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bluedawg12 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-09 08:57 AM
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5. Their use of "holy" is just an adjective to go before their bigotry.
They wrap themselves in the flag, the Bible and bacon.
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  -I think people are outrageous liars about equal marriage. La Lioness Priyanka  Feb-27-09 08:47 AM   #0 
  - The lie is that "holy" marriage has ever meant as much as they claim it does.  patrice   Feb-27-09 08:50 AM   #1 
  - Their use of "holy" is just an adjective to go before their bigotry.  bluedawg12   Feb-27-09 08:57 AM   #5 
  - Repeat after me ....Bigotry and Greed with a Halo  TWiley   Feb-28-09 12:11 PM   #44 
  - What makes the claim that marriage is a religious institution so bogus is...  TechBear_Seattle   Feb-27-09 08:58 AM   #6 
  - AFAIK Justices of the peace can officiate in all states  SPedigrees   Feb-27-09 09:34 AM   #10 
  - Maine, North Carolina and Florida notaries public can OFFICIATE at weddings  TechBear_Seattle   Feb-27-09 09:44 AM   #12 
  - Here's how it works.  Pacifist Patriot   May-27-09 11:52 AM   #55 
  - In Alaska, even private citizens have the right to marry someone once.  Hermit Extrovert   May-27-09 05:31 PM   #59 
  - If they were truthful..  friedgreentomatoes   Mar-01-09 08:10 PM   #52 
  - Sadly, I think you're dead-on correct.....  SacredCow   Feb-27-09 08:53 AM   #2 
  - They will attack any demand for equality- we might as well go for it, then  bluedawg12   Feb-27-09 08:55 AM   #3 
  - u go grrrl! totally behind you on this.  sui generis   Feb-27-09 08:55 AM   #4 
  - Well said!!  patrice   Feb-27-09 06:52 PM   #31 
  - recommend  xchrom   Feb-27-09 09:04 AM   #7 
  - thank you  La Lioness Priyanka   Feb-27-09 09:33 AM   #9 
  - deceit is a core value of a group basing its morals on a fabricated myth and fairy tale nt  msongs   Feb-27-09 09:05 AM   #8 
  - Completely agree.  closeupready   Feb-27-09 09:40 AM   #11 
  - Sadly, I think you are absolutely right.  JohnnyLib2   Feb-27-09 09:49 AM   #13 
  - Frankly Marriage is not equal  Froward69   Feb-27-09 10:12 AM   #14 
  - Because the government showers married people with all kinds of rights  closeupready   Feb-27-09 12:27 PM   #16 
  - I agree with you, in spirit.....  SacredCow   Feb-27-09 01:01 PM   #18 
     - OK granted  Froward69   Feb-28-09 02:43 PM   #48 
        - It should be that way everywhere....  SacredCow   Feb-28-09 03:58 PM   #49 
  - That's a GOOD thing. It means they can see the tide of public opinion is shifting.  TheWraith   Feb-27-09 11:51 AM   #15 
  - could you clarify that? i dont understand your comment  La Lioness Priyanka   Feb-27-09 12:45 PM   #17 
  - The public is becoming more sympathetic to gay rights and less tolerant  TheWraith   Feb-27-09 02:34 PM   #24 
     - but they are not. they have not moved the conversation from marriage to civil unions. nt  La Lioness Priyanka   Feb-27-09 02:39 PM   #25 
     - If we are still thinking along the lines of "personal attitudes" of people  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 09:26 AM   #37 
  - HAHAHAHA  Maven   Feb-27-09 01:26 PM   #20 
  - I don't know if wailing about an almost mainstream POV  mitchtv   Feb-27-09 01:31 PM   #21 
  - sure  Two Americas   Feb-27-09 03:22 PM   #30 
  - Yup. And many on the left (some well-meaning, others not so much) help propagate this lie  Maven   Feb-27-09 01:24 PM   #19 
  - Maybe there homosexuality needs to be a religion for us to have rights  TEmperorHasNoClothes   Feb-27-09 02:08 PM   #22 
     - there used to be a Church of St. Priapus  mitchtv   Feb-27-09 02:11 PM   #23 
     - I've said that before in jest  NMMNG   Feb-27-09 08:40 PM   #33 
  - Self-Delete.  SidneyCarton   Feb-27-09 02:49 PM   #26 
  - ?  La Lioness Priyanka   Feb-27-09 02:53 PM   #27 
     - Wrong place. n/t  SidneyCarton   Feb-27-09 02:56 PM   #28 
  - The truth is that they will use any excuse they can to use someone as a scapegoat  DarkTirade   Feb-27-09 03:01 PM   #29 
  - Any excuse! Rather than do something about the one thing they CAN do anything about, themselves.  patrice   Feb-27-09 07:05 PM   #32 
     - Well they don't need to do anything about themselves...  DarkTirade   Feb-27-09 09:30 PM   #34 
        - The rw is in disarray and I bet they are even more desperate and dangerous  bluedawg12   Feb-27-09 11:40 PM   #35 
        - I don't have to imagine it.  patrice   Feb-28-09 10:02 AM   #39 
        - Yep. Which is, of course, BLASPHEMY.  patrice   Feb-28-09 09:58 AM   #38 
           - Hubris. The sin of hubris.  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 10:15 AM   #40 
              - I don't think of them as sins anymore, but more like mistakes in an organic path  patrice   Feb-28-09 10:41 AM   #42 
                 - I agree we are all on our own paths  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 02:05 PM   #46 
  - K&R!  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 01:02 AM   #36 
  - If all Democrats actually united along "Progressive" principles  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 10:19 AM   #41 
  - The Lie is that the religious people have a valid point.  TWiley   Feb-28-09 11:49 AM   #43 
  - Hit the nail on the head.  Fearless   Feb-28-09 12:13 PM   #45 
  - I gather the rw is in the midst of a struggle for it's own identity  bluedawg12   Feb-28-09 02:10 PM   #47 
     - Yeah. We're getting there, for sure...  Fearless   Feb-28-09 09:46 PM   #50 
  - That is the exact reason why we should not settle for anything less. n/t  friedgreentomatoes   Mar-01-09 08:08 PM   #51 
  - kick  La Lioness Priyanka   May-27-09 11:08 AM   #53 
  - Kick...  SacredCow   May-27-09 11:32 AM   #54 
  - Completely correct.  Chovexani   May-27-09 12:17 PM   #56 
  - "...core, founding value of this country?"  Deep13   May-27-09 12:38 PM   #57 
  - Totally agree.  Starry Messenger   May-27-09 01:04 PM   #58 
 

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