24. Protecting the light, airy infrastructure of Chocolate Mousse

by adding a puree of pickled herring.

[ulysses]

25. utter genius.

I knew I liked you for some reason. :D

[DuctapeFatwa]

26. ROFLMAO !! That one made me spit food

:bounce:

[BritishHuman]

35. MMmmm...

Chocolate-Herring Mousse.

It's not a dessert, it's a weapon of mass destruction!

[Cannikin]

27. Burning down the house 'cause you dont want to pay the electric bill

[Djinn]

30. being a "secular" govt

that refers to God ALL the time and has a fundie AG

[Bush loves Jiang]

28. Supporting China in the name of socialism.

:-P

[Cannikin]

29. Is like fighting terrorism by liberating Iraq.

[LuCifer]

31. Voting for Bush, and hoping for a better America!!!

Or, smoking crack to help with insomnia...

[Cannikin]

32. Using the Bible to spread hate.

[Andy_Stephenson]

33. Eating soup

With a fork.

[dsc]

34. I am too strident to be cute about this today

Changing my avitar was a profoundly sad moment for me. I know longer feel like an American who happens to be gay but a gay who happens to be American. That angers me. I want my country back.

[neebob]

36. To me it's like

another bogus idea that does nothing but the right wing all fired up. No, wait - that's what it is.

[rman]

37. protecting the rights of truckers by banning cars

-

[camero]

46. That may make some sense.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

38. ...fighting unemployment by firing all gay people

Them's takin' all jobs from us all God-fearin' Republican straight guys!

[DS1]

39. Gouging out your eyes to stop the spread of porn

[TrogL]

40. Protecting Old Glory by banning all other flags

[TennesseeVol]

41. Hmm...

It's as bad as protecting the sanctity of marriage by marrying your white podunk childhood friend in Vegas and getting divorced 55 hours later.

[Piperay]

42. Saving the forest from fires

by cutting down the trees, another of chimp's plans. :freak: :crazy:

[gottaB]

44. protecting the sanctity of life by executing children

The logic of the wingnuts is remarkably consitent on one point: The conclusions always contradict their premises.

The key to defeating this proposal, I think, will be to expose the hidden assumptions that lead people to accept such obvious fallacies. The worst strategy is to let things remain unsaid. The political difficulty of reasoning with the electorate about emotional topics cannot be accepted as an excuse for timidity in the face of brutal assaults on our humanity.

The freedom to love is essential to who we are. That's ground that can never belong to the right wing, or any totalitarian impulse. Let the enemies of liberty realize the futility of the effort, and see if they don't back down.

Free to love

free to love

free to love

Thank God Almighty

I'm free to love