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Originally Posted by ajmccarrell
You see, prop 8 is democracy. Obviously the people of CA wanted to end gay marriage. What you are proposing is a dictatorship by three people in black robes. This is the way it is supposed to work, whether you agree with the outcome or not. Dictatorship is when someone in authority shoves something down the throats of the people against their will. Obviously, prop 8 was the will of the people. It was democratically passed. If the people passed a law saying only black marriages are recognized, so be it.
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I'd like to quote Thomas Jefferson, if I may....
"All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that, though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression."
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Originally Posted by ajmccarrell
Disagreeing with gay marriage is not hate or prejudice. It is a difference of opinion. There is a difference between the two. Not everyone who disagrees with your version of morality is full of hate or ignorance.
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If one is
not prejudiced against someone, why would they ever be against that person having equal rights and equal protection under the law?
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Originally Posted by ajmccarrell
Practice tolerance, I tolerare liberals, you can tolerate conservatives. Oh yeah, I forgot, conservatives are not people, so we don't deserve tolerance and liberals are superior. What am I thinking?!  |
I tolerate a lot of things, but I won't tolerate anyone who considers me to be a second-class citizen or worse.