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Re: Steve Young's family up against Mormon church on Prop. 8
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Originally Posted by saden1
The real argument here is not that anyone goes to jail but the denial of services available to heterosexuals to homosexuals based on the belief that the moral fabrics of our culture would be endangered if we did not.
You will note that this is the same argument used throughout history to oppress and discriminate against certain groups.
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I won't lie, I can see why someone who is a member of one of those "certain groups," having experienced discrimination would be so averse to any preference denied a given demographic, almost regardless of reason. I hope I worded that well.
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Thomas Paine
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