[Cali Coug]

Originally Posted by Archaea

Homosexual marriage worse than polygamy? Perhaps modern polygamy as practiced by the whackos in Colorado city.

Yeth Muslim cultures permit it, as did the patriarchs. Your positions make it difficutl to understand how and why you're LDS. You sympathize with the gay movement and apparently find nothing wrong with gay marriage, actually believing it might have some "benefits".

Wrong side of legislation? What's up with that?

Most states now have anti-gay marriage legislation, not based on efforts the LDS alone. "Codifying its version of morality"? You're full of yourself here.

To simply state what a majority of persons have always recognized, that the state will protect only a marriage between a man and a woman, how is that being on the wrong side of legislation?

It's not discrimination, as it's protecting something recognized for time immemorial, that has always been. There has never been gay marriage until Holland starting messing around.

You can't say that about slavery, as that is convention which has not always existed.

You argue the LDS should be cautious about legislating its morality. I'm not sure what inanity you're referring to, but, what about supporting what a majority of others desire, protecting the definition of marriage, is not being cautious. Do you define it only as not being involved in the legislative process? That's called abdication.

You seem to have a private agenda here, but aren't really willing to state what. Mike has declared the status of his brother, so he could be understood if he were sympathetic, but he hasn't posited a view that the LDS is not being careful in supporting the legislation recognition of marriage.

For declaring yourself to be an intelligent guy, your logic is non-apparent. Now I suppose you're resort to the rubric you learned in law school of a slippery slope, go ahead. I'm glad you can parrot what your professors sold you on.

For a man devoid of emotion, I would hate to hear you when you were actually angry!

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