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Thousands rally in support of gay marriage ban

- Thousands of supporters of California's ban on same-sex marriage rallied in Fresno and San Diego on Sunday in what organizers described as a celebration of traditional wedlock and a thank-you to the California Supreme Court for upholding their voter-approved measure.

In Fresno, about 3,000 demonstrators -- the same number who turned out the day before on the other side -- were told not to accept being called bigots because they support traditional marriage.
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  • Art
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    +13 raves Art June 02, 2009 17:55:00
    Democracy and free speech work both ways...good to see conservatives are shedding their anti-activist habits.
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  • Dwight Mann
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    [-] Dwight Mann June 06, 2009 16:58:04
    It is said that the whole nation is responsible to God for the legislation that they implement. We need to keep these people in the closet. What is next legal pedophilia?
  • Evan - Stay Thirsty My Friends!
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    +1 / -1 raves [-] Evan - Stay Thirsty My Frie... June 04, 2009 22:42:34
    Marriage was invented by God. Not man. It is a religious mandate. Ordained of God. It pre-dates the law and the state. Since the ACLU and liberal activists enjoy using the old saw "Separation of Church and State", I say we should go before the Supreme Court on the grounds that the State is infringing on the Church. Which it is. The free exercise clause protects us against such infringements and impingements.
  • LinkX
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    [-] LinkX Evan - ... June 28, 2009 05:52:32
    The State is infringing on the Church because...the State is changing a state-sanctioned legal union...

    Yea, that's really going to hold up in the Supreme Court. You go ahead and do that, and record it too. I need a good laugh.
  • Evan - Stay Thirsty My Friends!
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    [-] Evan - ... LinkX June 28, 2009 20:21:40
    My point is that the state is late to the game. They did not originate it. Let them invent their own term.
  • LinkX
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    [-] LinkX Evan - ... June 29, 2009 15:14:15
    So then we should remove all legal rights from Marriage and create a new term for the same thing that everyone can be a part of?

    Seems like alot of work for a problem that can so easily be fixed by allowing gay marriage...


    On a side note: It hasn't been a religious institute for a long time. If it was, then Atheists wouldn't be getting married.
  • jackolantyrn356
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    [-] jackolantyrn356 June 04, 2009 04:51:43
    Ralley's for or against Gay marriage is not terribly imporatant. It is the Lord God's response to this is what is truely importamnt. When a person says I am doing what God would want..... That is the time for you to go running to a Bible and read about it. Don't worry abut the "Stoning of those who are gay, but recognise this was about a specific group of people. Let God take care of their sin. This is one reason I do not pay attention to this idssue, but take it to God in prayer as all Christian s should do.
  • Charles E
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    [-] Charles E June 03, 2009 20:21:29
    Prop 8 did not outlaw same-sex marriage. It overturned a court decision that claimed to created a same-sex marriage law in violation of California law and ignoring over five thousand years of human history.
  • jellyfish
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    [-] jellyfish June 03, 2009 19:19:38
    Obviously, the heterosexual couples aren't doing it right, since the divorce rate is so insanely high. That being said, if gays want to be masochists and get married to each other, why does it really matter?
  • z-Madness-z
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    [-] z-Madness-z June 03, 2009 16:50:03
    This whole gay marriages thing is getting more confusing the more I hear it.

    Apparently, the Bible says that gays shouldn't get married. On the other hand, it's a human right to get married to anyone. So it's like Human Right's vs The Bible. Government vs God (indirectly).

    If you really think about it, if the whole country were to allow gay marriages, it would threaten the freedom of religion because of peoples beliefs against gay marriages. Hot damn! Either way, I'm pro-gay marriages. But I'm glad their doing this rally nonviolently.
  • Theodosius
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    +4 raves [-] Theodosius June 03, 2009 15:17:37
    Homosexuality is becoming the 21st century plague. Its virulence is highly toxic to the moral development of humans. It is detrimental to every moral, righteous and sane framework composing civil society. It is a serious departure from the instructions God has given the humans He has created, - so serious in fact, that God the Maker of humans says it forfeits perpetrators their right to life.
    http://www.dailymorality.com/...

    READ THIS BOOK:
    The Homosexual Agenda: Exposing the Principal Threat to Religious Freedom Today
    From the review:
    "Authors Alan Sears and Craig Osten expose the goals of the homosexual movement and its rising pernicious legal activism. The homosexual agenda has as its primary aim to "trump" the rights of all other groups, especially those of people of faith. The saddest part of the story is that it is working. Sears and Osten provide well-documented proof that America is not only becoming more tolerant of homosexuality, through the indoctrination of children, positive exposure on TV, and the support and approval of corporate America; it is becoming less tolerant of those who disagree."
    http://www.intellectualconser...

    We must fight back to save our country.
  • RushSchlafly
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    +4 raves [-] RushSchlafly June 03, 2009 14:56:56
    I am a born again Christian. Some call us fundamentalists because we believe the Bible is inerrant (has no errors) and is the source of the Truth. The media in America has been hysterically attacking us for sometime now because we are opposed to the acceptance of homosexuality, including "gay marriage". We have no choice in this since the Bible makes it clear that homosexuality is condemned by God. I want to make it clear that we do not hate homosexuals, we love them and want to help them. Since there are so many of us who hold this belief in the Bible so dear, I think the establishment in America is being very intolerant in refusing to even let our views be heard.
  • The Rock
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    +5 raves [-] The Rock June 03, 2009 14:01:56
    It's about time some of the traditional citizens came out to stand up for what is right!!!! I applaud them....
  • oldcavpilot
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    [-] oldcavpilot June 03, 2009 11:23:35
    'Marriage' may be held and sanctioned in a church/synagogue/temple, but it is conducted under the jurisdiction of the State. "By the authority granted me by (not the religion), I now pronounce you husband and wife."

    It is an act of jurisprudence; law, not religion. Does the religion grant divorces? Does religion settle custody disputes? Does religion impose alimony and child support?

    Why does religion have anything whatsoever to do with this issue?
  • DebraJMSmith
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    +1 raves [-] DebraJMSmith June 03, 2009 03:30:24
    <----- activist. :)
  • govout
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    +5 raves [-] govout June 03, 2009 03:10:16
    Woo, hoo, good for the rally goers, standing up for their principles!
  • True~Male
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    [-] True~Male June 03, 2009 02:59:10
    The Church and Justice of the peace make marriage possible -IT's the courts and Judges that make the final call in divorce settlements/ property , children etc. -- The church has no place in determining gay marriage --it should be the courts and the Judges that make this the National law of the land -- this will come to pass within 2 years -- Gay marriage has no effect on straight marriage which 50 % ends in divorce anyways. It's coming so.... get use to it.
  • cali
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    [-] cali True~Male June 04, 2009 00:34:50
    Not if we continue to fight it.......and believe me we will fight it........
  • y so serious
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    +1 raves [-] y so serious June 03, 2009 01:16:51
    Boo yah!!!

    boo yah
  • idlewild
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    +4 / -1 raves [-] idlewild June 03, 2009 01:06:08
    God Bless them everyone!!
  • Phyl *In God i Trust*
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    +5 / -1 raves [-] Phyl *In God i Trust* June 03, 2009 01:01:35 (edited)
    Sad and sick.. Don't push it on me. Adam and Eve. sad push adam eve
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