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mshray

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« on: February 15, 2005, 02:25:55 PM »
a great article today by C. W. Nevius.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/02/15/BAGU1BB0HU1.DTL



At the office of the Contra Costa County clerk-recorder in Martinez, Erica Martin listens to Steve Weir explain why he cannot give her and her partner a marriage license. Chronicle photo by Carlos Avila Gonzalez

read the article to understand why this picture is so significant.
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« Reply #1 on: February 15, 2005, 02:57:25 PM »
"let's go get stoned."

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« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2005, 05:03:09 AM »
I'm beginning to think that the fight for equal adoption rights is more important than the fight for marriage rights at this point, in part because I don't see the marriage fight as a winnable one in present-day Biblevania.
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« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2005, 08:24:19 AM »
Quote from: "Gazoo"
I'm beginning to think that the fight for equal adoption rights is more important than the fight for marriage rights at this point, in part because I don't see the marriage fight as a winnable one in present-day Biblevania.


but there were no gays with children in sodom and gomorrah.

i'd agree it's more important, but i don't agree with your reasoning. even if i subscribed to the "let's fight the easiest battle first" philosophy, i can't imagine the fundies would fundamentally be more willing to let the big ole mo's raise children than to be married...though, i suppose i've already been proven wrong, historically...

i'd also agree the adoption issue is more important because i presently have no desire to get married. i always think someone should care for and love the kiddies. doesn't matter who it is, so long as it's good love and care. there's a mutual of omaha wild kingdom episode airing on march 6th about an abandoned antelope who was raised by a lioness. now is that love?