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Originally Posted by gumdrop
Sorry to burst your bubble but "marriage" has had many incarnations throughout history, culture and civilization.
It continues to be "rewritten" as man evolves.
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So when has it been other than a husband and wife?
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Originally Posted by ShellyCrash
I agree. Its so ironic that the majority of people that call for "smaller government" also push for more imposing government regulations. We live in a land of contradiction.
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Not about more regulations, just don't want to change the meaning of Marriage
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Personally, I think the word marriage should be taken out of the arguement completely and everyone wanting to bond themselves to another individual should be documented as a "civil union"- hetero and same sex couples alike. So for instance you don't apply for a marriage license, you apply for a civil union license, etc. It's up to the couple if they want to call it marriage or not. Religion should be taken completely out of the equasion.
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I could live with that, call it a civil union, then when they get a divorce, we can call that a UNcivil union
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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
1. Again, "the people" don't get to vote on basic rights provided by the constitution. It never should have been a vote in the first place.
2. That's why we have a judicial branch. Not just to put criminals in prison, but to challenge retarded laws that were voted on by the people (the majority voting on protected rights for a minority group) and laws that were poorly conceived by legislators. That's why it's called "checks & balances". The system worked exactly as it's supposed to.
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But it did go to a vote and that was thrown out by a judge that should have removed himself from the decision because of being openly gay
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Carbon is not the problem, it makes up 0.041% of our atmosphere , 95% of that is from Volcanos and decomposing plants and stuff. So people in the US are responsible for 13% of the carbon in the atmosphere which 95% is not from Humans, like cars and trucks and stuff and they want to spend trillions to fix it while Solar Panel plants are powered by coal plants
think about that