<p>Yeah, I had a religious phase when I was in 7th-8th grade too. I wasn't really anti-gay, though - but I guess if you were more into it than me you might be. Here's for hoping JK grows out of it.</p>
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First of all, we're not talking about imposing religious prejudice on anyone. We're talking about maintaining a sense of moral decency in our country. It is wrong to state that the government should have no say in how our society thinks and works. Remember, that each state and local governments has its own laws regarding other controversial issues like abortion, the death penalty, and euthanasia. By sanctioning all adults in the United States to be able to make their "own" choices, you're also basically advocating abortion under any circumstance as well for instance. This type of liberal radicalism will degenerate the values of a free society since there is no check on what a American citizen can or cannot do and thus corrupts the country. Indeed the government should and does interfere with the choices of Americs and adults when they are so radical that they threaten all the social standards and ethics that we hold dear.</p>
<p>I'm not sure if you're too knowledgeable on the purposes and functions of a democratic state but you can rest assured that it is in the best interest of the United States for the government to step in and moderate when the balance of liberalism and conservatism is so badly upset by extreme left-wing views such as your own that sacrifice the moral and ethical values of the country in favor of giving unlimited free expression to the "common" citizen. Even a free and capitalistic society such as ours need to have limits on how liberal we allow our laws and beliefs to get.</p>
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Oh well, I would still do you any day regardless of what you believe baby.;)</p>
<p>i'm glad you love me unconditionally.</p>
<p>That's what interracial internet love is all about Amy.</p>
<p>evil asian, i suggest you avoid trying to stir up a debate. it seems like you're making deliberate comments to anger the liberals on this thread. no one has to agree on anything, so drop it. we're already had enough.</p>
<p>that debate is SO three hours ago...</p>
<p>Kim Jung Il (aka evil<em>asian</em>dictator): It's not worth arguing here. There are at least 10 liberals for every conservitive.</p>
<p>martha and bill - well said.</p>
<p>That was the most pointless "appeals to emotion" and "appeals to tradition" I have read. Waste of bandwith.</p>
<p>Fair enough, Evil<em>Asian</em>Dictator, but my what do you consider 'morally indecent' about gay marriage or homosexuality in general? I do not consider this liberal radicalism - I consider it civil justice.</p>
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Oh come on now, are you seriously worried about having a harmless debate Jackson??? </p>
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Sure, but more like rile them up than "anger" them.</p>
<p> [quote=jackson17] no one has to agree on anything, so drop it. we're already had enough.
Hmm, aren't the liberals all for the open exhange of ideas Jackson??? Regardless, I'm merely presenting my point of view and I don't see how that should make anyone on this thread or site upset since they don't have to agree with me.</p>
<p>Oops, I didn't know debating was 'out'. Sorry.</p>
<p>Lets agree to disagree, Dictator - there will be other battles, my old nemesis...</p>
<p>we should have a weekly CC debate.</p>
<p>next week: euthenasia</p>
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Can anyone say irrational generalization???</p>
<p>Gee Bill, why do we have a majority of Republicans in the House and the Senate then??? Last time I checked, President Bush was also republican and conservative.</p>
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Good recovery man.:rolleyes:</p>
<p>Okay, this is my last post on the thread.</p>
<p>e<em>a</em>d: I agree that the government should legislate moral standards. I just think that this morality should be the morality of reason (based on philosophy and fact), rather than the morality of faith (based on religion). The reason for this is simple: all humans share the same faculty of reason (even if some people are "smarter" than others), but we hold vastly differing religious beliefs. To legislate religious morality is to legislate religious belief, and that infringes on religious freedom.</p>
<p>If you honestly believe that there are fact and reason-based reasons for seeing homosexuality as immoral, then I cannot hope to dissaude you, but I don't think you'll be able to come up with such reasons.</p>
<p>Erm I think he was talking about the ratio of left to right on CC, not America - you with your mind always hellbent on world domination...</p>
<p>read the first few pages of the thread, evil, but i doubt you'll find enough debate to satisfy your insatiable need for argument. i don't want to get into a debate with a republican tonight. there's only so many i can speak to in a day.</p>
<p>Very, very well said HDM. I agree completely.</p>
<p>YAY! I'm a member now...</p>
<p>btw Evil, its 3:15am my time so I don't think you'll find me at my liveliest for a debate</p>