On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 12:21 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > "I think the slippery slope is imaginary in this case. Marriage, in the eyes > of the government is nothing more than a civil contract. " > > Then why in the hell aren't people protesting for civl contracts? Marriage > is different is some manner. Maybe a purely psychological perception.
People are protesting for civil contracts - the name of those contracts, according to the government, is 'marriage' > > "Minors cannot legally enter into contracts, therefore the NAMBLA argument > is moot." > > Not so fast. Adults with an IQ of 80 can enter into contracts. Is it > right that a minor of 17 with a 120 IQ can't enter in a contract? According to our current laws, they cannot. However, that is a topic for a different debate. > > > "Let's melt that slippery slope, though - 'marriage', in the eyes of the > government, should be a contract between 2 consenting adults. " > > Sure. And if it were called a civil union, this shit would have been over > with a long time ago. Agreed. I think 'marriage' should be left to religious institutions. All couples would need to file paperwork for the 'civil contract' - outside of the religious ceremony. > > > "Simple, really." > > Yes, it should be simple in the eyes of the government. > > > What is not simple is how to deal with people's perceptions of gay > marriage. By what standard are you measuring the standard they have. > State after state have shot down gay marriage. The standard then at this > point is against gay marriage. That makes support of gay marriage a > minority view. > > How is support for gay marriage right? By what standard? > > You don't think that is tricky? There was a time, not too long ago, when people felt the same way about inter-racial marriage as they do now about gay marriage. It was wrong then. It is wrong now. -- Scott Stroz --------------- You can make things happen, you can watch things happen or you can wonder what the f*&k happened. - Cpt. Phil Harris http://xkcd.com/386/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356727 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
