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OK......... by all means enjoy this brilliant bit of legislation.
But there's a lot more for our countries to do towards equality for all.
Big list of 'things to do'................
Actually, your point is half good, seeing as Putin is anti homosexual and Cameron pro-equality, but let's face it, this was simply a vote for freedom, equality and humanity..... who cares the politics of those who supported such a good piece of legislation? In the UK we have a really good policy, that some issues can be voted freely, in 'open vote', and not coerced by the party whips.You mean leftist liberals like Putin won, and rightist conservatives like Cameron lost?
Oh dear..... you too.Thank God, now the homosexuals can rest in peace, because it is all in the hands of five honorable liberals who only have their good interests in mind.
So you didn't like the outcome!So all can not bother to think their own mind, anymore. They have the power, and they will always do the right thing with such power. Today... and for all days to come.
They were only interpreting laws made from the democratic process...But apparently the democratic process is not good enough for you. Apparently, the government should be able to do whatever it wants...rights who needs those? Freedom? Nah. This anti American rant of yours is somewhat troubling. According to your philosophy a bunch of people can gather and outlaw religion. Are you siding with Stalin now? What is this oppressive land you wish for.Thanks Oldbadger for setting me straight. I didn't realize I am the enemy of homosexuals all these years. Conservatives like me have been after homosexuals for the last many decades, while great liberals such as Hillary Clinton (the defacto Democratic Party nominee) has been the stalwart advocate for gay marriage all these same decades.
And the point is, we shouldn''t have to think for ourselves and decide as a people via the democratic process to evolve laws. Instead, we have to have five unelected bureaucrats have all the power to decide for us, we do not need nor should not think for ourselves - especially with the evil America which hates homosexuals, why trust democracy? Just see how it has denied homosexuals freedom and peace and dignity. In one way, we are so evil, it is better that America is destroyed, perhaps those who want to destroy America should win, like ISIS. Then homosexuals whom I have persecuted for so many years now will find peace.
Ultimately, it is better not to bother to change the hearts and minds of Americans - that is hopeless. Better to have five unelected "liberals" decide what the law is going to be. Better five, than five million, rule the way. Now with such power, they will always be there... not for their power. But for those who have no power.
Well, that would be a lot of people. With no power. Now. Instead five have the power. Not the rest of us. Because we are dangerous. And dangerous to these five. And for the better. Because these five, with such power, will always be there for you. And the next five. For homosexuals. Honest. Boy scouts honor. Now. And for all the days to come.
You LOST! Haha! xD
You rascal, you!Thanks Oldbadger for setting me straight. I didn't realize I am the enemy of homosexuals all these years. Conservatives like me have been after homosexuals for the last many decades, while great liberals such as Hillary Clinton (the defacto Democratic Party nominee) has been the stalwart advocate for gay marriage all these same decades.
You had to get a frubal for your candor, clarity, & constitutional perspective.I am a conservative from Alabama. I do not like gays. I do not agree with their lifestyle. I see it is an abomination. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it.
However, I am glad that SCOTUS made the ruling. Religion can't dictate the law and vice versa. Everyone here should be free to legally marry as an adult, and have the same rights and benefits, regardless of sexual orientation. That is the spirit of the law and the US Constitution.
Churches can simply deny to marry a gay couple. They can go to the courthouse and make it legal. Government can't dictate to a church what it can or can't do.
You had to get a frubal for your candor, clarity, & constitutional perspective.
Some say Greece gave birth to democracy. Now Greece, because of mistakes made along the way, is voting at the ATM machine. Is the vote confidence, or no confidence?
Democracy is older, in my humble opinion, than radical Islam for example. But it is under assault often. There are huge problems as is the state of human affairs, but I will take a Republic (indirect democracy through elected represetatives) or a (true) Democracy of direct voting (on all matters of state, though I prefer a Republic and I prefer many States and strong localized governance over central because it affords more diversity in the experiment from which some of the most incredible answers, even genius, arise to "save the day", and also some incredible but isolated failures from which we can learn hard lessons and develop "best practices" before they hurt everyone "on the same day").
It is not difficult to win the day to forward the type of laws you support, such as the right to gay marriage, in an environment such as a diversified Republic and republican form of government, even if your populations are a small minority you can, if you have the headstrong will, to gather your numbers in one place (let us say San Francisco) and then win the vote. I am not saying it is easy, either, and yes it can be slow. Yet just the presence of a "new face" unafraid in the open starts to let others see you, too, that you are just like them, as well, and then hearts and minds begin to change. Actually in a direct democracy, which can engage change more quickly, often the real change in hearts and minds can sometimes backfire when applied across the entire canvas carte blanche, reactionary repsonse gains a foothold and the worm turns the other way just as fast.
The fastest of all in enacting change, is a dictator. But then, a dictator is just a human, not a people really at all. The dictator can only be one person, not one hundred million. Those who say the dictator can, they are liars.
