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Struggling with the concept...
By Pythagoras in Fortiter in re, Suaviter in Modo
February 7, 2012

Article on the overturn of the ban on Gay Marriage

Okay California... I get it. You're concerned about freedoms....NOT!

Had to dig on Cali but I am perplexed and could use your opinion on a few matters for an eventual blog.

  1. Should the Federal/State Government be able to tell you who you can and cannot Marry?

  2. What are the "rights" that are protected by the US Constitution?

  3. Is Marriage a religious institution or is it a right?

Careful, this is a loaded question and should not be handled by those who have not had the appropriate training in handling a loaded question. Questions don't kill people, people who give answers....they don't either but I am sure you get the idea. Plus, that joke was really starting to drag on....

Holy cow! did you see that? I tied, Gay marriage, religious rights, constitutional rights and gun control up in one question! Totally un-intentional but that is the beauty of sarcasm. Not really a loaded question, I really want your opinion on this.

  1. What are "Gay Rights?

I was asked, while walking the 16th Street Mall here in Denver, if I supported Gay Rights. I really wanted to debate this but instead I said, "Not Really" with a very puzzled look on my face and kept walking. I was actually in a hurry and on a mission of sorts or I would have had the discussion. Just really wanted to get to where I was going. Then I got to thinking about it. So I looked it up...and found nothing. No site that could tell me what Rights are being violated. So I would like to know, what rights are being violated. Just want to understand so when I am accosted again I can give an educated response and not sound like "that guy".

I know this sounds a little sarcastic but I would really like my home town's opinion on this. I trust and value your opinion, part of the reason I have a blog in the advocate and not the Denver Post.

Help me understand, educate me.

Thanks! Pythagoras: A^2 + B^2 = C^2

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  • PatB PatB Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    How's this"
    Let's drop the word "rights". It's way overdone. I like "freedoms" better. That being said,Gay Freedoms are the same as Non-Gay freedoms. Only people keep trying to make them different by saying that the courts are overridding the MAJORITY!! I can't rememer where I read it or who said it but "The Bill of Rights(Freedoms) is not about the majority rule. On the contrary,it's to protect us from the majority rule.
    Patrick T Barnes

    February 8, 2012 at 4:31 p.m.

  • gansoblanco gansoblanco Report a ViolationReport a Violation
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    Hope this helps:

    United States Constitution

    Amendment XIV
    Section 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.

    February 8, 2012 at 3:55 p.m.