So pretty much anything goes
Got it
Your words,not mine.
If states want to put it up for a vote for the people to decide, I don't have a problem with that. If gays get the special right to try and change what the definition of marriage is though, then you have to allow all the other different interest groups that want to change the definition have their chance too.
Don't they already have that ability?
There are plenty of straight people out there who want the definition to change.
I believe the word is called "a majority".
Interracial marriage has nothing to do with same sex marriage. It was discrimination based upon race.
Discrimination based on sexuality is still discrimination.
Not a special sexual interest group trying to change the definition from man + woman to man + ? or woman + ?.
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Oh I get it.I see what you are trying to do.
You're trying to lump gays with pedophiles and people who want to marry their cow.
By using the term "sexual interest group" you are trying to portray gay people as something sinister.
You do realize my daughter is gay,right?
There is nothing "sinister" about her.
And she's way to busy with her studies at med school to even be a part of any "sexual interest group".
Comparing gay marriage to the real struggle of Blacks is racist and insensitive.
You do realize I'm black,right?
And that my parents were active members of the civil rights movement.
So why don't you tell me ALL about the struggle WE blacks went through.
Especially my parent.Because I had a ringside seat.
My parents went through hell so that I can have the rights that I enjoy as an American citizen.
Things that I witnessed with my own two eyes growing up.
My wife and I can do no less for our daughter.
Having black skin is not the same thing as being attracted to the same sex.
Never said it was.Are you saying being attracted to the same sex is a bad thing?
If I recall correctly, for a very long time,in many states,a black man being attracted to a white woman was a reason for a lynching.
See above. It's racist if you compare Gays demanding special rights to the real struggle that blacks have gone through in this country.
It's insensitive and demeans the real struggle blacks had to go through to achieve racial equality.
I know first hand about the struggle we blacks had to go through, because I witnessed it growing up with my parents.
Have you ever seen your father beaten by cops during a peaceful civil rights demonstration?
I have.
Ever had the words "niggers get out" painted on your front door?
I had when I was growing up.
Ever got beaten up by a bunch of jocks in highschool just because you asked a girl of their race out?
I have.
You do realize that I am married to a white woman also?
So don't even try to drop the innuendo that I'm racist.
For some reason,I don't think you are a "very liberal" at all.
Marriage not a civil right.
Again,that's you opinion.
Civil right's isn't a "black thing" in civil rights.
And maybe it's time we include "marriage"
Marriage isn't in the Bill of Rights. Marriage is not in the Constitution.
It's not prohibited by the Constitution,either.And the Constitution can be changed you know
The Founding Fathers never would have approved of same sex marriage. It was an alien concept to them.
But quite a number of them had no problem owning slaves,now did they?
We live in the 21st century.They didn't.
Things have changed a bit since their time.
Go build a time machine,grab a few of them,and lets here what THEY have to say about the subject.
The Founding Fathers were human beings,not Gods we have to worship.
They weren't perfect.
Marriage is not a Civil Right. It's a Social Contract and an institution with specific social and economic purposes. Not everyone has the right to marry whatever they want
I couldn't help notice you used the term "whatever" rather than ""whomever" they want.
Dehumanizing the other (in this case,you are dehumanizing gays) is the mark of a would be dictator.
Claiming it's a Civil Right is an emotional argument. Not a logical one.
Are you even married?
There's way more emotions involved in marriage than there is logic.