Palestinians celebrate death of children.

[sjt18]

Yes. Benefits ARE withheld from a live in girlfriend. I am not aware of anyone trying to get benefits for someone on the basis that they've had premarital sex with them. Where did I miss this?

Do I think someone should have the right to withhold benefits from people who openly engage in behavior that morally offends them? Yes. That does not mean I believe they should do so in any particular much less every case.

 

[IPorange]

Yes. Benefits ARE withheld from a live in girlfriend. I am not aware of anyone trying to get benefits for someone on the basis that they've had premarital sex with them. Where did I miss this?

Do I think someone should have the right to withhold benefits from people who openly engage in behavior that morally offends them? Yes. That does not mean I believe they should do so in any particular much less every case.

You think way too highly of yourself, I think.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Yes. Benefits ARE withheld from a live in girlfriend. I am not aware of anyone trying to get benefits for someone on the basis that they've had premarital sex with them. Where did I miss this?

Do I think someone should have the right to withhold benefits from people who openly engage in behavior that morally offends them? Yes. That does not mean I believe they should do so in any particular much less every case.

Dude, if you didn't think homosexual couples deserved benefits before this debate, you sure don't think so now.

 

[sjt18]

You think way too highly of yourself, I think.

That's an unnecessary low blow from someone who expresses their views with as much confidence as you do.

 

[sjt18]

Dude, if you didn't think homosexual couples deserved benefits before this debate, you sure don't think so now.

I think homosexuals "deserve" whatever benefits they can privately negotiate with an employer. I do not think any employer should be compelled to give them benefits if it contradicts their conscience.

 

[IPorange]

That's an unnecessary low blow from someone who expresses their views with as much confidence as you do.

I don't presume that my own morality and personal belief system supersedes the rights of others.

 

[sjt18]

I don't presume that my own morality and personal belief system supersedes the rights of others.

That's odd... that is EXACTLY what your mocking posts and "confident" posts imply.

FTR, I have never said that my own morality or personal belief system supercedes the rights of others either.

Marriage is not a right. Employment is not a right. Employer benefits are not rights.

 

[rmsmith]

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[gsvol]

Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel in 2011.

Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel in 2010.

Palestinian rocket and mortar attacks on Israel in 2009.

Almost daily for the past three years.

 

[OJ]

sjt18 you sure know your stuff. Always enjoy reading it.

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Marriage is not a right. Employment is not a right. Employer benefits are not rights.

Let's revoke all of the above from everyone and then hear about how much of a right each of those items are.

 

[IPorange]

sjt18 you sure know your stuff. Always enjoy reading it.

Coming from you, what an insult.

 

[IPorange]

Let's revoke all of the above from everyone and then hear about how much of a right each of those items are.

You don't understand. I'ts only not a right if you're GAY.

 

[sjt18]

You don't understand. I'ts only not a right if you're GAY.

No. Marriage is NOT a right. It is a privileged license with qualifications established by the issuing authority. That really isn't very hard to understand.

As such, a state could deny it to heterosexuals... assuming the voting public allowed it.

 

[MG1968]

based on the results of a blood test, marriage used to be denied to heterosexuals

 

[DinkinFlicka]

No. Marriage is NOT a right. It is a privileged license with qualifications established by the issuing authority. That really isn't very hard to understand.

As such, a state could deny it to heterosexuals... assuming the voting public allowed it.

Funny, I thought marriage was a consecration of love.

I dream.