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The NO on Prop 8 thread.... (pg. 5)
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| Nostalgic |
| Not that I care if Homos can marry or not, but LMAO at all the passionate Fagg0t-loving in this thread. Why are people so passionate about whether fags can marry or not? |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nostalgic
Not that I care if Homos can marry or not, but LMAO at all the passionate Fagg0t-loving in this thread. Why are people so passionate about whether fags can marry or not? |
Because it is the religious right dictating what people can and can't do. |
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| DizkokidD |
| this thread has lost me... but not to the otherside :stongue: |
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| Clovis |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nostalgic
Not that I care if Homos can marry or not, but LMAO at all the passionate Fagg0t-loving in this thread. Why are people so passionate about whether fags can marry or not? |
Because theres an entire religious right complex pushing in the other direction. |
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| R!CH |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nostalgic
Not that I care if Homos can marry or not, but LMAO at all the passionate Fagg0t-loving in this thread. Why are people so passionate about whether fags can marry or not? |
i'm gay for the constitution |
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| skizzell |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nostalgic
Not that I care if Homos can marry or not, but LMAO at all the passionate Fagg0t-loving in this thread. Why are people so passionate about whether fags can marry or not? |
Probably the same reason why people are so passionate about calling other groups of people derogatory names. |
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| R!CH |
| this really isn't about gays, it's about defending the idea of equality and civil rights for all over the idea of institutionalizing discrimination and projecting religious morality upon all of society. i'm more concerned about the precedent marriage bans set than i am the definition of marriage itself. any time the government tries to ban something, you should be concerned. |
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| Electrophile |
Ever heard of miscegenation laws? How is prop 8 any different?
| quote: | Organization of American Historians
In North America, laws against interracial marriage and interracial sex existed and were enforced in the Thirteen Colonies from the late seventeenth century onwards, and subsequently in several US states and US territories until 1967. Similar laws were also enforced in Nazi Germany, from 1935 until 1945, and in South Africa during the Apartheid era, from 1949 until 1985. |
Think it only happened ages ago?
| quote: | Organization of American Historians
Alabama School Prom
High school students will find the case of a 1994 high school prom in Alabama to be especially relevant. In February the white principal at the seven-hundred-student Randolph County High School called an assembly of seniors and juniors. The school’s student body was 62 percent white and 38 percent black. Hulond Humphries, who had been principal of the school for twenty-five years, asked if anyone was planning to attend the prom “with someone who was not of the same race.” When several students indicated that they were planning to do just that, the principal threatened to cancel the event. The junior class president, ReVonda Bowen, whose father is white and mother is black, asked the principal what his order meant for her. The principal allegedly replied that Bowen’s parents had made a “mistake” and that he hoped to prevent others from doing the same |
READ MORE HERE |
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| dollaroff |
| Any $ helps...even $5 or $10. |
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| zerotonin79 |
| quote: | Originally posted by skizzell
Probably the same reason why people are so passionate about calling other groups of people derogatory names. |
and that group of people (gays) stereotyping and calling other groups of people (religious right/mormons) names!
see how that works :) |
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| zerotonin79 |
| quote: | Originally posted by R!CH
any time the government tries to ban something, you should be concerned. |
the government isn't trying to ban it. |
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| gehzumteufel |
| quote: | Originally posted by zerotonin79
and that group of people (gays) stereotyping and calling other groups of people (religious right/mormons) names!
see how that works :) |
See how it works when you try to push your own views on others that don't believe? You get offended and stupid. You must be part of the religious right.
| quote: | Originally posted by zerotonin79
the government isn't trying to ban it. |
The government deferred it to the people in an effort to stem the public ridicule. |
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