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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 09:42 AM
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A useless activity. Trying to grasp the "arguments" against gay marriage.
I've noticed that Topic "A" (or maybe it's Topic "B") on the news shows the past few days is the gay marriage issue, specifically in San Francisco. During these segments, some glassy eyed spokesperson from some organization with the word "family" in it trots out the same lines..."sancitity of marriage" "threatening the family", blah blah blah.

In an attempt to see this point of view, my brain ends up hurting. It's like forcing myself to understand that 2 + 2= 5 and the Earth revolves around the sun.

This is a pretty pointless activity, I must admit.

:-)

Terry
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commander bunnypants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 09:46 AM
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1. It is hard to twist your mind around the argument
Just fools trying to make others live in their twisted little worlds. To busy to worry about real issues like hunger, homelessness, lack of medical care, etc.

Pretty Pointless, I agree

DDQM
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 09:47 AM
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2. god forbid the earth should revolve around the sun...
but surely 2+2=5 could be true, for very high values of 2.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 09:48 AM
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3. I noticed my error....
I MEANT to say "the sun revolves around the Earth". But *I* screwed that up! (that teaches me to post before the first cup of coffee!)

:-)

My other comments still hold true, IMO.

Terry
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enki23 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:13 AM
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5. lol. i figured you would
it helped cheer me up a little in the meantime, however.
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:08 AM
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4. MY favorite is when they argue...
It's against their religion.

Who said their religion had to marry gay couples? What does YOUR religion have to do with MY government?
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:17 AM
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6. It's Pretty Frightening To Get A Peek Into The Mind Of A Fundamentalist...
Hell, sometimes it's frightening just to LOOK at one.



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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:20 AM
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8. well that's an interesting picture....
I'm kinda rooting for the sign to fall on top of him and knock him out. It could happen...it looks heavy. How poetic would that be? "Man carries sign proclaiming God is homophobic. Sign kills man. God works in mysterious ways."
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:21 AM
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9. Oh God, don't try to get a peek into HIS mind.
That man is pure evil.

Terry
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Shrek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:25 AM
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11. The really scary thing . . .
. . . is that guy is a Democrat (from the sign I'm assuming it's Fred Phelps). He even ran for office.
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Fleshdancer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:18 AM
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7. Ha! This should be fun.
Since Gay marriage began in San Francisico, numerous heterosexual marriages have filed for divorce! Somewhere out there, a wife is being beaten, a child abused, a dog kicked...and we KNOW this would NEVER have happened if those darn Gay people didn't get married!!!

And they're recruiting too...just ask Gov. Rick Perry. :evilgrin:
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chiburb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:24 AM
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10. The best argument AGAINST G/L/B/T marriage is...
If you allow it, then what's to stop a man from marrying a pack of dogs? Isn't that the slippery slope of polygamy AND bestiality?

Wake up before it's too late!

(For those that don't know me, that was sarcasm...)
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-19-04 10:25 AM
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12. Yeah!
Next thing you know they're gonna want the vote!! :D
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