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Old 04-18-2004, 01:06 PM   #12 (permalink)
Sparhawk
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Quote:
Originally posted by irateplatypus
i fully support gay rights, but i do not support the redefinition of the institution of marriage. it isn't a "right" for two people of the same sex to be married. heck, it isn't even lawful. lumping support of gay-rights and support of gay-marriage is, i believe, an imprecise way of discussing this issue.
It's the legislating of discrimination that bothers me. It really boggles my mind that in America there are folks who are denied rights that others possess. What's the difference between this and whites-only restaurants and bars?

Now, if it was the individual churches that were denied the right to refuse to marry gay people, that is different in my mind, and I lump that into the same pile as, say, private clubs.
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