Wry Catcher
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an excellent example of the difference.....black men could marry white women so those opposed to it had to pass laws prohibiting it.....those laws were overturned........black/white men could not marry black/white men, not because laws prohibited it, but because there was no such thing as "marriage" between two men.......thus, those in favor of it had to pass law creating it.....typical liberal dodge.....pretend gay marriage is the equivalent of black civil rights......it is true that keeping people from killing is an authoritarian act.....one which has been in place for thousands of years.....whether or not someone meets the requirements of "marriage" is not....its an aspect of societal standards...using the government to change societal standards by force of law is an authoritarian act.....????.....believing its wrong to kill your unborn children is a bad thing?..........using the courts to redefine marriage to conform to YOUR beliefs is NOT an example of using the government to force things on people?......If much is given, much is required. How exactly are you giving much if all you do is blindly hand the government power over your life?
The only ones that want to do that are Republicans. Think "women's bodies being legislated" and think "gays being second class citizens" and think "voter suppression". In other words "think God dammit, think!"
Forcing someone to have an unwanted child is an authoritarian act; denying a couple the right to marry is an authoritarian act; the act of gays or lesbians marrying has no impact on straights, and no one is forcing you or anyone to change their beliefs. Feel free to be a bigot, it's a free country.
Interesting spin, I suppose you would consider the Civil Rights Act of 1964 an authoritarian act of government to change societal standards. Correct?
How do you define "civil rights"? A black man or women marrying a white of the other gender was denied under Jim Crow Laws. Seems that alone is enough of a nexus for those of us who think.
WRONG - Marriage is a contract, nothing more. Some contracts are illegal, because some our representatives passed a law making them so, and bigots like you decided to define marriage in a manner which suits them. Lucky for all of us most laws are passed by thinking, reasonable groups of men and women - not bigots (of course some legislaures and The Congress can and have always included bigots, at times a majority).