Posted by rayww on November 14, 2008, at 14:26:38
In reply to Re: Keith Olberman on Prop 8 » rayww, posted by Nadezda on November 14, 2008, at 10:03:13
> But just as nothing will change your mind about prop. 8, nothing will change mine.
It is good that we can agree to disagree then. Thank goodness for a democracy that leaves us free to do just that. Have you noticed that as soon as the president is elected, the people (generally speaking) get behind him with support? It's called majority rule. The same applies here. If the majority rules in favor of same sex marriage, or whatever you want to label it, the law and the people stand by the decision. It becomes difficult when an issue such as this crosses over into religion because some say it isn't religious, but others say it is a basic god-spelled-out doctrine. The great war will be between god-spelled-out doctrine, and whatever you call the rest of it. We have a growing divide, and it will continue to spread. People are gathering now. I doubt there will be fence sitters.
How would allowing gay marriage narrow this divide? It certainly won't make it not a sin to those on the side of god-spelled-out doctrine. Hey, but if the majority vote for it I'll live with it. If it comes time to ban religion, or ban marriage all together there will be a civil war. Not one born of hate, but of love. Love for God, love for our wives our husbands and our children, love for liberty. I'm sure you could say the same. Maybe we'll both be on the same side of the divide. Maybe there will grow a side that wants to ban marriage and religion all together, make both illegal, and kill those who get caught doing it. Hey, anything's possible. Hopefully those suber radical extreme ideas won't creep into our society because of not allowing gays to marry people of the same sex.
There isn't much more that can be said on the subject, except prepare for what is to come. I, with my obsessive compulsive nature need to pull myself away from the computer too.
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