02-08-2012, 08:15 PM
Grace62 wrote:
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Looks like we're going down a path similar to Loving v. Virginia, as was long predicted. A state cannot pass a law that treats one class of people differently without some compelling reason, and that reason cannot be religious belief. And marriage is a basic right. We've had gay couples marrying in the US for 8 years now, and longer in other countries, and the predicted calamities have not come to pass.
Sorry haters.
Marriage isn't a right and if the litmus test is 8 years then who cares about global warming, right? By the way, nice demonization with calling everyone who thinks marriage is between a man and a woman a 'hater." Classy move.
A pair of federal judges has now reached the conclusion that the basis for Prop 8 was dislike of gay people, pure and simple. I am far from alone in that "classy move."
And the Supreme Court has ruled that marriage is a right. See Loving V. Virginia, 1967.
In its decision, the court wrote:
“ Marriage is one of the "basic civil rights of man," fundamental to our very existence and survival..."
Trouble, I accept that you disapprove of gay people getting married. That's fine. We've had the argument before, and as I recall it was not particularly fruitful.
I think your side is going to lose. Don't really have anything to add.
So a pair of judges can divine and speak for the majority of Californians who voted for this? No idea that all of those liberals in what could be the most liberal state in the country all hate gay people. Give me a break. If I recall correctly, our little discussion was fruitless because you couldn't answer a single question.