More importantly though: Can we now shut up about this issue? Can this be the *last* time I hear about "gay rights"?
Are you kidding? Of course it's not the end. It will never be the end.
Just today I was downtown and some guys were taking surveys or some such about "gay rights in the workplace". If it wasn't for the fact that I was in a moving crowd and by the time I realized what he'd said I was past him, I would have asked, "What MORE rights do you want?!"
Please? This stupid, pathetic, divisive distraction of an issue has taken up entirely too much public attention over a time when we had real issues, important issues that were developing to crisis levels.Upending the entirety of society, taking away the rights of those who don't agree, and forcing their morality on us, all by changing the meaning of marriage to mean, "Whatever you want" is pretty darned serious
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Y' know, I think I have to agree with you on this.
The subject of the decision, meh. If a man wants to marry his dog, that's a matter between him and his Creator - and nobody else's business, yours or mine.
But that something this fundamental to American society should be imposed by imperial fiat - that neither we, the people of the United States nor our elected representatives were given any say in the matter - that, as you say, our right to disagree was simply taken away - this is deeply wrong. This was not a Constitutional Amendment, this was not any reflection of the will of the people - this was decided by half-a-dozen-plus one people sitting in a room in Washington DC.
A more blatant example of “legislating from the bench” could hardly be imagined. And there's nothing that can be done! An amendment can be overturned - and yes, a later Supreme Court could overturn this decision, in theory - but the precedent, that fundamental decisions about the basic fabric and structure of our society can be decided by Federal court
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Are you kidding? Of course it's not the end. It will never be the end.
Just today I was downtown and some guys were taking surveys or some such about "gay rights in the workplace". If it wasn't for the fact that I was in a moving crowd and by the time I realized what he'd said I was past him, I would have asked, "What MORE rights do you want?!"
Please? This stupid, pathetic, divisive distraction of an issue has taken up entirely too much public attention over a time when we had real issues, important issues that were developing to crisis levels.Upending the entirety of society, taking away the rights of those who don't agree, and forcing their morality on us, all by changing the meaning of marriage to mean, "Whatever you want" is pretty darned serious ( ... )
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Y' know, I think I have to agree with you on this.
The subject of the decision, meh. If a man wants to marry his dog, that's a matter between him and his Creator - and nobody else's business, yours or mine.
But that something this fundamental to American society should be imposed by imperial fiat - that neither we, the people of the United States nor our elected representatives were given any say in the matter - that, as you say, our right to disagree was simply taken away - this is deeply wrong. This was not a Constitutional Amendment, this was not any reflection of the will of the people - this was decided by half-a-dozen-plus one people sitting in a room in Washington DC.
A more blatant example of “legislating from the bench” could hardly be imagined. And there's nothing that can be done! An amendment can be overturned - and yes, a later Supreme Court could overturn this decision, in theory - but the precedent, that fundamental decisions about the basic fabric and structure of our society can be decided by Federal court ( ... )
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Might as well burn the Constitution and start over. It certainly means nothing to our leaders anymore. They say what goes, and that's it.
I swear, I don't even recognize this country anymore.
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