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About prop 8 and other anti gay rights props

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AZPaul3
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Message 70 of 192 (489762)
11-29-2008 8:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 58 by Taz
11-28-2008 3:15 PM

Re: Get the government out of the marriage business
Equality isn't about making everyone as miserable as the people on the bottom; it is about making everyone as prosperous as the people on top. - Taz
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PS - that last statement there is copyrighted.
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A little push back here, Taz.
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"Equality" never was about "equality of outcome." It is about "equality of opportunity" or better yet the equal right to take advantage (or not) of the opportunities presented. In other words, it is about everyone having an equal right to fail.
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We are not there, yet, and this thread is proof. Gays should have every right to fail at marriage that the rest of us enjoy.
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ABE: Being a "Technocrat" (old nerd) I take solace in the milestone reached on this my 256th contribution to this forum.
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Edited by AZPaul3, : I'm easily entertained by minutia.
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AZPaul3
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11-29-2008 8:45 PM 		Reply to: Message 73 by Taz
11-29-2008 8:26 PM

Re: Get the government out of the marriage business
I never said equality is about equality of outcome.
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Equality isn't about making everyone as miserable as the people on the bottom; it is about making everyone as prosperous as the people on top. - Taz
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ehh...well...if you say so.
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marriage is a right that EVERYONE ought to have the opportunity to enjoy (or despise if you want to put it that way).
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I completely agree. As I said...
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It is about "equality of opportunity" or better yet the equal right to take advantage (or not) of the opportunities presented.
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For those that have expressed your despise for marriages and divorces, god bless your souls if you see it that way. But just because you don't value marriage as much as some of us do why do you insist on imposing this belittlement on everyone else?
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Where did you get this? I never gave any such indications. Me thinks you are looking for a fight where none exists.
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