tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9625723.post110564217747819359..comments2023-09-01T08:51:02.868-04:00Comments on Black, White, Left, & Right: RI Civil Rights Roundtable DiscussionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9625723.post-1106316206437187252005-01-21T09:03:00.000-05:002005-01-21T09:03:00.000-05:00Matt,
your own words speak against you. You say i...Matt,<br /><br />your own words speak against you. You say in Kent. it is illegal for whites to marry non-whites. Then you say gay marriage is a human rights issues.<br /><br />There's a contradiction. If something is a right, it is a right. Rights can come by contracts or by birth.<br />Example, if we became business partners we would spell out the rights of each partner therein. <br /><br />The so called 'right to marry' is not a right gained by being a human. Marriage is a religious construct and one that this government has honored. (What would be more interesting would be the call to abolish marriage b/c of its religious roots. You know that whole separation of church and state thing *wink*.) That is close to saying, because I am a human I have the right to do whatever I please. That's walking the dangerous line to anarchy. <br /><br />Instead, debate has been ongoing since the inception of the Constitution over who has rights and what those are. For instance, there were thousands of Jim Crow laws effectively running the country, AFTER the passage of the 14th amendment. If the question of 'rights' was/is so clear-how did a century go by until the implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? <br /><br />Easy answer. This country is continually redefining what rights are as we mold and change our views. Perhaps 50 years from now someone will be calling for the 'right' to marry as many men, women, and children as they well please using the same argument you are using.<br /><br />Heck, you may be an old-timer then thinking, 'how could these crazy people think it's a right to marry a horse'<br />But until gay marriage activist stop saying that it is their 'right' to marry and start recognizing that they need to sway a poplulace to grant them the privilege of marriage...it's not going to happen.<br />11 states...11 said no to gay marriage. They don't believe it is a right moreso than I do.Ruminatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12227928106760426538noreply@blogger.com