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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
This post took me a while. SecretMethod got in there before me. Great minds... erm whatever.
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Wait...so I'm not a great mind?...or is it you?...now I'm confused
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Originally posted by 4thTimeLucky
By the way Secret, did you notice your quote up there on the list of shame?
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heh yeah, and it actually still applies here. Note that one must obtain a "marriage license" to be married just like they must obtain a "driver's license" to drive. Driver's licenses are just much harder to get because it's a greater risk to the community at large to allow just anyone to drive. Still, it is perfectly within the government's right to deny a marriage license to a couple - hetero OR homosexual. It just doesn't really ever happen - at least on the heterosexual side.
Frankly, I wouldn't be opposed to seeing that change. Let's get some requirements for marriage licenses - mandatory pre-marriage counseling and such. It'd help the divorce rate a ton.
Of course, I also think that something should be done so that people aren't allowed to vote unless they can show knowledge of at least 3 of the major candidates in a race and some of the main issues which are being debated. Not discrimination based on race, sex, or creed - just discrimination based on ignorance. Ignorant people should not be voting in political matters, they should be voting on the next M&M color.
Whether I agree with homosexual marriage or not, we have a representative democracy in place which allows for the majority, in most cases, to vote the people in office that represent their beliefs. If the majority believes that homosexual marriages are wrong, then so be it. If I disagree I'll keep voting for someone who believes they're right and will work to change that in hopes more people will do the same.