Gee, RBG, you sure are swell. Such scintillating, skillful and unassailable arguments. No doubt you are handsome and kind to small animals too.

And a legend in your own mind.

2Phydeau. So “Then they came for me” is your version of fresh, trustworthy argument, huh?

You’re on the road to understanding if you first ask yourself how giving everyone an Olympic gold medal can harm or devalue those who really deserve and qualify for it. The marriage qualification being membership in a one billion year “institution,” called sexual reproduction. (Or close enough for government work.)

As always, glad to enlighten.

Back to Mr. F: Gee, RBG, you sure are swell. Such scintillating, skillful and unassailable arguments. No doubt you are handsome and kind to small animals too.

RBG

You make great arguments my friend and I admire your intellect, wit, and debating skills. Unfortunately though, I think you are wasting time asking an idiot why he hates. Bigots hate solely because they do, no rational required.

I also admire your patience dealing with room temperature IQ types.

Yes, I know how that works.

First they married two gays, and I did not speak out —- because I was not against human rights.

Then they married two women with one man, and I did not speak out —- because I was not against human rights.

Then they married two men and one woman, and I did not speak out —- because I was not against human rights.

Then they married two men who were not gay — and I did not speak out —- because I was not against human rights.

Then they married four men, a horse and a partridge in a pear tree and finally I did speak out: “What the hell does any of this have to do with 1 billion years of inexorable, innate, profound, and somewhat precious sexual reproduction?”

RBG

The problem is when it’s up for vote, the Christian Taliban stirs the sheep into thinking they are under attack. Simply, the church cannot be sustained without a boogeyman.

Personally, I couldn’t care less about the marriage ritual but support my gay friends because of the discrimination aspects that the C Taliban continues to push.

As for the answer to your second question:

First they came for the communists, and I did not speak out —- because I was not a communist;
Then they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out —- because I was not a socialist;
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out —- because I was not a trade unionist;
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out —- because I was not a Jew;
Then they came for me —- and there was no one left to speak out for me.

Ron Paul’s aide may be a clueless libertarian whose ideas, if put into action, would harm the U.S., but if I say it’s OK that the government violate his rights, next time it might be me in that line getting my rights violated. Capice?

Now show me how questioning Ron Paul’s aide about $5,000 has mortally wounded justice.

RBG

A nation of sheep (ignorant sheep)
owned by pigs
ruled by wolves.

That’s about the shape America is in today.

Shackelford said the clause was designed to be broad enough to prevent the creation of domestic partnerships, civil unions or other arrangements that would give same-sex couples many of the benefits of marriage.

Other states are willing to give gays all the rights of marriage, i.e. domestic partnership, as long as they don’t call it “marriage”. Not Texas. Those gays ain’t gettin’ nuthin from Texas. Say it loud: bigoted and proud.

By the way, gay marriage has been legal in MA for 5 or 6 years now. Any gay marriage opponent care to point out all the many ways marriage has been mortally wounded by this?

I thought not.

Why should single people pay for married people?

Marriage was good enough for my parents. That your mileage differs is another thing.

But how are single people paying for married people? To be honest, I’d like to get some of that.

And look at this… the law doesn’t even indicate which state it’s talking about.

Ohhh, you have to read it it in context with previous sections. I get it.

RBG