Hitler was elected. There are problems. But then when a Hitler becomes the one who decides, no matter how their power was given to them or acquiesced, while democracy can be slow and difficult, it is much more difficult to take back that power you allowed the "pontiffs" to have once they get it. Their interests always become theirs, not yours, and the power that gave you a cherry pie today may give you arsenic tomorow.
Those who could not wait for fifty million, or five million, gave power to five by simply "going along to get along". I might be wrong, but I think they will rue the day.
If five unelected is the means, then why not better yet only one? Just think how fast the "law" will take hold. No need to pass a constitutional amendment giving some one group or status a national right if it was left out. Or if left out, why just have some local community, if they rally the muster, take the day and have the law where THEY live? You just force it everywhere because the pontiff said that is the law, the unelected pontiff writes the law.
So if Michigan has enough Muslims to pass a law that allows a man to marry five women, what they think should be doesn't matter anymore. Even if it was a bad idea, it is not allowed to fail there and we all learn. Or perhaps work.
Now everywhere, the unelected pontiff has the power acquiesced to them out of laziness, or stolen by them, can just "say what it is going to be".
You may like it today.
I will watch now. I think, some do not understand whatnis likely going to unfold. The very power you kissed the lips of today, will soon have perhaps a new face.
The same power. A new face.
I think this wasn't the way to do it. Something you never really imagined is probably coming. Democracy can be very mean, too. It doesn't always forgo power of the process kindly. Especially if money or taxes are part of the bigger scene.
And be careful how you stereotype others. I was thinking of mentioning what Revoltingest mentioned last night. Then this morning was thinking of typing sumething up to mention it, but seeing he beat me to the chase.
But many of you are wrong about conservatives. And for that matter liberals. I will tell you there are many "liberals" who will put homosexuals in cages if they don't acquiesce to their liberalship power. And there are many conservatives who have supported gay marriage for decades. Probably the most propagandized as a target of hate by the undemocratic left has been Dick Cheney. The evil Dick. Who I know for a fact has supported gay marriage for decades.
Don't assume someone like me as the "problem". And there are many conservatives, who if this thing has the reverse reaction you didn't expect, will have to go into a battlefield to save perhaps even your life. We will watch, but be careful. The story isn't over yet, and you may need all the friends you can get even if you don't like us or ever ask for it. And don't mock, too much. Figure out how to get it done ALL OVER AGAIN in a better way. This way may not work out.
There is no utopia. No final solution. No final answer. Nothing is perfect. Careful.
Ultimately, it is better not to bother to change the hearts and minds of Americans - that is hopeless. Better to have five unelected "liberals" decide what the law is going to be. Better five, than five million, rule the way. Now with such power, they will always be there... not for their power. But for those who have no power.
Well, that would be a lot of people. With no power. Now. Instead five have the power. Not the rest of us. Because we are dangerous. And dangerous to these five. And for the better. Because these five, with such power, will always be there for you. And the next five. For homosexuals. Honest. Boy scouts honor. Now. And for all the days to come.
I am a conservative from Alabama. I do not like gays. I do not agree with their lifestyle. I see it is an abomination. That is my opinion and I am entitled to it.
Out of curiosity:
Would you refuse the help of a gay firefighter, EMT, doctor or police officer if your life was in danger? What would you do if you later found out that firefighter, EMT, doctor or police officer was gay?
How you identify a gay person anyway?
What is the gay lifestyle?
Sure you can have your opinion, but is it based on anything other than hearsay and stereotypes?
Gay firefighter? Would he be an expert with the hose?
They decide if a law is unconstitutional. The separation of powers demands this, as it would be ludicrous to expect states to rule their own legislation as unconstitutional.Thanks Oldbadger for setting me straight. I didn't realize I am the enemy of homosexuals all these years. Conservatives like me have been after homosexuals for the last many decades, while great liberals such as Hillary Clinton (the defacto Democratic Party nominee) has been the stalwart advocate for gay marriage all these same decades.
And the point is, we shouldn''t have to think for ourselves and decide as a people via the democratic process to evolve laws. Instead, we have to have five unelected bureaucrats have all the power to decide for us, we do not need nor should not think for ourselves - especially with the evil America which hates homosexuals, why trust democracy? Just see how it has denied homosexuals freedom and peace and dignity. In one way, we are so evil, it is better that America is destroyed, perhaps those who want to destroy America should win, like ISIS. Then homosexuals whom I have persecuted for so many years now will find peace.
Ultimately, it is better not to bother to change the hearts and minds of Americans - that is hopeless. Better to have five unelected "liberals" decide what the law is going to be. Better five, than five million, rule the way. Now with such power, they will always be there... not for their power. But for those who have no power.
Well, that would be a lot of people. With no power. Now. Instead five have the power. Not the rest of us. Because we are dangerous. And dangerous to these five. And for the better. Because these five, with such power, will always be there for you. And the next five. For homosexuals. Honest. Boy scouts honor. Now. And for all the days to come.
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