| Grex > Agora47 > #204: The Gay Marriage debate |
| response 283 of 293: | 
Dec 22 01:35 UTC 2003 |
That's good enough. Thanks, Joe.
| response 284 of 293: |
Dec 22 16:38 UTC 2003 |
Re resp:267: I think this is a problem with fundamentalism in general. Re resp:278: As a friend of mine put it, this is an "oops, we accidentally gave too many rights to a minority" amendment. I think putting such a thing in the Constitution is distasteful. There aren't any current Amendments that *take rights away*.
| response 285 of 293: |
Dec 22 17:35 UTC 2003 |
re #284: > There aren't any current Amendments that *take rights away*. Not currently, no. But of course the reason you needed to add that qualification is because of Prohibition, which should serve as a reminder to all of us that even the substantial barriers we have in place are no guarantee that poorly thought-out amendments won't make it into the Constitution.
| response 286 of 293: |
Dec 22 18:31 UTC 2003 |
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| response 287 of 293: |
Dec 22 20:10 UTC 2003 |
I sure hope that if we do end up with an ammendment prohibiting gay marriage, that we do not end up with organized crime smuggling in homosexuals from across the border...
| response 288 of 293: |
Dec 22 20:26 UTC 2003 |
I hope if the US ends up with an amendment banning bigotry and general right-wing stupidity they don't end up smuggling Tories from Canada.
| response 289 of 293: |
Dec 22 22:01 UTC 2003 |
Watch me make bru's head spin.. re #287: that's right! with benefits costs so much lower (because they're not allowed to have legally-recognized spouses or in many places to adopt children) employers will have a strong incentive to employ lower-cost homosexual workers and as a believer in unregulated market forces, you'll have to support their decision!
| response 290 of 293: |
Dec 22 22:06 UTC 2003 |
Heh. Wondrous.
| response 291 of 293: |
Dec 22 22:09 UTC 2003 |
(I'd think you'd _want_ to get rid of some Tories, twenex. ;)
| response 292 of 293: |
Dec 22 22:14 UTC 2003 |
I don't live inthe US or Canada, joe.
| response 293 of 293: |
Dec 22 22:30 UTC 2003 |
(I know.)