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Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 8 Mar 2004 20:23:10 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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As George Bush tries to make gay marriage a key election issue,
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Please, let’s be honest. WHO is making gay marriage an election issue?
Who is driving this issue and pushing it to confrontation?
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Well, honestly, Dubya made it an election issue when he put it in his SOTU
address. Watching the speech, it was fairly obvious that the matter would
become a proverbial litmus test as the campaigns moved forward. As usual, Dubya
can maintain his morally questionable (but not technically false) deniability,
since he can claim that he never pushed it as an election topic.
It’s interesting that Dubya, with his famous fear of nuanced thinking, condemns
John Kerry for allegedly waffling on issues. Kerry’s career has spanned two
decades, and any reasonable person would accept that, given changing
circumstances over time, a legislator’s opinions would evolve. Why, Dubya
himself has waffled on the issue of nation building, as well as the issue of gay
marriage, the latter of which he declared to be a matter for states to decide.
Now he declares it to be the purview of the Federal government, while he
simultaneously engages in the building (through Halliburton) of at least two
nations.
Dave!
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 | | Re: codifying marriage on biblical principles
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| (...) I quoted the salient text of the SOTU below: (...) "A strong America must also value the institution of marriage. I believe we should respect individuals as we take a principled stand for one of the most fundamental, enduring institutions of (...) (21 years ago, 8-Mar-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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