Wasn't every state at one time on the "wrong" side of all these issues? Even that staunch progressive bastion, California, took a popular vote recently and was decidedly against gay marriage. The notable lack of a slavery clause in California's state constitution was merely a business decision made to protect the miners who feared slave owners would overrun the gold claims. In fact, the CA constitution once charged the legislature with "protecting the state from the burdens and evils arising from the Chinese population." That one passed nearly unanimously in a popular vote.From slavery to segregation to gay marriage, Alabama seems determined to step forward as America's brown eye.
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Let's not forget Jim Crow, shall we? Oh, wait, Jim Crow laws were not just in Alabama, they even had them in California and Missouri.From slavery to segregation to gay marriage, Alabama seems determined to step forward as America's brown eye.
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I would counter that Missouri's ban on gay marriage was never valid. And I'm a transplant to Missouri from Mass.Let's not forget Jim Crow, shall we? Oh, wait, Jim Crow laws were not just in Alabama, they even had them in California and Missouri.
http://www.nps.gov/malu/forteachers/jim_crow_laws.htm
Hmm... Missouri's constitutional ban against gay marriage that had been in place for ten years was nullified by the Feds on November 7, 2014. Just a couple of months ago, yes?
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/07/us-usa-gaymarriage-missouri-idUSKBN0IR1QO20141107
If marriage is to be a religious matter, the government has no business deciding who may or may not be married. If marriage is a secular matter, the government has no business... etc., etc.Ironically, both Christians and proponents of gay marriage missed a golden opportunity to work together to eliminate the government infringement on religion by eliminating the licensing of marriage, rather than forcing people to accept licensing of things that violate their faith.
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Christian, proponent of gay marriage, and a registered Republican.both Christians and proponents of gay marriage
The two are not exclusionary. It is possible to be both.
Psst: aren't you in an open marriage? Seems a tad contradictory to the boldedFor those of us who think same partner sex is fine, but marriage can only be between a man and a woman, they are fighting the last frontier for the sanctity of marriage.