Obama supports gay marriage

[bleeding heart]

I wouldn’t peg it as merely a libertarian stance, for many Conservatives don’t really care what people do in their private lives…….I think we had this discussion relating to the political compass already

Sure, I agree.

[GostHacked]

So you managed one post about the issue. One out of three ain't too bad, considering ....

Since you did not do the typical AW reply, I will assume that you agree with my statements. Thank you.

[dre]

I'm a Bruins fan, so...nope. It's all good.

Meh... doesnt necessarily make you a bad person I guess

[bleeding heart]

Meh... doesnt necessarily make you a bad person I guess

Brother, please; you don't think a Bruins fan has heard it all before?

(At least it's not the Leafs......now those poor suckers take a lot of abuse......)

[kimmy]

On the gay marriage front:

Pollster advises Republicans: "you're screwing up."

Jan van Lohuizen was apparently a prominent pollster for Dubya, and he offers this advice to Republicans: stop shooting yourselves in the foot. He says that public attitudes are rapidly shifting towards support of gay marriage, and that even the majority of Republicans support some form of legal marriage for homosexuals.

von Lohuizen suggests that Republicans could sell this to conservatives as a small-government, pro-liberty position.

On a related note, Christian writer and speaker Rachel Held Evans advises Christians: "you're screwing up."

She titles her opinion piece "How to win a culture war and lose a generation". She cites research showing that intolerance is one of the main forces driving young people away from the church, and that the overwhelming public impression of Christians-- even among young Christians themselves-- is not "loves their neighbors" but rather "hates gays". Held-Evans is afraid that the current involvement in the "culture wars" is doing tremendous long-term damage to the church.

-k

[Moonlight Graham]

so it's safe to say you have no issue with Omar Kadr, he was after all only 15...

Where did I say I had no issue with what Mitt did?

[Guest American Woman]

Technically, slavery in the United States was abolished by the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, and like any other amendment, this requires ratification by 3/4 of the states.

Sure it was, but it wasn't a unanimous vote by any means, and the vote/debate took place before the end of the Civil War - without representation by the confederate states - and Lincoln made it clear that the confederate states wouldn't be welcome back in Congress unless they supported the amendment. I would say that involved a bit of "force;" some states were definitely forced to go along with it. Another example would be the drinking age - states that didn't raise their legal age to 21 would lose a percentage of their federal highway funds; I would say there was a bit of strong-armed persuasion there. But of course the most obvious example is that the states wanting to secede were not allowed to - they were forced to stay in the union by war. Sometimes states are forced to do what the federal government says - and I see that as a good thing: "united we stand."

Edited May 13, 2012 by American Woman

[Guest American Woman]

Since you did not do the typical AW reply, I will assume that you agree with my statements.

Guess again.

[Guest American Woman]

People do stupid things when they're young. I did.

The fact that he didn't own up to it, rather claimed not to remember it, is doing something stupid now. Others involved were haunted by it, while he seems to have a rather cavalier attitude about it at best. I'm not impressed, to say the least.

[Wilber]

Forget Mit, on this issue he is yesterday's man.