tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post7710285483071713636..comments2024-02-24T00:37:43.087-05:00Comments on The Other McCain: 'Don't start me talking . . .Robert Stacy McCainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03084541621503669804noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-42448178623556900842008-11-16T19:50:00.000-05:002008-11-16T19:50:00.000-05:00ronsonic,What is the difference between intoleranc...ronsonic,<BR/><BR/>What is the difference between intolerance and denying approval, given that "approval" in this case (as far as government's interest goes) is just like approving a business license, or a driver's license?sfHeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01658306259074791214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-4215419903046269482008-11-16T18:07:00.000-05:002008-11-16T18:07:00.000-05:00I agree with you right up until it comes to whethe...I agree with you right up until it comes to whether or not the "state" has the right to approve or disapprove of who marries whom. We allow an eighty-nine year old man to marry a twenty-something woman. Finally, a black person is free to marry a white person. Churches are beginning to accept gays and lesbians. More and more of them are offering religious ceremonies of marraige for homosexual couples. So where is the government's problem? Why is it their business?<BR/>You don't have to approve of gay marraige, just like you don't have to approve of old geezers marrying sweet young things. I don't think one is more the business of the general public than the other.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-45000452221838334062008-11-16T13:17:00.000-05:002008-11-16T13:17:00.000-05:00Gay marriage changes the issue from a question of ...Gay marriage changes the issue from a question of tolerance to one of official sanction and approval. <BR/><BR/>Denying approval is not intolerance. There's a difference here and it should be honestly recognized.Ronsonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03084095209525920755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4223398383609158624.post-59977376910512609712008-11-16T12:39:00.000-05:002008-11-16T12:39:00.000-05:00Daaaarling, I never accused you of hatred, but ra...Daaaarling,<BR/> I never accused you of hatred, but rather those who back away, gasping and making the sign of the cross when they encounter someone who is gay. I realize that you are not guilty of such idiocy.<BR/>Regarding the recent election, I firmly agree with you on at least one point. Obama supporters were far to fast to see Jim Crow whenever a Republican dared to raise his head out of the long grass and declare for John McCain. Such bullying tactics tainted what wuould've been a winning campaign on its own.<BR/>Gay marraige, on the other hand, I guess we do not agree on. I say, there's not enough love in the world as it is, and who are we as a people to tell a couple who are willing to change thier tax bracket and go through blood-testing, not to mention the hassle and financial horror of possible divorce that they cannot become one.<BR/>You know, marraige started as a civic union rather than a religious one, and I find it very telling that a gay or lesbian couple looking to marry today has less trouble finding a church to sanctfy thier union than a municipality. <BR/>Love you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com