| *Breaking News* Voters to Decide Same-sex Marriage in California; Originally Posted by The silenced majority
I was just making the point that the people who actually fought for equal ... |
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Originally Posted by The silenced majority  I was just making the point that the people who actually fought for equal rights for blacks, probably wouldn't have been too keen about gay marriage. Supporters of gay marriage often point to the civil rights struggle for blacks when making a case for gay marriage. I feel that may be offensive to blacks.
| Coretta Scott King differs with your assessment of where he would be on this issue. Coretta Scott King - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
So does circumstantial evidence...
for example
Association with - Bayard Rustin... Bayard Rustin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Martin Luther King, Jr. - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Quote: |
African American civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, who had studied Gandhi's teachings,[19] counseled King to dedicate himself to the principles of non-violence,[20] served as King's main advisor and mentor throughout his early activism,[21] and was the main organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.[22] Rustin's open homosexuality, support of democratic socialism, and his former ties to the Communist Party USA caused many white and African-American leaders to demand King distance himself from Rustin.[23]
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I wasn't talking about King Jr., I was talking about his dad and the Black Civil rights leaders of the 1950's.
MLKjr & his contemporaries in the 60's civil rights movement were far more liberal and radical in many regards. | |
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07-18-08, 07:05 PM
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So now gay marriage is "radical liberal" action... 
I guess the majority of the people in CA for gay marriage (according to the poll posted earlier) are all radical liberals then. | |
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Originally Posted by Orius So now gay marriage is "radical liberal" action...
I guess the majority of the people in CA for gay marriage (according to the poll posted earlier) are all radical liberals then. | That's a pretty good spin yourself.  | |
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When I started this thread I did not mean for it to be another run of the mill thread about whether gay marriage was right or wrong............The point I was making was the California SC did not try and block the referendum from getting on the ballot..........
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Originally Posted by Navy Pride When I started this thread I did not mean for it to be another run of the mill thread about whether gay marriage was right or wrong............The point I was making was the California SC did not try and block the referendum from getting on the ballot.......... | Err and so you wanted it to end there?
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So fine, at one point they were activist judges and now they are not right? | |
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Originally Posted by winston53660 Err and so you wanted it to end there?
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So fine, at one point they were activist judges and now they are not right? |
THey are activist judges who realized that they ****ed up big time by making law instead of interpreting it.................... | |
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Originally Posted by Navy Pride THey are activist judges who realized that they ****ed up big time by making law instead of interpreting it.................... | Yeah like those activist judges that decided interracial marriage ban was wrong right?
It's funny and sad that we see conservatives the most to want to discriminate. | |
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Originally Posted by Navy Pride They are activist judges who realized that they ****ed up big time by making law instead of interpreting it.................... | What ever you say Mr. Burger King. Fact of the matter is however there was nothing in the CA Constitution about gay marriage to prevent it and there was nothing against people lobbying for an amendment to out law state recognition of gay marriage. | |
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Originally Posted by Navy Pride When I started this thread I did not mean for it to be another run of the mill thread about whether gay marriage was right or wrong............The point I was making was the California SC did not try and block the referendum from getting on the ballot.......... | Assuming that the amendment's backers fulfilled all the necessary legal requirements to get it on the ballot, why would the court block it? 
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