To: i-node who wrote (143681 ) 6/14/2014 6:41:32 PM From: tejek Read Replies (1) | Respond to >> I have no love for Rs but when a president starts to pretend they don't exist then the US is in far more worse straits than it is now. Personally, I don't think this country will stay together but Obama and his successors have to keep trying to reflect the entire country while they are president. For now, it is a lost cause until 2016. Perhaps we'll elect an adult as Obama's successor. Have you even considered that possibility. .Carson described his opposition to same-sex marriage on Hannity , saying: “Marriage is between a man and a woman. No group, be they gays, be they NAMBLA , be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn’t matter what they are. They don't get to change the definition .” [37] Carson’s comments drew criticism for apparently lumping together gays with pedophiles and practitioners of bestiality, and a group of Hopkins students circulated a petition asking that Carson be replaced as the university’s commencement speaker. [37] [38] Carson told MSNBC ’s Andrea Mitchell that his comments were “completely taken out of context and completely misunderstood,” and also asserted on CNN ’s " The Situation Room ” that he loves all people, whether gay or straight. [37 ][38] [39] Carson also said, “I certainly believe gay people should have all the rights anyone else has. I was trying to say that as far as marriage was concerned, it has traditionally been between a man and a woman and no one should be able to change that.” [40] Carson’s views on evolution and creationism have also generated controversy. [41] In a 2006 debate with Richard Dawkins , Francis Collins , and Daniel Dennett , Carson stated: “I don’t believe in evolution .... I simply don’t have enough faith to believe that something as complex as our ability to rationalize, think, and plan, and have a moral sense of what’s right and wrong, just appeared. ” [42] In 2012 nearly 500 professors, students, and alumni of Emory University wrote a letter expressing concern about Carson’s views in advance of his commencement speech, although no request was made to rescind Carson’s invitation. In particular, they cited his quote in an Adventist Review interview where he said, “By believing we are the product of random acts, we eliminate morality and the basis of ethical behavior.” Carson responded by clarifying his views, saying, “People who believe in survival of the fittest might have more difficulty deriving where their ethics come from. A lot of evolutionists are very ethical people.” [41] en.wikipedia.org
