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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Not to mention that without the influence of the Supreme Court, which held the laws UnConstitutional in the first place, the 1964 Civil Rights Acts likely would not have happened.
Moreover, Loving v. Virginia was the Supreme Court, not the legislature or Congress, declaring, over vociferous religious objection and the vast majority of the popular opinoon, that it was okay for blacks and whites to marry. Alabama got around to taking that void law off of its books in like 2000, just in case the Court changed its mind.
This is why I think black people who voted against Prop. 8 should be teleported to prior to 1964 so they can see what it is like to sit in the back of the bus, drink from a sep. water fountain, go to a "sep. but equal" schools, etc. -- all based on the very religion they used to justify now voting for Prop. 8 
Again, the lang. in Loving:
Sounds familiar doesn't it.
And, of the Federal government would pass a law that said that civil unions have all the rights and benefits as traditional marriage, I'd be as happy as a pig in shiitte because that way the haters get to keep their precious marriage that the vast majority of them laugh in the face of the religious aspect of everyday 
. . . that wasn't rooted in bigotry. |
Which equals organized religion in this, and, frankly, most areas where rights are concerned. Sad, very true.
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Back to the topic at hand -- I am all for in this instance refusing to shop or do business with a Morman establishment that supported the hate. I mean that "church" used so many lies to scare people into voting for Prop. 8 that I think they could be sued.[/QUOTE]
Again, you lost in a fair and democratic election and your answer is to say it wasn't fair and run to the courts. This is getting funnier by the minute. Citing a bunch of history from five decades ago doesn't change it. Go file the lawsuit yourself and claim unfairness.
