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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:18 PM Original message |
Why the definition of marriage should NOT be redefined |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
1. "Why must gay activists, liberal Democrats, and socially liberal people be so divisive?" |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
2. "Courtesy of some bonehead" |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:25 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. And why should it change? Merriam-Webster says: |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. That definition has changed before. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
3. If same sex marriage had been proposed in the 1960's and 1970's |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:34 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I doubt it. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:48 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Just because it's true that sodomy remained on the books in |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. If that were true |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:18 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. I don't think I'm looking through rose colored glasses |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
21. No, it wouldn't have been. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
4. Isn't this the Santorum "box turtle" argument? |
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rpgamerd00d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
6. Of course homosexuality is genetic. |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Amen. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. I'll agree with your post on this. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #6 |
23. That it is innate does not necessarily mean that it is genetic. |
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rpgamerd00d (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:53 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. OK, I'm no scientist - I wouldn't know a hormone from a gene. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:45 AM Response to Reply #23 |
35. Circular Logic |
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Maven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:38 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Right, and |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Holy crap you scared me for a minute there -- |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
8. Oh, deary me...I'm SO ASHAMED for being divisive |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:29 PM Response to Original message |
10. This person has no clue what bisexuality constitutes. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Exactly. |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yep. We're going to make a law: Only homosexual marriages. |
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twilight_sailing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
12. "We don't need no piece of paper from the City Hall |
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Katherine Brengle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. One of my favorite songs of all time! nt |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:31 PM Response to Original message |
13. My jaw dropped, then dropped further, then further again - til I read the last line |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:33 AM Response to Reply #13 |
33. My point is that there are a lot of nutbaskets out there in freeperland |
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JustFiveMoreMinutes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. Amazing that gay couples can last 30 to 50 years without Marriage |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
20. What a curious thread. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
31. Thank you. |
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stonecoldsober (411 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:37 AM Response to Reply #20 |
34. I thought it was interesting |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. Looking at the responses |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well this liberal demands his right to sleep with every box turtle this side of momma's |
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baby_mouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. I'm so glad I read the entire post. |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Please stop littering DU with this tripe. nt |
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BuyingThyme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. Another reason why marriage should not be redefined: |
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Crunchy Frog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-07-07 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
32. And before you know it, men will be marrying box turtles. |
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