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Originally posted by spoogenet
On Kerry's comments: Kerry is taking a stand. He's saying that the issue belongs up to the states. He's saying he doesn't agree with it, but he's not forcing his opinions down others throats as many Republicans are doing. Why must people discriminate and persecute gays so much? Now we want to build persecution into the Constitution? This country was suppoed to have been founded upon FREEDOM, we are fighting a war on terror to protect FREEDOM, what part of denying same-sex marriages says freedom to you? It doesn't hurt anybody, if anything it benefits us. Bush stands so tall talking about the "sacred institution of marriage." Why, then, do 50% of marriages end in divorce these days? If it's such a sacred life-long commitment, why all the failures? Should we make a Constitutional ammendment banning divorce as well? Bush mentions how we have learned about marriage from the millenia of human experience. Funny, because marriage is a WESTERN institution, not to mention the fact that polygamy is common everywhere but WESTERN cultures. Human experience in many parts of the world has taught us of polygamy, not the sacred union of one man and one woman till death or divorce do they part. Bush wants to write marriage as "the union of one man and one woman" into the Constitution, while leaving open the possibility of future crackdowns on civil liberties or making "gay marriage" a "civil union." Doesn't anybody realize that it's either semantics (meaningless) or is just a stepping stone to future abuse of civil liberty?

Well put. I also like how Bush wants to sink something like half a billion dollars to "promote the sanctity of marriage". So he's gonna spend half a billion just to become like a nagging mother that constantly asks you when you're gonna settle down? Also, last I checked, while marriage does have some legal implications, it's largely a religious ceremony. Why do I have to put up with Bush spending tax dollars I contributed to so he can lord his religious convictions over the rest of us? Ok...so he thinks marriage is sacred. So what? I used to think it was until too all of my friends and family started getting divorced in short order. His opinions are his own to keep...so long as he doesn't involve money I've paid to force his opinions on everyone.