Prop 8 Nov. 15 Protest

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

The United States is not a theocracy. Rights should not be recognized based on morality teachings of one religion.

A nation needn't be a theocracy in order to base its legal framework on the moral teachings of a relgion -- many if not most nations have done the latter without being theocracies.

[LightBulb]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

A nation needn't be a theocracy in order to base its legal framework on the moral teachings of a relgion -- many if not most nations have done the latter without being theocracies.

A nation needn't disfranchise citizens for the sake of the "morals" of one (or more) constituency(ies).

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by LightBulb

A nation needn't disfranchise citizens for the sake of the "morals" of one (or more) constituency(ies).

MysticCat and I agree.

We are just responding to your assertions about what the United States is and what it was designed to be. That's a different discussion.

[Munchkin03]

BUMP!

NY Op-Ed writer (this is old, I know) lays the blame of Proposition 8 on the feet of bitter black women in California!!!! OH THE INHUMANITY:


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/op...sq=blow&st=cse

[sigmadiva]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

BUMP!

NY Op-Ed writer (this is old, I know) lays the blame of Proposition 8 on the feet of bitter black women in California!!!! OH THE INHUMANITY:


http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/29/op...sq=blow&st=cse

Most of what he says in the article is true, but I think it is a lame cop out to blame it solely on Black women. I also don't think he considered the number of Black women who are lesbians who would have voted differently.

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Why, oh why did I read that article? It was mostly a statistical bash fest than a real analysis. I mean, I get his point, but he barely made it.