GPS_Flex
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Try marrying your mother in any state and tell us how it works out.alex said:What gives the government or the people it governs the right to tell people who they can or cannot marry?
Your sexual preference doesn’t qualify as a minority. Get a clue.YamiB. said:The minority should not have to wait for the majority to overcome it's bigotry to get equal rights, the government should work to give the minority equal rights regardless of what the majority wants.
History was never your strongest subject was it Yami?YamiB. said:If we allowed the majority to decide it would have been much longer for segregation to end, slavery to end, women to get the right to vote, and interracial marriages being legal.
I’m from California and I know for a fact that the majority of Californians oppose gay marriage.ShamMol said:Being probably the only one from California here, let me tell you that the majority, not vast, supports it.
I too have lived in California all my life and I assure you that you don’t know more about it than me. Your numbers are crap and we both know it. Appointing yourself the ultimate authority on California is rather arrogant if you ask me. I have lived in every major metropolis in this state and currently live in the state’s capitol, Sacramento.ShamMol said:I have lived in California all my life and I know a tad bit about it. In the past 5 or so years, the state has really changed more to the liberal side on the way of affording rights, especially to gays and this means that what was once a 40% minority is now a 55-60% majority.
Interesting ShamMol. I suppose the fact that the same people voted in the Governor is irrelevant and shouldn’t be considered in the same context because…well because…why?ShamMol said:So, just to reiterate-they may have voted one way, but then they flip-flopped and voted in congress people who were pro-equality. That was what I was saying-am I wrong in that regard? And since I will assume that I am not-it logically follows that since they voted thsoe people in, they want those people to take their place in the democratic process and vote as their...proxy in important issues to represent their views (which is the way a representative democracy works, you know?).
Governor vetoes bill, but people elected everyone but governor to think for them, even though governor vetoes bill because last popular vote said people don’t want said bill? Is that how it works in California SamMol? Get a clue!
The Governor is a branch of government. If people in California wanted gay marriages legal, they would have elected a Governor who wouldn’t veto the bill, right?
I love the point someone else made about how you Democrats think every vote should count and how you throw the word “disenfranchised” around like it is a federal crime if some dipstick who is too stupid too figure out a voting ballot loses his vote for being an utter moron, but as soon as the government does anything to advance gay rights, you think it’s a good thing that the majority of people don’t get to choose. How two faced and indecisive can you liberals be? Do you want every vote to count or do you want more enlightened people to decide for us? If you want every vote to count, why do you have a problem with the Governor’s veto?
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