George Will: "Quite Literally, the Opposition to Gay Marriage is Dying"
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[quote="HuffPo"]During ABC "This Week," conservative panelist George Will weighed in on what he called the "growing consensus" of public opinion regarding same-sex marriage.
On Friday, the Supreme Court decided to take up two big cases. The court will hear one case challenging the Defense of Marriage Act, and a case on Proposition 8, which banned same-sex marriage in California.
Will wondered how election results would impact the Supreme Court's decisions. After Maine, Maryland and Washington passed ballot measures legalizing same-sex marriage in November, Will said the court may decide "it's not necessary for us to go here."
"They don't want to do what they did with abortion," Will said. "The country was having a constructive accommodation on abortion, liberalizing abortion laws. The court yanked the subject out of democratic discourse and embittered the argument. They may say we don't want to do that, we can just let the democracy take care of this."
[B]He continued, "On the other hand, they could say it's now safe to look at this because there is something like an emerging consensus. Quite literally, the opposition to gay marriage is dying. It's old people.[/B]"[/quote]
Source: [URL="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/09/george-will-opposition-gay-marriage-dying_n_2267475.html"]Huffington Post[/URL]
But then again, so are we all, eventually.
I just noticed this article is from 2012. Whoops.
[QUOTE=PolarEventide;42100907]I just noticed this article is from 2012. Whoops.[/QUOTE]
which means it's died a little bit more. whoo!
Didn't care before, don't care now.
Hopefully they hurry up so the rest of the civilised world can move on and deal with things that actully matter.
The opposition to gay marriage is quite literally retarded.
[QUOTE=Sungrazer;42102842]The opposition to gay marriage is quite literally retarded.[/QUOTE]
There are people in my town that think people being gay infringes on their rights.
Excellent! Soon the gay will infect the entire world!
[QUOTE=Xieneus;42103573]Excellent! Soon the gay will infect the entire world![/QUOTE]
I for one, find this news wonderful.
[QUOTE=Jrose14;42103501]There are people in my town that think people being gay infringes on their rights.[/QUOTE]
There's a bill working its way through the Manitoba Legislature right now that requires schools to have gay-straight alliances if the students want one, in addition to other anti-bullying measures
Mennonites (and other religious groups too) are up in arms about how it violates their religious freedom
Religious freedom = encouraging your children to hate gay people
[QUOTE=c0nk3r;42101401]Didn't care before, don't care now.[/QUOTE]
First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.
I honestly wonder what the percentage is, these days, of accepting v bigots
This is pretty much the solution to a ton of world problems, you wait for the old, outdated backwards-marchers to die and hope that the newer generation hasn't picked up what they left behind.
[QUOTE=BrickInHead;42101240]which means it's died a little bit more. whoo![/QUOTE]
this
[QUOTE=Sungrazer;42102842]The opposition to gay marriage is quite literally senile.[/QUOTE]
Fixed
[QUOTE=Riller;42100882]But then again, so are we all, eventually.[/QUOTE]
Wow, you're so profound stating the obvious
[QUOTE=CabooseRvB;42103912]First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.
Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.[/QUOTE]
except lgbt rights are progression and not oppression
it's not systematic removal of rights if they've never previously had the same social and legal rights
it's sort of the total opposite of that quote actually
[QUOTE=Rethill34;42103635]I for one, find this news wonderful.[/QUOTE]
i personally find it fabulous
[QUOTE=Sniping Robot;42106097]Wow, you're so profound stating the obvious[/QUOTE]
And you're so meta in pointing out a joke where the premise is being obvious, is obvious. SoDeep.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;42103662]
Mennonites (and other religious groups too) are up in arms about how it violates their religious freedom
Religious freedom = encouraging your children to hate gay people[/QUOTE]
The gripe always boils down to
"I want my freedom to deny other peoples freedoms"
[QUOTE=Mudbone;42101623]Hopefully they hurry up so the rest of the civilised world can move on and deal with things that actully matter.[/QUOTE]
Yes like these fucking cyborgs and robots. We need to make them illegal!
haha nice, people are dying
[QUOTE=Rethill34;42103635]I for one, find this news wonderful.[/QUOTE]
If it can curb population growth, it's even better. Even if they wanna adopt there's a ton of Chinese infants that need proper homes, which makes more use of existing human populace rather than churning out more mouths to feed.
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