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To: Neeka who wrote (13015)10/19/2003 9:57:51 PM
From: Dayuhan  Read Replies (2) of 793690
 
same-sex marriage is something else

I can't see why. If you believe in an inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, I don't see how you can presume that the government has the right to tell people who they can marry.

Institutions, no matter how sacred, do not have rights. Individuals do. Unless someone can prove that gay marriage will infringe upon their individual rights, why not just let 'em do what they want to do? Who are they hurting?

I think it's pretty damned weird, myself, but what I think shouldn't be permitted to infringe on anyone's rights. If I thought an individual should be locked up without trial, that would not be cause to deny that person's rights. If 99.9% of Americans thought the same thing, that would still not be cause for denial of rights. The will of the majority is not sufficient cause to deny any individual a guaranteed right.
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