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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gay marriage should  be left to the states.  And for [b]something that so fundamentally changes centuries of social and legal arrangements,[/b] the people themselves should decide, rather than slim majorities of legislators or judges.  I read that a bare majority in polls now seem to favor it.  I live in DC.  Had gay marriage been properly put to referendum I would have voted in favor of it.  But I don't think that a handful of DC council members should have shoved gay marriage down the throats (no pun intended) of DC residents.  [/quote]

Please explain how denying marriage rights to same sex couple is different from slavery, in the context of the bolded statement above.

Centuries of social, legal AND economic arrangements, check.

Support in biblical text, check.

Let the people decide what rights are granted to other humans? Er, not the best course. Sometimes change has to be accomplished through legislation. The abolition of slavery affected a lot of people directly, but it was the [i]right thing to do[/i].

I will be interested to see how those opposed to full rights for homosexual couples explain their bigotry to their grandchildren who are studying the struggle in school. I can just hear it now, a lame "eh, it was a different time..." [/quote]

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