tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11522380.post67726805170418978..comments2023-10-26T05:57:03.209-07:00Comments on Skeptacles: Voting for CatholicsStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02211730939356678631noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11522380.post-23706867177527855552007-03-14T21:29:00.000-07:002007-03-14T21:29:00.000-07:00Like anyone else. They can marry a member of the ...Like anyone else. They can marry a member of the opposite sex. <BR/><BR/>OK. That has a high snark value. Nevertheless, the real problem is social.jj mollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011855944240477996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11522380.post-41275456765709562222007-03-14T06:21:00.000-07:002007-03-14T06:21:00.000-07:00How do you figure that gay and lesbian people are ...How do you figure that gay and lesbian people are free to marry?<BR/><BR/>Sure, they can declare to each other in front of 20 people, "I marry you. I marry you. I marry you." and take up joint residence. Or some such. But the ruckus about gay marriage I keep hearing about seems to be about unequal rights, no? <BR/><BR/>Anonymous Steve <BR/>(on accounta I don't have my password handy)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11522380.post-91828682105452947022007-03-13T20:06:00.000-07:002007-03-13T20:06:00.000-07:00You really can't trust those Unitarians. If you e...You really can't trust those Unitarians. If you elect them to office they're going to try to impose the values of the Enlightenment on the US Government. Where might it go from there?<BR/><BR/>And not that I disagree with the thrust of your post, let me point out that the only right that is technically denied to gay and lesbian people is the right to announce their sexual orientation when they're serving in the military. They are free to marry if they chose, and many of them do. <BR/><BR/>What you're really asking for is a social change, more than a legal change. The understanding of rights should be broadened to better accomodate the pursuit of happiness. (Personally, I would like to pursue my happiness by taking cocaine, but the Law prevents me.)<BR/><BR/>I'm not really worried about Catholics in office because everybody knows what their bias is, and they are required to swear an oath to uphold the Constitution. Robert P. Casey, a Catholic, was governor of PA for two terms. Except for the abortion issue, he was a pretty good governor, but except for the abortion issue, he wouldn't have been elected.jj mollohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011855944240477996noreply@blogger.com