Thread: Dejection fills Maine ballroom after marriage vote

Quote: Originally Posted by Sulayman Hate crimes???? Maybe you need to reference the context of the comments? Including Saltwn's original post about how the blacks the courts took a civil rights lead, but with gays it seems that people are trying to insist the courts must let the legislator have sole purview. As I mentioned in my earlier post, the courts recognized the civil right of interracial marriage at a time when there was...

Quote: Originally Posted by mytmouse57 What it boils down to, is accepting that the legal definition of marriage in our country is simply a social contract between two consenting adults. And as such, there is room in there for gay marriage. But when the gay lobby and their supporters on the political left try to make it into some moral crusade for so-called "equality" -- it becomes much more difficult to take seriously. We...

Quote: Originally Posted by MrLiberty This is a stupid argument to be constantly having since the Constitution is quite clear in the 14th amendment that we are all equals and have the same rights as one another. (OK f66 you can get up from the floor now! ) If gays wish to marry they should be allowed. However, I think what happens when this subject comes up for discussion is along the lines of tax dollars going to gay partners of federal...

Quote: Originally Posted by Sulayman If you believe that how do you explain what happened in California and Texas when the question was actually put to the people? Exactly! And if put to the people in the sixties, Mississippi and South Carolina would have opposed civil rights.

It's a "states issue". Just as some states that can keep it out of the ballot box altogether benefits one group, a constitution like this one, and California for that matter, is much more "the people" oriented.

Dejection fills Maine ballroom after marriage vote Quote: With 87 percent of precincts reporting, gay-marriage foes had 53 percent of the vote in a referendum that asked Maine voters whether they wanted to repeal a law allowing same-sex marriage that had passed the Legislature and was signed by Democratic Gov. John Baldacci[/URL] "The institution of marriage has been preserved in Maine and across the nation," said Frank...

This is a stupid argument to be constantly having since the Constitution is quite clear in the 14th amendment that we are all equals and have the same rights as one another. (OK f66 you can get up from the floor now! ) If gays wish to marry they should be allowed. However, I think what happens when this subject comes up for discussion is along the lines of tax dollars going to gay partners of federal workers and many feel they are being forced...