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Originally posted by Procession101
reply to post by fred call
Last I heard Polygamy was illegal in all 50 states. So the answer to all your questions that people usually ask when they are against gay marriage is no. en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by Procession101
reply to post by fred call
Last I heard Polygamy was illegal in all 50 states. So the answer to all your questions that people usually ask when they are against gay marriage is no. en.wikipedia.org...
Originally posted by sdcigarpig
reply to post by centurion1211
a majority of their witnesses did not even show up for the court case or testify to defend the very law they worked hard to get on the books.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Procession101
reply to post by fred call
Last I heard Polygamy was illegal in all 50 states. So the answer to all your questions that people usually ask when they are against gay marriage is no. en.wikipedia.org...
The answer is "no" right up until someone challenges THOSE laws in court and gets a sympathetic judge to declare them unconstitutional.
The very definition of a "slippery slope" and the law of unintended consequences.
Notice how no proponents of gay marriage are answering any of these posts?
Possible reasons:
1 - they know the posts are correct and are in favor of these interpretations, but don't want to publicly say that.
2 - gay marriage is legal. They got what they wanted and (selfishly and shortsightedly) don't care about what happens next.
I'm guessing it's #2.
[edit on 8/6/2010 by centurion1211]
Originally posted by Procession101
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Procession101
reply to post by fred call
Last I heard Polygamy was illegal in all 50 states. So the answer to all your questions that people usually ask when they are against gay marriage is no. en.wikipedia.org...
The answer is "no" right up until someone challenges THOSE laws in court and gets a sympathetic judge to declare them unconstitutional.
The very definition of a "slippery slope" and the law of unintended consequences.
Notice how no proponents of gay marriage are answering any of these posts?
Possible reasons:
1 - they know the posts are correct and are in favor of these interpretations, but don't want to publicly say that.
2 - gay marriage is legal. They got what they wanted and (selfishly and shortsightedly) don't care about what happens next.
I'm guessing it's #2.
[edit on 8/6/2010 by centurion1211]
At that point, the fight will be whether polygamy being against the law should or shouldn't be. It would have nothing more to do with gay marriage then it would with heterosexual marriage.
Originally posted by harvib
reply to post by fred call
Hmmm. By your title or the OP it is not clear that the purpose of this debate is in regards to the tenth amendment. If you are so concerned about State rights why ask the non sense about polygamy and not just make the OP straight to the point?
What makes you think a legal precedence is predicated on your personal sexual preferences...
Originally posted by fred call
Ya know, a conservative could explain the Tenth Amendment to a liberal all day long....and you might as well be reading Melville's Moby Dick out loud.
But what you didn't hear from the political left and mainstream media is that U.S. District Chief Judge Vaughn R. Walker was appointed by a Republican president and that the lawyer, former Solicitor General Ted Olson, who successfully argued the case on behalf of gays and lesbians, is a Republican.