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Post by vertigo on Mar 30, 2005 14:25:47 GMT -5
There is no gay 'lifestyle' beyond what it means to be gay, which is just the sexual preference. Stereotypes are generally bad. What you think of gay people or their 'lifestyle', or as you imply how they sleep around, should have nothing at all to do with whether they should be allowed to enter into marriage. Marriage should stand or fall indepently.
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Post by william on Mar 30, 2005 14:32:06 GMT -5
There is no gay 'lifestyle' beyond what it means to be gay, which is just the sexual preference. Stereotypes are generally bad. What you think of gay people or their 'lifestyle', or as you imply how they sleep around, should have nothing at all to do with whether they should be allowed to enter into marriage. Marriage should stand or fall indepently. I think it quite reasonable to consider whether thay would honor the traditions of the institution.
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Post by SSS on Mar 30, 2005 19:14:56 GMT -5
I think it quite reasonable to consider whether thay would honor the traditions of the institution. Why shouldn't they get a chance to? We don't seem to honor it that much these days.
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Post by Enuffalready on Mar 31, 2005 6:09:37 GMT -5
Why shouldn't they get a chance to? We don't seem to honor it that much these days. Good point! I was watching the news during the brief time when gay marriage was legalized in oregon and they sort of spotlighted this lesbian couple who had been together for 20+ years. This couple was extermley loving and devoted and lived very much the ideal american lifestyle with one small exception. It made me think damn they are a better married couple than my parents, a better married couple than a lot of people I know for that matter. To me people that have that much love and devotion to one another are in fact doing the institution the biggest honor there is.
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Post by vertigo on Mar 31, 2005 13:03:24 GMT -5
'Nuff said.
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Post by Filter on Apr 1, 2005 13:11:45 GMT -5
Why shouldn't they get a chance to? We don't seem to honor it that much these days. "We" sure didn't honor the sanctity of the Shiavo's marriage.
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Post by vertigo on Apr 2, 2005 15:53:10 GMT -5
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Post by SSS on Apr 3, 2005 1:51:43 GMT -5
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Post by Filter on Apr 4, 2005 16:23:20 GMT -5
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Post by SSS on Apr 5, 2005 18:50:23 GMT -5
Ah. Good point.
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Post by vertigo on Apr 6, 2005 14:55:28 GMT -5
These are my thoughts exactly. Ms Shiavo willfully entered the marriage contract, which basically gave her spouse that right. She should have put a clause in her will otherwise.
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Post by william on Apr 6, 2005 15:01:07 GMT -5
These are my thoughts exactly. Ms Shiavo willfully entered the marriage contract, which basically gave her spouse that right. She should have put a clause in her will otherwise. do you feel the same way about scott peterson? I have never seen a news story so split, I watch and listen to a wide range of media, from christian too unapoligeticly communist, and it was as if they were telling two different storys intthe Schivo case.
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Post by SSS on Apr 6, 2005 15:29:37 GMT -5
What the hell does the Scott Peterson case have to do with Terri Shiavo?
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Post by Enuffalready on Apr 7, 2005 3:22:06 GMT -5
do you feel the same way about scott peterson? You're comparing apples to oranges here, the peterson case was murder plain and simple. The Shaivo case was a medical decision. Even for someone who believes removing the feeding tube was wrong this is a huge stretch.
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Post by william on Apr 7, 2005 3:47:58 GMT -5
You're comparing apples to oranges here, the peterson case was murder plain and simple. The Shaivo case was a medical decision. Even for someone who believes removing the feeding tube was wrong this is a huge stretch. your right it is different at least for laci it was comparativly quick. but both were cold and callas.
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