On 08/07/2010 08:34 PM, Ross Sauer -> Jeff Binkley wrote:
 RS> "Jeff Binkley -> Bob Ackley"  wrote
in news:9470$ALL-
 RS> POLITICS{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>>>>> One bit of nonsense (California's Proposition
8) was shown
 RS> to
 >>>>>>> nothing to it. Just anti-gay bigotry.

 JB>>>>>> So you are claiming that the bastion of liberalism,
 JB>>>>>> California, is made up of people who are mostly
anti-gay ?
 JB>>>>>> Does the will of the people matter any longer ?

 RS>>>>> Was it "the will of the people?"

 JB>>>> Yes, the majority voted for it.

 BA>>> If the "majority of the people" expressed their
"will" that all
 RS> Jews
 BA>>> be gassed and incinerated, that would be okay with you?

 JB>> A tad bit of a wild-eyed analogy. If the will of the people and the
 JB>> majority have no say then the opposite extreme is anarchy, which is
 RS> what
 JB>> you see at the far left. The answer is somewhere in the middle and I
 JB>> believe we still have the people who run government as a guiding
 JB>> principle of our liberty, not the other way around.

 RS> It used to be the "will of the people," (and polls taken
at that time
 RS> confirmed this, that the majority approved,) laws stating blacks were
 RS> forbidden by law from marrying whites, and in a few states, it was a
 RS> felony for a Jew to marry outside their faith.
 RS> Likewise for Muslims, Mormons, Catholics, Protestants, etc.

The only law against Mormons marrying was the Edmond-Tucker act of 1890
that made plural marriage illegal.

 RS> The only reason you are defending Prop. 8 is because it dovetails nicely
 RS> with your hysterical hatred of "teh gay."

Only an idiot would make such a point. Especially using the internet slang you use.

 RS> If two gays move in next door to your house, and are married, does it
 RS> "diminish" your *OWN* marriage, like the professional
gay-baiters claim?

You really should retake English composition.

 RS> Easy answer. No.

Marriage isn't a legal issue. Marriage is between a man and a woman. There
are legal means for gays to set up households and share wealth. There is no
real need for them to marry each other, other than to force the rest of
society to accept their perverted lifestyles.

 RS> Proposition 8 was narrowly passed, with 52% of the vote.

That isn't "narrow" that's called a clear majority. It's about
the same margin Obama won by.

 RS> After months of people being bombarded with ads full of lies and
 RS> bigotry.

That is your opinion for which you have no real support. All you have is opinion.

Ed

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