Yay for the supreme court!!

[ypsidan04]

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says he will endorse a constitutional amendment that would ban gay marriages. Lets hope this doesn't happen.

"I very much feel that marriage is a sacrament, and that sacrament should extend and can extend to that legal entity of a union between, what is traditionally in our Western values has been defined, as between a man and a woman," said Frist, of Tennessee.

http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid...s_and_lesbians

[parrish122]

You see, people like Bill Frist are the reason I'm hoping Howard Dean is our next president.

Parrish

[ypsidan04]

Originally posted by parrish122
You see, people like Bill Frist are the reason I'm hoping Howard Dean is our next president.

Parrish

Sorry, but who is Howard Dean? What are his beliefs that you like?

[parrish122]

Here is his site. www.deanforamerica.com

I like a lot of what he stands for. He's best known as the former Gov. of Vermont, that made civil unions for gay and lesbian couples legal in that state.

Parrish

[Charles]

And there lies an important point. It should be within the civil government's authority to recognize CIVIL unions without the need to satisfy any religious definition of marriage. This is another example of separation of church and state. If various religions want to disallow gay marriage, fine, let them. However, they shouldn't expect their views to be the civil law of the land, particularly since disapproval of gay marriage is far from universal.

The long-term effects of this decision will be interesting to follow. The logic behind the ruling seems to say if an activity is a) private, b) involves only consenting adults, and c) does no harm, then it is legal. Prostitution could arguably fit this description. Recreational use of mild drug (pot) fits too (the crime is usually in having pot, not using it).

[ypsidan04]

Here's an article about Howard Dean's campaign fundraising: http://www.msnbc.com/news/933274.asp?vts=070120031010

And another article from yahoo.com. http://news.yahoo.com/fc?tmpl=fc&cid...s_and_lesbians