tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post7617495419310014128..comments2024-03-28T15:39:28.239-04:00Comments on Vital Remnants: Now I've gone and done it. Just look at what the Tolerance Police are calling me nowMartin Cothranhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16452612266051351726noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-80961383143259472372008-11-18T22:10:00.000-05:002008-11-18T22:10:00.000-05:00Lee, I doubt that you care whether I "respect" you...Lee, I doubt that you care whether I "respect" your marriage (or if you are unmarried, substitute the marriage of someone else close to you). Your marriage does grant certain rights and obligations, such as access to your spouse in the event of hospitalization, the right to survivors' benefits from Social Security, life insurance, etc., along with <A HREF="http://www.religioustolerance.org/Josh Rosenauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304209937998935215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-45409614329659668782008-11-14T22:20:00.000-05:002008-11-14T22:20:00.000-05:00A "right to marry" for homosexuals is really a dem...A "right to marry" for homosexuals is really a demand to have their relationship respected by others. It's not about granting them rights, but about forcing others to accept their relationship as valid, never mind if they happen to have religious objections.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12974887002402743628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-44933660748974692552008-11-14T16:22:00.000-05:002008-11-14T16:22:00.000-05:00Ha! This is great. I enjoy reading your biting sen...Ha! This is great. I enjoy reading your biting sense of humor.Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05334976261254679869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-5065956166251935282008-11-14T12:54:00.000-05:002008-11-14T12:54:00.000-05:00Martin, you've just proven that the definition of ...Martin, you've just proven that the definition of marriage includes gay people. You say "The whole reason they had to specify such a thing in trying to bar what we all realize shouldn't have been barred was precisely because marriage did not exclude it by definition."<BR/><BR/>But what did Proposition 8 do again? That's right, according to the official language of the initiative it "ELIMINATES Josh Rosenauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07304209937998935215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11542449.post-28324050892016739212008-11-14T11:12:00.000-05:002008-11-14T11:12:00.000-05:00Ooh! Good job Mr. Cothran! :)Ooh! Good job Mr. Cothran! :)Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14276941284532115069noreply@blogger.com