08-18-2008, 03:13 PM | #151 |
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If the California Constitution has been amended 500 times I'd be interested in knowing how many times the "Bill of Rights" section has been amended, and to limit not expand liberty.
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08-18-2008, 03:32 PM | #152 | |
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Your description of what happened in Texas seems pretty weak, frankly. All you did was cast a secret ballot. You likely didnt even let your Bishop know that you were in opposition. The Stake presidency did not call you directly and ask for money and ask if you were going to be participating. And since you acknowledge that there was little likelihood of passage, your vote wasnt even impactful. In other words, when push came to shove, you really did nothing of meaning. Everything is easier in Texas, it seems. Good luck standing up for the cause......20 yards behind the front lines. Now get out of the way because we have real work to do out here.
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08-18-2008, 03:38 PM | #153 | |
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Seems like to get any street cred around here you have to join a pro-gay marriage political group. I'm saying your vacillating has little to do with principle and a lot to do with convenience ("this isn't so tough"). I'll respect you more if you campaign in support of Prop 8 amongst your co-workers (even though I don't support Prop 8). But you wouldn't. no matter how strongly you believed in Prop 8. |
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08-18-2008, 04:00 PM | #154 | |
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You already respect me, so I am not looking for that. Tell me what you found to be the most challenging.....going into a private voting booth to vote against the gay marriage amendment.....or not telling anyone in your ward how you were going to vote? Your story is a veritable Profile in Courage.
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08-18-2008, 04:13 PM | #156 | |
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I want to play along with your game because it is monday morning and I dont feel like working, plus it has been a few weeks since I have beaten you down (oh, ewth8ter, you never defend me, but you defend him all the time! now I am going to delete the photo thread!), but you arent giving me much to work with.
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08-18-2008, 04:17 PM | #157 |
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You don't mean to tell me that you graduated from Georgetown Law without learning how to consult a law book, do you? Look it up on your own. That diploma ought to be good for something.
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08-18-2008, 04:19 PM | #158 |
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I know the answer. It was a rhetorical question. The answer is 0 times.
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08-18-2008, 04:27 PM | #159 |
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So of the hundreds of times the California State constitution has been amended, it's never once trampled upon another's rights in favoring the rights of another? I'd love to see you argue THAT position.
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08-18-2008, 04:27 PM | #160 |
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Wow, I am impressed you guys are still going back and forth on this.
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