05/22/2012 5:54:35 PM PDT
· 16 of 17 murdoog
to ReformationFan
Conservatives are unimpressed with overly simplistic appeals to freedom. When evaluating the freedom to marry they refuse to stop at the question Is it free? They also ask the question Is it good?
I take a slightly different approach. I just don't see gay marriage as a liberty issue at all. Gays are already free to live together and do whatever they want in the privacy of their bedroom.
Marriage adds a state endorsement of this, as well as a requirement that others recognize their union as a marriage.
10/02/2011 4:57:00 PM PDT
· 87 of 90 murdoog
to ConservativeStatement
First he says
The country superstar tells "CMT Insider" airing Saturday on CMT that he doesn't see the reason behind getting into people's personal lives
which I mostly agree with.But then he says
He says refusing a marriage license to people because they are gay won't stop them from living together
And that's true too. But it also shows that a ban on gay marriage doesn't really get into anyone's personal life. People can still do whatever they want to do.
In 1969, Ted Kennedy was responsible for a woman's death and the Democrats didn't ask him to step aside. Now, they're falling over themselves to ask Anthony Weiner, one of their best voices, to resign over a penis pic
They actually have a good point here (aside from the "best voices" part of course)