Quote Originally Posted by Rabid View Post
What boat did he miss? They are fighting for the right to be equal and yes that is a right. Once that issue is off the table they very well may vote with the conservatives, i know a few that are business owners and have the same economic views as i do. Do not make this a political battle. It is quite small mined to think of it that way.

Gay marriage, Two consenting adults whose actions hurt nobody. Dog fighting, two consenting adults that force an animal that can not think or help them self's, into danger. Child marriage, like dog fighting it is two consenting adults that force two children that can not fight for or help them self's into a bad situation. Polygamy, if you want to put your self through that hell go for it! I am almost positive they were anti Mormon laws in the first place. Dog fighting and child marriage are not moral issues. They hurt someone or something that can not think or help them self's.

It is amazing how hard wired it is in most of us to dislike or be disgusted by the action of gays. That is not a bad thing because we are hard wired to procreate. However i can not discriminate against them because of this. No one is getting hurt by their actions, only an un-easy feeling. How can we as a people whom live under the Constitution and the bill of rights treat anyone that is doing no harm to those around them any less equality?
My point being is that marriage is not gaurenteed right in the constitution. So therefor it falls under the 10th amendment. Take California, the people against gay marriage. The most Liberal state in America voted overwhelmingly against gay marriage. But a few law makers didnt like that so they over turned it.

I'm not saying gays and whoever for that matter shouldn't have the same rights. People are fighting over the word marriage and what their definition is. For some is a commitment between 2 loving people. For others, it's religious. Hence why I have said in the eyes of the government everyone should be civil unions. Same rights. Leave the word marriage for religious institutions which it has been for centuries.