[Durham INC] Anti-Gay is as Anti-Gay Does

[Matt Dudek]

Having the State define marriage is a bad idea.

All opinions are allowed on this list serve, but please don't be so 
offensive as to compare what two consenting adults choose, to a human 
forcing himself on an unconsenting animal.

Matt Dudek

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> 	Christine Chamberlain <mailto:christinebbd at yahoo.com>
> September 15, 2011 1:04 PM
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>
> The gay agenda will continue to offend  when you compare being gay to 
> being black.  You can't come up with anything on your own, so you 
> piggy-back on other causes.
> You want to redefine marriage for me, and I will not have it.  Next 
> we'll have people wanting to add marriage to horses, dogs... there was 
> a guy in Raleigh arrested for having sex with a horse.  Hey... he 
> loved the horse!  Where does it stop?  How about those who love sex 
> with children?
>
> Redefining marriage is a bad idea.
> Christine Chamberlain
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> *From:* John Martin <bulldurhamnc at yahoo.com>
> *To:* inclistserv <inc-list at durhaminc.org>; Christine Chamberlain 
> <christinebbd at yahoo.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:50 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Durham INC] Anti-Gay is as Anti-Gay Does
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> Christine,
>
> George Wallace was elected governor of Alabama in 1962  with the 
> slogan, "segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation 
> forever."   When people accused him of being racist, he used to say 
> that he had never said anything negative about another person because 
> of their race or color.  And some of his best friends were colored 
> people, and blah, blah, blah.
>
> Yours is an old and tiresome argument.  I don't care at all what your 
> personal "feelings" are about gay people or anyone else for that 
> matter.  But when you defend legal arrangements that make it harder 
> for a whole category of people to live their lives *as they see fit*, 
> you shouldn't be surprised if they think you're against them. 
>  Because, of course, you are.
>
> John
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> 	John Martin <mailto:bulldurhamnc at yahoo.com>
> September 15, 2011 12:50 PM
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>
> Christine,
>
> George Wallace was elected governor of Alabama in 1962  with the 
> slogan, "segregation today, segregation tomorrow, segregation 
> forever."   When people accused him of being racist, he used to say 
> that he had never said anything negative about another person because 
> of their race or color.  And some of his best friends were colored 
> people, and blah, blah, blah.
>
> Yours is an old and tiresome argument.  I don't care at all what your 
> personal "feelings" are about gay people or anyone else for that 
> matter.  But when you defend legal arrangements that make it harder 
> for a whole category of people to live their lives *as they see fit*, 
> you shouldn't be surprised if they think you're against them. 
>  Because, of course, you are.
>
> John
>
> --- On *Thu, 9/15/11, Christine Chamberlain 
> /<christinebbd at yahoo.com>/* wrote:
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> 	Christine Chamberlain <mailto:christinebbd at yahoo.com>
> September 15, 2011 12:15 PM
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>
> Joshua, Please refrain from describing those who differ with your 
> opinion on gay marriage as anti-gay.  It is offensive.
>
> Personally, I am NOT anti-gay.  I am anti-gay marriage, I am NOT anti-gay.
> Christine Chamberlain
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> *From:* Joshua Allen <allen.joshua at gmail.com>
> *To:* "listserv, inc" <inc-list at durhaminc.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:48 AM
> *Subject:* [Durham INC] Anti-Gay Amendment to be on Ballot in May
>
> I know we are done debating the topic, but I just wanted to update 
> everyone on where the amendment stands.  It passed both houses of 
> state congress with the 3/5th's majority it needed.  So the amendment 
> will be on the ballot -- in the Republican primary -- in May!  So this 
> amendment is clearly going to pass.
>
> I do see a few silver linings: The amendment only got 30 out of 50 
> votes in the senate, the minimum it needed to pass.  1 vote would have 
> made all the difference!   The Republicans are so uncertain that the 
> amendment will get a majority vote that they scheduled it for the May 
> Republican Primary, when few Democrats will go the polls, all but 
> ensuring passage of the amendment, which needs a simple majority to 
> pass.  This shows that they are scared because attitudes are changing 
> to support marriage equality.  Finally, the last silver lining is that 
> court cases from other states are on their way to the US Supreme Court 
> which may nullify this amendment if it passes.
>
> -- 
> Joshua
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