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By: timethief

timethief — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:31:35 +0000

@Mr. Gentlenibbles
I don’t get it either. I can’t see how anyone who truly believes in equality would seek to discriminate against any two consulting adults being issued a marriage license from their government.

Regardless of what guise they may wrap themselves in, or what excuses they may offer, people who do wish to see government services dispensed based on discrimination against any class of citizens are IMO ill placed within a democracy.

By: Mr. Gentlenibbles

Mr. Gentlenibbles — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:22:44 +0000

Thanks for the great post! I could not agree with you more. I just don’t understand peoples obsession with forcing their thoughts and beliefs on others sometimes.

Keep up the great work! Love your blog!

~Thenibblers

By: timethief

timethief — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:45:28 +0000

Hi Larry,
I’m so with you on this. I cannot bear to hear another hateful word. Hopefully, Californians will vote to end this discrimination.

By: Larry(GuitarMusings)

Larry(GuitarMusings) — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 05:07:44 +0000

Love your post. This is the third time I’ve read it and I have to thank you for writing it. I hope that California is a sign for future things to come and maybe just, just maybe we can move past this philosophy of hate.

By: brightfeather

brightfeather — Sat, 24 May 2008 17:54:22 +0000

@Christopher
I agree with everything you have said. I fall into the group who believe that religion has no legitimate place in or relevance to equality in the context of the government granting marriage licenses to two consenting citizens who are not already married.

IMO that is what the issue is really about. It’s a human rights issue. And, no country that claims, as America does, to be based on freedom of religion, equality and justice ought to have set up a system that discriminates against any class of citizens when it comes to access to government services.

Unfortunately, the myth that America is a Christian nation has prevailed since Europeans invaded the North American continent, killed legions of First Nations peoples, who they deemed to be “savages”, stole their land from them, destroyed their culture and spiritual belief system, abused them and, subjugated those who survived in the name of God.

Even the most cursory reading of the New Testament books reveals that the behavior described in the forgoing paragraph is not in keeping with the teachings attributed to Jesus. Hence objections to same sex marriages coming from Christians have absolutely no credibility today.