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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (216604)	8/22/2007 5:00:01 PM
From: goldworldnet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793752

Gays are the most powerful minority group in the country. Nobody can mess with them and that includes other minorities. * * *

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (216604)	8/22/2007 10:25:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793752

"It went through the schools and the courts," It went through the schools? Why on Earth would gay marriage go through the schools? It was a court decision- Mass supreme court (and the Supremes refused to consider the case). The legislature can try to overturn that, but from the polling it looks like they won't be able to. Thus the legislature is, in fact, involved. They are free to rewrite the law if they have the votes. Nadine- what I said is not muddle headed. You may disagree, but it's quite clear, and based on con law. I'm not sure what your argument is, let alone what you are basing it on. Some people think everything is religious. Some people thing certain potent religious sybols are religious. Some people choose to react against certain legal behaviors, and say those behaviors violate their religion. School in the US is secular. Where people want to make things that have a secular component "religious", then they cannot be catered to, except in personal ways. We will not change the curriculum of our schools, which are secular, to reflect their personal religious views. We can make sure they are protected as individuals, but we aren't going to protect everyone. I personally don't "choose" this- it is the law which defines those things which have an entanglement with religion. You can look at a behavior, or a subject area, and it's usually pretty clear whether it has a large secular component, or not. That's not to say there aren't gray areas, but what is YOUR solution? Everything is religious so teach religion? I can't even tell what you are arguing. Can you explain, what, exactly, you think the schools should be teaching with regard to subjects that may impact religion but are not completely religious, and have a large secular component?