What other current problems should be declared gay issues since lawmakers work with lighting speed on those?
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Could it be that all of those middle aged adults might know something that you don't?\n\nStop assuming you know more than all of these people.
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no they haven't.  Most of them think that any controversial law passed that contradicts their way thinking is going to cause this country to go to "hell in a handbasket".  Trust me, even if it were to become legal in the entire U.S. , you wouldn't see bunches of kids lining up to be "gay".  It's just silly paranoia on their part.
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The current debate is foundational.  It touches on the issues of how the country should be governed.  Whether we should employ democratic and constitutional processes to change the meaning and intent of the US Constitution and the granting of "rights."  Second, the current campaign will not ensure that your brother or any other gay or lesbian persons will actually enjoy the privileges and benefits that current heterosexuals enjoy now as a married couple.  In short, the current campaign for gay marriages is ill-conceived and will cause more harm than good for both homosexuals, bisexuals and heterosexuals.  You need to look beyond the hype and your emotions and become informed.  Your goals are not helped by using the incorrect political process.\n\nThere are several secular and non-religious reasons for rejecting the current process to secure "Marriage" or "Civil Unions" for gay and lesbians. I have summarized the major reasons below. For more indepth analysis, see the reference below.\n\nI.Why the Current Campaign to Establish Gay \nMarriages Is Anti-Democratic and Anti-Constitutional\n\n\nOur government was founded upon the premise that “Governments are instituted among men [and women], deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.” The current attempt to change the scope and meaning of the US Constitution in regards to 'gay marriages' by side stepping the amendment process will--in the end--jeopardize everyone's freedom. The attempt to expand the current tradition and meaning of marriage to include same gendered individuals through either a judicial pronouncement of a single state or federal judge--or a decision by a “State” or an Appellate Court, and/or through the edicts of several local politicians--should be seen as an attack on our constitutional democracy from within. \n\nSeeking to expand the rights of a few, by the few, by trouncing on the rights of the governed, should be seen as an act similar to those which occasioned the creation of the “Declaration of Independence.”\n\nIt is our position that expanding the rights of gays and lesbians to enter into marriage should be done through the amendment process that has been used for over 200 years. Seeking to side step the ‘constitutional’ process in favor of expediency is a sign not of enlightenment, patriotism, nor constitutional fidelity, but of hubris—of pride and arrogance. Historical and constitutional integrity requires all Americans to work to defeat the present attempt to expand the U.S. Constitution by the dictates of the few whether or not an individual believes that granting “gay marriages’ is a just cause.\n\nAs stated above and worth mentioning again, it is our position here that the real issue is not whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry. The real issues are (1) did the original white male voters, who approved the original articles of the Constitution, mean to include gays and lesbians in the institution of marriage and, if not, (2) did subsequent voters expand marriage to include gays and lesbians and, if not, (3) what are the proper means for expanding the institution of marriage to include gays and lesbians?\n\nAs Americans, we should all believe in the use of the “proper means for a proper end.” The proper means for expanding the rights we have under the US Constitution is to submit such changes to the American people via a proposed Constitutional Amendment. We believe that the US Constitution should only be changed with the consent of the governed as is required in our democracy.\n\nThe current campaign to enact 'gay marriages' without allowing all Americans to exercise their right to vote is counter-productive to maintaining our constitutional form of democracy, divisive to society, a waste of tax payers' dollars and a frivolous use of the time and skills of our elected and judicial officials. We believe that our elected and judicial officials
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1. Gay marriage\n\n2. Smoking\n\n3. Legalizing marajuana\n\n4. Teen driving\n\n5. Logging\n\n6. Pollution
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Not since 'Nam.  \nUnfortunately we lack an administration willing to correct this situation...in fact I feel they are making it worse.  The government uses these divisive issues to distract us from their incompetence.\n\nSadly, it's working perfectly...Americans are more interested in gay marriage & abortion than in the obscene levels of incompetence present at our highest levels of power. \nWake up, America!\n\nStop.\nThink.\nResist.
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I agree with you!\nOkay I'm gay but that's not important now, I think your attitude is the one that every single straight should have!\nBut I don't see homosexuality as a problem, is just another preference! I like chocolate, she doesn't... I like cats, he doesn't... I like men, he doesn't!\nThat's all ;)
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hmm lets see\n\norgan donation is a hot topic  in the Orthodox movement. \n\nanything doing with ethical issues with the Israeli military conduct in war.\n\ntheir is a huge fight brewing in the Conservative movement over Homosexual issues.\n\nthose are the ones off the top of my head I recommend 1 or 3
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It is more insurance companies that control the flow of this measure of success or failure. (lobbyists)  And maybe, the publics.  Maybe all gays should come out of the closet and hire a good lobbyist.  But then maybe the general population still wouldn't want higher insurance premiums.  So then maybe gays should start their own GAYS only insurance company. Then the last issue to look at is, why this hasn't happened already.
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their version of the gay agenda.
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I believe the Vice President of the Gay Club handles additions to the agenda. \n\nAt the beginning of the meeting, the VP may ask if there are any last-minute additions to the agenda. Raise your hand then.
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I don't think it's necessarily a gay issue.  It is the Catholic Church's unnatural stifling of the entire sexuality of the clergy.  With no "permission" for the resolution of sexual tension (which exists naturally in all normally developed humans) priests turn to little children, whom they can attempt to keep quiet on the matter. Priests are made to believe that sex for them is sin.. it matters not to them if the sex is normal sex with a woman or with a little boy.. additionally, they work more closely with boys than with girls. (how many alter-girls are out there?) So basically, the Priests are turning to young boys in an attempt to take care of their natural sexual desires in a manner that can more easily be kept a secret.
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It's yet another weak attempt to deflect the spotlight off Bush's low approval rating, the lack of support for his various wars, high gas prices, global warming, the massive budget deficit, the skyrocketing national debt, etc.\n\nI doubt if homosexuals pose a danger to marriage. I'm married and I don't feel threatened. Even the whole thing about illegal immigration is a sham. Very few Americans had an opinion on that until the media gave them one. I feel sad because of the gullibility Americans exhibit.
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Gay marriage for one, minimum wage for another.\n\nit's not that these issues aren;t important, but they are used to distract from other issues (Iraq, Immigration) and set up separate camps of opinions
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The more virulently anti-gay they are, it seems all the more likely they are hiding in the closet.\n\nMore interesting is the fact that Republican congressional staffers are very often gay, the so-called velvet mafia. Basically, Republican congressmen are pro-gay in private but lie in public.
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Not sure, but I know that blue underbody lights are illegal here in IN.
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They should have the same rights as those people who are straight. I don't believe that this is an issue the government should decide upon. It is a personal choice.
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They can't go with the real issues because they are lost in what to do about it. Reps can only hope to get their evangelicals motivated to vote for only one issue: gay marriage. It seems stupid to me to affiliate yourself to a party only because of a single issue. Dems talk about real issues and reps want trivial issues.