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   From: fmhlaw@comcast.net   
      
   On 10/1/2014 6:53 PM, Scout wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > "Just Wondering" wrote in message   
   > news:542c9eef$0$16363$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net...   
   >> On 10/1/2014 6:31 PM, Scout wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Just Wondering" wrote in message   
   >>> news:542c8b40$0$4797$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net...   
   >>>> On 10/1/2014 2:53 PM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>> Just Wondering wrote in news:542c5f8d$0$1917   
   >>>>> $882e7ee2@usenet-news.net:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On 10/1/2014 11:01 AM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Mitchell Holman wrote in   
   >>>>>>> news:XnsA3B8D3316F71Anoemailattnet@216.196.121.131:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> Just Wondering wrote in   
   >>>>>>>> news:542b5c88$0$4889$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> On 9/30/2014 6:41 PM, Wayne wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "Free Lunch" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:lkim2a5da62hdaq7rrjt4p8b4leuhd4jrl@4ax.com...   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 16:50:00 -0700, "Wayne"   
   >>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> "Free Lunch" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>> news:8scm2ah87nmqg5smgf28h35ur47qkf5n11@4ax.com...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:36:48 -0400, WangoTango   
   >>>>>>>>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> In article <5426724f$0$27326$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> fmhlaw@comcast.net says...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/26/2014 10:27 PM, WangoTango wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article <54234070$0$1917$882e7ee2@usenet-news.net>,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> fmhlaw@comcast.net says...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/24/2014 3:59 PM, WangoTango wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In article ,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mygarbagecan@verizon.net says...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "David J. Hughes" wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> news:HdzUv.240259$JH1.29846@fx08.iad...   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/23/2014 12:57 PM, BeamMeUpScotty wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/23/2014 11:27 AM, Lee wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> La. state judge: Gay marriage ban unconstitutional   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sept 22 2014   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Louisiana's ban on same-sex marriage is   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> unconstitutional, in part because it   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> violates equal protection rights, a state   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> judge ruled Monday.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Protection of what right?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Fourteenth Amendment, section one   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # "1. All persons born or naturalized in the United   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> States,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and subject to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United   
   >>>>> States   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> and >>>> of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # State wherein they reside. No State shall make or   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> enforce   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> any   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> law   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> which   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # shall abridge the privileges or immunities of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> citizens of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the United   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> liberty, or   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # property, without due process of law; nor deny to any   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> person within its   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # Contract laws, of which marriage laws are a subset,   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> should   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> not # discriminate on anything other than the ability to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> consent or enter into   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> # a valid contract.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nice cite. Too bad it isn't relevant except in the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> strange   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> minds >>>> of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> proggies.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Assume that man A has the right to marry a woman, and   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> man B   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> the   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> marry a woman.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> In what weird world of logic does that mean that man A   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> has a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> right to marry   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> man B?   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Because there is nothing stopping them from any other   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> type of   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> contractual agreement, duh.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Sure there is. Many types of contracts are void on public   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> policy grounds.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Ah, you got a hair splitter for Christmas, how nice.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>> How about they are afforded equal protection under the law.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> They already are. They always have been. A person's right to   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> marry is not affected by sexual orientation. A man can   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> marry a   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> woman, and a woman marry a man, regardless of whether   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> either or   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> both of them is heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, or any   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> other   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> ___sexual you care to name.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>    
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> # It's routine for the bigots to make that claim.    
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> So "bigot" equals someone who doesn't agree with you?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> # No. Bigot is someone who makes silly claims to justify their   
   >>>>>>>>>> refusal to # treat others the way they are treated under the law.   
   >>>>>>>>>> fmhlaw@comcast.net # is one such bigot.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> OK, so someone who disagrees with you is a bigot and makes silly   
   >>>>>>>>>> claims?   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> It sounds like in his book, someone who points out a virtually   
   >>>>>>>>> universal historical truth as old as the institution of marriage   
   >>>>>>>>> itself, that contradicts what in his mind is "how things should   
   >>>>>>>>> be",   
   >>>>>>>>> is a bigot making silly claims.   
   >>>>>>>> What is that "historical truth"?   
   >>>>>>>> Arranged marriage?   
   >>>>>>>> Forced marriage?   
   >>>>>>>> Polygamous marriage?   
   >>>>>>>> Child marriage?   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Among others.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Do y'all really lose track of a thread's subject so quickly? I had   
   >>>>>> pointed out that marriage is between a man and a woman.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Yep.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> That is a   
   >>>>>> historical truth.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Not necessairly.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> The result of a marriage is a relationship consisting   
   >>>>>> of a husband and a wife. That is a historical truth. NOT two   
      
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