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tazzygirl -> RE: Prop 8 ruling makes me wanna kill people... (5/29/2009 5:17:43 PM)
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ORIGINAL: DreamGoddess666
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ORIGINAL: jlf1961
By your logic, any law that prohibits someone from having the same rights and privileges as the majority of the people is bigoted.
The problem with this logic is that there are laws that prohibit various rights to convicted felons, and force restrictions on other convicted criminals, such as the laws that require sex offenders to register where they live.
There is also a law that prohibits people who were not born American citizens from becoming president.
Now while I have nothing against gay marriage, there is a simple fact that you have not considered.
In a republic, such as the United States, (the US is NOT a democracy) the majority of people elect representatives to government office to make laws for the MAJORITY of the citizens. Whether you like it or not, majority rules, and the majority of the citizens in the United States still have problems with gay and lesbian marriage.
While there is widespread acceptance of the lifestyle choice, there are still limits to how far that acceptance will go.
Finally, be thankful that the 'sodomy' laws are not being enforced, since those laws prohibit any sex act other than vaginal penetration between men and women.
By the way, those laws are still used when prosecuting sex related crimes.
So quit pissing and moaning and advocating armed violence against the government, get over yourself and wait until the rest of the country is more tolerant... or you can move to a country that allows gay and lesbian marriage.
Laws that take away rights from convicted felons are PUNISHMENTS for people who HURT INNOCENT PEOPLE. It's reactionary and thus just.
As for the law prohibiting people not born in the United States from becoming President, guess what? I'm against that law and fully believe it should be changed.
Third, the federal government overturned ALL the sodomy laws a few years back. None of them are valid anymore, and by the Constitution, can't be enforced.
Fourth, it's not a "lifestyle choice". I didn't choose to be this way, I was BORN this way. You people want to keep pushing the choice thing, but you're wrong. Personal experience proves that fact. I didn't make any choice in this. I'm attracted to women, not men, period, I didn't chose it, I was born that way.
All of this still doesn't rebuke the fact that, majority belief or no, being for heterosexual marriage and against gay marriage is oppression and bigotry by definition.
By the way, using the "love it or leave it" mentality pretty much voids anything else you might have to say because it's a critical flaw in debate. You just don't understand anything about the United States if you think that way.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that sodomy laws are unconstitutional on June 26, 2003.that part is true. guess what? people are still being arrested for sodomy and this may be of further interest, especially in regards to the military
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