New York State: Consensus Reached on Religious Exemptions in Gay Marriage Bill

but yet, not by the will of the people, who will hopefully vote out people who didn't represent THEM in a REPRESENTATIVE government.

 

But just wait. The militants' ramrodding is coming their way, the will of the people be damned.

 

Freudian slip?

 

You realize that's the exact same argument those opposing civil rights advances pushed. First of all, I think you're making a big assumption that denying gays rights is the will of the people. Second of all, even if it is, so what? We vote for representatives not to rubber-stamp our base passions, but to do what is best after looking at all sides. We were never intended to be governed by a voice vote from a vast meeting in a field. And we have stuff like courts as part of the process to protect minorities, not just as a group of people who make you stamp your feets.

 

You have a couple of assumptions, but we all know what they say about them.

As for the first point, if less than 1 percent of homosexuals participate in gay pride marches and only a percentage of that acting like those I depicted, why do they get so much publicity in the public compared to their numbers?

I don't like it when scantily clad women are out in public acting like idiots, either.

No need for personal attacks, either.

 

That is one person and even in her case, you really don't know if that was why she became a lesbian. Maybe she always was one. You really don't know.

Nevermind. Obviously, this discussion won't go well.

 

I grew up with an alcoholic father who was never around and spent all our money on booze and gambling. Clearly, this environment led to my heterosexuality.

I never had a chance.

 

Since you're celibate, wouldn't you have lived an asexual life for decades?