Kerry's stand on gay marriage may mirror his gun stands!

[Malone LaVeigh]

Um Malone, the hyperlink to which you just referred me supports my position, not bountyhunter's. Did you even read the link?

This is embarassing. Did you read what I wrote? You quoted bh:

yet all I heard was deathly silence when the champion of our morality, Newt Gingrich, admitted he had been nailing his over the desk for a while and even dumped his long time wife

To which you replied

Republicans demanded, and got, Gengrich's resignation.

I'll try spelling it out even more clearly. He resigned in November 1998. The article clearly stated, "In the face of a brewing rebellion within the Republican Party over the disappointing midterm election..."

Now here is an article from September 99 about his divorce. I'll even do the math for you. That's 10 months after he was forced from office.

Now let's see you squirm out of that.

 

[Delmar]

Have spoken to a person at work and asked him why gays were asking to be included in marriage or civil union, and I thought his answer was fair-its because of tax benefits, as well as health care.
As it stands now, he cannot place his spouse on the company health plan because they are not legally married or whatever the legal definition requires. It's also more difficult for them to buy a home, vehicle or whatever. Death benefits and Social Security also come into play.
Doesn't seem that they should be denied those things from a government who is supposed to be legally blind on religous issues.

 

[Delmar]

the champion of our morality, Newt Gingrich

Bountyhunter-if the champion of your morality is ANY politician, I would suggest you look in the mirror instead. After all, the politicos and the rest of the world do not have to live with it-you do. There never was, nor will there ever be a Superman on Capitol Hill or the White House.

 

[c_yeager]

As long as people can get married by a JUDGE in a courthouse marriage is NOT a soley religious enterprise. It is a state-sanctioned program with legal implications. Religion and sactity have nothing to do with it. If the state wants to preserve the religious nature of marriage then they need to get their grubby little hands out of it first.

 

[Nightfall]

Put me in with everybody else who thinks gov't should simply stop taking part in the marriage business altogether.

Like gov't will voluntarily ever take it's nose out of anything...