 | | 
11-04-2009, 05:21 PM
|
#76 (permalink)
| | CromptOWNED.
Join Date: Jun 2007  Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,519
| Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjack4  535 people making decisions for over 300 million isn't a real representative democracy. I believe that each congressman should represent only 100,000 people instead of almost 600,000. Let states decide their own issues that do not fall under the jurisdiction of the feds. | That's all fine. I am more speaking of the sort of things that shouldn't even be up for being decided by other people. Just like someone can't be legislated to change religion, no one should be legislated not to practice marriage as long as it is between consenting adults.
__________________ Quote:
Originally Posted by DeepSpringsVol TeBlow is a fraud we all know it. he kissed a dude on national TV and he isnt from the middle east. Sodomy is not accepted. how does he get a pass? | | 
|   | |
11-04-2009, 05:25 PM
|
#77 (permalink)
| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
Posts: 15,440
| Quote:
Originally Posted by IPorange That's all fine. I am more speaking of the sort of things that shouldn't even be up for being decided by other people. Just like someone can't be legislated to change religion, no one should be legislated not to practice marriage as long as it is between consenting adults. | 2 issues.
1. Freedom of religion is directly in the Constitution. Marriage definitions are not and gay marriage bans have not been found to be unconstitutional.
2. Practicing marriage and having the government sanction it are two different things.
__________________
Despite its widespread use the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary! | 
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:36 PM
|
#78 (permalink)
| | Eric Berry's Pain Train
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Posts: 467
| Quote:
Originally Posted by BigPapaVol So we're better represented at 100k? I don't get it. Politicians don't change their stripes becase they represent fewer people. To wit, senators are easily as useless as reps.
Posted via VolNation Mobile | It simply brings politicians a litttle closer to the people they claim to represent. It by no means solves any problems, but it is a step in the right direction. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:48 PM
|
#79 (permalink)
| | Vol For Eternity
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Transylvolnia
Posts: 1,289
| I can't bring myself to think that I am better than anyone else and that I should tell them how to live their lives. I love to hunt, so I. don't want some PETA idiot. telling me I can't.I just think that we are better off with a limited amount of government intervention in our personal lives.
Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:49 PM
|
#80 (permalink)
| | Eric Berry's Pain Train
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Posts: 467
| Quote:
Originally Posted by IPorange That's all fine. I am more speaking of the sort of things that shouldn't even be up for being decided by other people. Just like someone can't be legislated to change religion, no one should be legislated not to practice marriage as long as it is between consenting adults. | I'm not a fan of trying to legislate morality. While there are several things that morality plays a big part in rape, murder, forcing kids to watch porn, ect. If you are going to legislate something along those lines it should be up to the people that will be affected by it. Personally I would vote for gay marriage if it came to a vote down here. Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:50 PM
|
#81 (permalink)
| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
Posts: 15,440
| Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjack4 Personally I would vote for gay marriage if it came to a vote down here.
Posted via VolNation Mobile | It did a few years back. I didn't vote either way on the matter.
__________________
Despite its widespread use the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary! | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:51 PM
|
#82 (permalink)
| | Vol For Eternity
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Transylvolnia
Posts: 1,289
| Sorry for all the periods in the above post. Still getting used to the big thumbs on small keys
Posted via VolNation Mobile | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:54 PM
|
#83 (permalink)
| | doo doo doo
Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: looking out my backdoor
Posts: 15,440
| Quote:
Originally Posted by CountVolcula Sorry for all the periods in the above post. Still getting used to the big thumbs on small keys
Posted via VolNation Mobile | Your thumbs grew?
__________________
Despite its widespread use the word "gullible" isn't in the dictionary! | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:56 PM
|
#84 (permalink)
| | Eric Berry's Pain Train
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Posts: 467
| Quote:
Originally Posted by volinbham It did a few years back. I didn't vote either way on the matter. | Yeah, I wasn't old enough to vote when it came up. | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 05:57 PM
|
#85 (permalink)
| | Eric Berry's Pain Train
Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Huntsville, Alabama
Posts: 467
| LOL I get the gay marriage adverts on this page. | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 07:04 PM
|
#86 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Murfreesboro, TN
Posts: 603
| Quote:
Originally Posted by IPorange That's all fine. I am more speaking of the sort of things that shouldn't even be up for being decided by other people. Just like someone can't be legislated to change religion, no one should be legislated not to practice marriage as long as it is between consenting adults. | Why not let each state decide what marriage is to them? Even states that normally are very far left vote to have marriage between 1 man and 1 woman.
So if a dad wants to marry his daughter you ok with that? Or a brother and sister want to marry? | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 07:10 PM
|
#87 (permalink)
| | Vol For Eternity
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Transylvolnia
Posts: 1,289
| Quote:
Originally Posted by lumberjack4 LOL I get the gay marriage adverts on this page. | I dont like the thought of it and dont condone it. I just dont believe a persons personal life should be left to a vote
__________________
One Bite and You're a Vol Forever | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 07:10 PM
|
#88 (permalink)
| | Vol For Eternity
Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Transylvolnia
Posts: 1,289
| Quote:
Originally Posted by volinbham Your thumbs grew? | Dang Blackberry keys
__________________
One Bite and You're a Vol Forever | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 08:29 PM
|
#89 (permalink)
| | Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Huntsville, AL
Posts: 4,028
| Quote:
Originally Posted by VOLnVEGAS Who the heck wants to get married anyway??? | It has its upsides. | |
| | |
11-04-2009, 11:10 PM
|
#90 (permalink)
| | All The Way Turnt Up
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,533
| I think the moral of this story is why does anybody give a flying **** if gays want to marry. We certainly have more important things to worry about than this nonsense. This being a driving force in modern politics says alot about our society today.
__________________ 
To quote the late, great Colonel Sanders, "I'm way too drunk to taste this chicken." | |
| | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
Posting Rules
| You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off | | | | All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:16 PM. | |  |
Forums |
