It is actually an extension of the notion that rights are inherent, not given through a government decision. Government is there to protect human rights, not to hand them out. You don't get to vote on whether someone has human rights or not and the right to love, reside with, cherish and marry (in whatever sense your society holds that notion) is fundamentally a question of equality.
Judah On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:37 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually my point was more about debating the issue with respect for the > opposing side's view. I took your point as meaning that approach is not > always practical. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Stroz [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 4:33 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: interesting opinion piece on Beck and the teabagging party > > > No, I was not, and you know it. > > I was merely putting the attitude Kris mentioned, 'who are we to tell > the majority they are wrong' , into perspective. > > Just because the majority wants something, does not make it right. > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> No, Scott was comparing same sex marriage to slavery. >> >> >> >> On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> > wrote: >>> >>> My point here was that cramming gay marriage down people's throats > was >>> the wrong way to go about getting it allowed. Scott's point was that >>> sometimes that's the only way to get the right thing done. Your point >>> seems to be that not getting married isn't as bad as slavery. Fair >>> enough, but it has nothing to do with either my point or Scott's > counter >>> point and comes off as being nothing more than an inflammatory > remark. >>> >>> Mayhap you should take a few deep breaths and maybe count slowly to > 10 >>> between posts? >>> >> >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:326444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
