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One more state that I won't be visiting any time soon; assuming this happens.
The basic stuff makes babies, which continues the species. But survival of those offspring is benefited by a bonded pair. Sex for fun, of any kind as long as the two like it, strengthens the bond, which enhances survivability of the offspring. So the field is open to debate as whether it is an "aberration" from biologically normal or if it becomes normal because it has a positive effect on not just survival of the species, but its increase.
A thinking and learned Christian knows that you can't impose your moral beliefs on society or individuals for that matter. Christianity is a personal relationship with God. You don't become a Christian and then have a relationship. The relationship comes first and that makes you a Christian.
We have a government and a country/culture which respects religion, but doesn't follow one. Therefore, the Christian can't expect the rest of the country and the military to follow Christian morals unless there is a clear majority that favors it, and that moral position has a secular benefit as well. One that outweighs the alternative. One that has a basis independent from religion.
wikipedia said:In order to overcome the intermediate scrutiny test, it must be shown that the law or policy being challenged furthers an important government interest in a way that is substantially related to that interest.
One more state that I won't be visiting any time soon; assuming this happens.
Poor tigger might be forced to gay marry before long
Considering the way this country is going your sarcasm has a little too much truth in it for my tastes. Though it's much more likely that I would have to deal with it in other ways that I don't care to think about.
I love the perpetual fear that is inherent to conservatism.
As of April 2011, approximately 3.5% of American adults identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual, while 0.3% are transgender—approximately 11.7 million Americans.
Why would you let 3.5% of the overall population have so much power over you?
Fear forces preparedness.
It's not just the 3.5% who self-identify that way who are the problem. It's the millions of people who accept these ideologies as appropriate who are just as much the problem. They are the passive co-conspirators in this mess that keep the problem from ever being fixed or dealt with.
It's not just the 3.5% who self-identify that way who are the problem. It's the millions of people who accept these ideologies as appropriate who are just as much the problem. They are the passive co-conspirators in this mess that keep the problem from ever being fixed or dealt with.
It does? Where? What exact document or phrase in our Constitution specifically calls for separation of church and state?
The consitution doesn't specifically mention
Which results in what? Tolerance? What exactly is the problem?
If you don't like NASCAR do you resist going to states that host NASCAR races?
The problem to be fixed is you, not everyone else. You know there comes a point when you might want to look at yourself and say "Gee, maybe it isn't everyone else. Maybe I'm the problem".
We are not so slowly destroying the morals and values that were the foundation of this nation; and someday soon it is going to lead to our downfall.
Actually I've found over the years that it's when I AGREE with the majority that I'm wrong much more often than when I don't.
Tolerance IS the problem. I was taught that the acceptance of an improper act makes one as much at fault as committing that act yourself. We are not so slowly destroying the morals and values that were the foundation of this nation; and someday soon it is going to lead to our downfall.
Tolerance IS the problem. I was taught that the acceptance of an improper act makes one as much at fault as committing that act yourself. We are not so slowly destroying the morals and values that were the foundation of this nation; and someday soon it is going to lead to our downfall.
Tolerance IS the problem. I was taught that the acceptance of an improper act makes one as much at fault as committing that act yourself. We are not so slowly destroying the morals and values that were the foundation of this nation; and someday soon it is going to lead to our downfall.
I'd love to hear what Navy Pride has to say about this......
Why? It's the same broken record with him.
The 14th amendment has also been ruled to incorporate the bill of rights into the states.
States rights are less important than my rights.
This is absolutely correct. The rights of the individual supercede the rights of the states in most cases. The question is one of perameters, as I stated earlier, and what your rights actually are and what they are not... because when something is an unalienable right for one individual, it has an affect on other individuals. There is some duty to ensure that the granting a new right (by interpreting the constitution, case law, or other precedent to expressly include it.. or by passing altogether new legislation) does not violate the rights of another. This is why I believe the requirements of state issued marriage licenses are better left to the states. There is no such thing as a federal marriage. The states issue the licenses and the states should determine whether they wish to offer them at all, and if so, to whom. It is not a federal issue. The fewer federal laws, the better. Kudos to Washington State. This is the way it should be done.
So you would be for striking DOMA down, correct?