Supreme Court delivers wins for gay marriage movement

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

I agree - it is unsettling. It should be.

I think it should be equally unsettling that, by ignoring Constitutional precedent and overturning DOMA simply b/c they thought it a "bad" law, the SC has rendered the two legally equivalent.

No , not in anyone's mind.

I will admit someone else said this but I do agree with it .


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Equal civil rights and gay marriage help to promote a stable community whereas polygamy and incest do not.

The short answer:
No. To promote stability in a community, defending a stabilizing factor such as gay marriage does not require one to also defend the unstable practices of polygamy and incest.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Giantone

No , not in anyone's mind.

I will admit someone else said this but I do agree with it .


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Equal civil rights and gay marriage help to promote a stable community whereas polygamy and incest do not.

The short answer:
No. To promote stability in a community, defending a stabilizing factor such as gay marriage does not require one to also defend the unstable practices of polygamy and incest.

I think that what JR is saying is that your argument would be the same that those opposing gay marriage would have used successfully 15-25 years ago. And his point is that, based on the text of the Supreme Court ruling, you can't use the same logic now. Hence it opens up an area, that most people even in this day and age, say is unacceptable.

[firstdown]

What if the sister looked like this. LOL

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule

I think that what JR is saying is that your argument would be the same that those opposing gay marriage would have used successfully 15-25 years ago. And his point is that, based on the text of the Supreme Court ruling, you can't use the same logic now. Hence it opens up an area, that most people even in this day and age, say is unacceptable.

Ding ding ding - We have a winner.

You must be related to someone brilliant. Probably an older brother.

[firstdown]

Originally Posted by Giantone

No , not in anyone's mind.

I will admit someone else said this but I do agree with it .


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Equal civil rights and gay marriage help to promote a stable community whereas polygamy and incest do not.

The short answer:
No. To promote stability in a community, defending a stabilizing factor such as gay marriage does not require one to also defend the unstable practices of polygamy and incest.

How does gay marriage make for a stable community?

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by firstdown

How does gay marriage make for a stable community?

The exact same way a heterosexual marriage would ,why would it not ?

[NC_Skins]

Originally Posted by firstdown

How does gay marriage make for a stable community?

How are gay couples any less (or more) stable than a heterosexual couple? Do the laws of physics change when they are together? Is it like putting extra neutrons into a atom making it unstable?

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by firstdown

How does gay marriage make for a stable community?

equality