Exactly, NOBODY should be held to the mercy of some brain-dead Mayors or Governors acting like King Biscuit and dictating what businesses are allowed to operate within the city, county or state limits.
Hopefully these idiots got a taste today, of what happens when you play games with the people and try to politicize a non issue. Holy backfire, Batman.
Chick-fil-A Day kicked their butts and it will continue until they stop screeching.
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angelbaby
2012/08/02 04:23:33
You don't need to agree with their views on marriage to understand that freedom of speech is the real
Issue here.
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Schläue~© 2012/08/02 04:51:57
No conservative government official said that businesses shouldn't open another chain in any area because of their stance on gay marriage or whatever.
If any anti-gay marriage organizations did this, they were private organizations.
I think gay people could have the same exact thing; same ceremony, same rights, all of that, but just call it something else. You coud still say they're married, but it would be a different name. Otherwise you're changing what marriage is. (yes, being married is different from marriage.) There will be people on both sides who don't like it, but otherwise I don't see how this can work without lots of.. Disagreement/ fighting.
Or, lol, go to New York! You can get married there just like that *!
Marriage is a contract. Gays want the opportunity to have that same contract. A civil union is not the same. There are over a thousand legal protections and many benefits that one gets with marriage. If you are not married you may not be able to visit your partner in the hospital. There is no child custody, adoption, or parenting rights. In the event of the adoptee’s passing, there is no guarantee that the other partner gets custody. There is not immunity from testifying in court. There are no tax exemptions or social security benefits. The list goes on. They are denied rights that legally married couples appreciate. That is suppressing equal rights.
Hermaphrodites and people going through a sex change can get married (-_-) hermaphrodites are girls with male genitalia, too. They are still women.. People going through a sex change will be either a man or a woman when they're finished anyway, and they do it to be with the opposite sex as a man and a woman.
That's why I said to allow the same rights as marriage, but just give it a different name. You didn't have to list all of these rights because I already said they would have the same exact rights as any other married couple.
If gays can have all of the same rights as those who are married they should be able to get married. If it's the same thing why call it something different?
Btw, it's well know and often said. Even my uncle who is gay says that's what it is, but he doesn't try to change it. He just wants some form of ceremony that means they're together forever; he said the fact that it's not called marriage shouldn't be important if they get the same rights.
Ugh. I know you'll never change your mind on any of this, neither will any of these other people, so there's no point in bothering to talk about it. We should just take a vote to end it all.
Look at it this way. Marriage is simply a legal and social contract between two persons that bonds their lives legally.
I know you will probably not change your mind as well. I can still try ;)
Clearly, the freedom of speech issue outranks the other -- by a long shot -- but the other is still real.
So... even though I am more of a liberal than not, I strongly oppose what the Boston and Chicago mayors said. Any government official who tries to deny business permits to a company based on what the company owner says or what the company does with its profits is, well, violating the First Amendment. There is nothing else to say about it.
Freedom of Speech applies to all sorts of speech, even speech you disagree with. Actually, it applies MOST to speech you disagree with.
That said, it is also wrong to deny gays the right to marry, and I oppose anyone who tries to block their right to marry. I might even consider boycotting their establishment (though it is moot in my case, since I don't think there are any Chik-Fil-A restaurants anywhere near me...).
BUT... I cannot accept any government official telling the company they aren't allowed in city. That is very much more important here.
It is also probably moot. Blocking CFA from a city for protected speech is so obviously a violation of the Constitution that even if the mayors try to carry through with their threats, the denial won't hold up in court. So CFA will ultimately be allowed to build in whatever cities they desire -- including Boston and Chicago.
So hate speech, to a limited extent, is covered by the first amendent.
The overall moral or theological principle is that a person who performs such actions (luti) challenges the harmony of God's creation, and is therefore a revolt against God..So you can add 50 Muslim countries to that will kill list... do you see a pattern here? ..do you think the CFA is funding those countries too?..
Have you seen a Lgbt pride parade in Russia ?. do you think that Russians not accepting them is a new phenomenon?.. Notice Nobody helping that guy gettin' kicked...think the CFA is somehow behind that too?...
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The overall moral or theological principle is that a person who performs such actions (luti) challenges the harmony of God's creation, and is therefore a revolt against God..So you can add 50 Muslim countries to that will kill list... do you see a pattern here? ..do you think the CFA is funding those countries too?..
Have you seen a Lgbt pride parade in Russia ?. do you think that Russians not accepting them is a new phenomenon?.. Notice Nobody helping that guy gettin' kicked...think the CFA is somehow behind that too?...
So before you start thinking that White missionaries are somehow "schooling" African nations on how to get rid of Homosexuality.remember they don't need it they have been doing it since hundreds of years..Its kinda ignorant to think that they need the white man to teach them how no not like lgbt's..Its been happening for centuries where have you ppl been living?..Do you even know how many rights you have here?..wake up we are lucky to live in the Occidental world.. some guy donating money to A charity is not the end of the world..you can counter donate to lgbt charity's who cares..its your business..
Do you believe lgbt should *NOT* be stoned to death in Muslim countries?
How much money do *YOU* donate out of *YOUR OWN* pocket every week to fight for "what you believe"?
Do *YOU* believe that you should be *PUNISHED* by the Government, for supporting what *YOU* believe?
Then why should the CEO of Chick-Fil-A be punished by the Government, for supporting what *HE* believes in just as much as *YOU* believe in what you believe?
So you are in support of Chick-Fil-A, for "stating an opinion"? Correct?
Then why should the CEO of Chick-Fil-A be punished by the Government (not allowed to conduct business), for supporting what *HE* believes in, just as much as *YOU* believe in what you believe?
My sincerest apologies!