Jeez, not sure how to reconcile my responsibilities as an atheist with those of my pacifism. I'm kinda bored though. Maybe a good, blood soaked battle is just what I need. Yeah, screw it. Bring it on, idiots!
@3 Right? "This is a good reason for civil war! Just like the abolition of slavery was a good reason for war! Damn, too bad we lost that one. Hey, maybe if we win this time we can bring slavery back, too!"
(@10) "....wait a minute. No. Oh! Obviously, we'd make slaves of illegal immigrants! Serve them right. This is an AWESOME plan!"
I'm looking forward to it, Alan. We've seen the damage un-American religious right thugs have caused LGBT teens & young adults for YEARS. It is high time the rest of the world sees it too.
@2 for real, if there were a Civil War... [y]our side would probably lose. Who got all the guns? Who knows how to use them? What side would enlisted soldiers be on? Veterans?
They're stark raving mad. I'm not a hate-monger, yet I can see how oppression can grow hatred of the oppressor. But how does hate for a group who has never, will never harm you or your loved ones grow to the point of wanting to go to WAR??
What a fucked up weirdo. Full time hate mongering is a tragic waste of a life.
This is starting to look a little scary. What is going on? I mean, this is just about letting people get married, people who love each other. Where does the need for any war come into that.
As if the great unwashed showed much respect for the marriage vows anyway. Divorce, remarriage.
What a sad bunch.
You're all obviously missing the point: once gay marriage is legal, straight marriage will become illegal. So everyone will be forced to be gay married if they want to marry at all. To arms! To arms!
What bunk. Gay rights wouldn't spark a civil war in the U.S. No one in the U.S. is making copious amounts of money off of it. Even cities in free states, like New York City, had huge ties to the slave economy. If anything's comparable to the causes of the civil war in the U.S. today, it's dark money and corporate America's undue influence on the election process.
@22 hey bro,
I don't know if you are aware, in a civil war, both sides are the "American" side. Easily, handily, way more guns on the "no gay marriage" side.
I, in no way, agree with Keyes but the country did come close to war and mormons were massacred back in the 19th century over their definition of marriage (polygamy). We don't get much of this in schools, I was surprised to learn about the "Utah war" a few years ago. I don't think anything similar could happen today, nor do I think the LGBTQs should look to the CJCLDSs for allies. Just wanted to provide an irrelevant side note.
Still waiting...
(@10) "....wait a minute. No. Oh! Obviously, we'd make slaves of illegal immigrants! Serve them right. This is an AWESOME plan!"
Not to imply that he's a huge loser or anything.
It'd be bad news for 98% of SLOGgers.
Why, that's just not right!
They're stark raving mad. I'm not a hate-monger, yet I can see how oppression can grow hatred of the oppressor. But how does hate for a group who has never, will never harm you or your loved ones grow to the point of wanting to go to WAR??
What a fucked up weirdo. Full time hate mongering is a tragic waste of a life.
As if the great unwashed showed much respect for the marriage vows anyway. Divorce, remarriage.
What a sad bunch.
I don't know if you are aware, in a civil war, both sides are the "American" side. Easily, handily, way more guns on the "no gay marriage" side.