tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post3666853730251498555..comments2023-10-02T04:41:34.722-04:00Comments on Marry in Massachusetts: One Vermonter's Creepy Feelingmassmarrierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-44054031804281815732009-04-04T15:45:00.000-04:002009-04-04T15:45:00.000-04:00I agree, and bear in mind we are seeing this soone...I agree, and bear in mind we are seeing this sooner than we all imagined. Perhaps "The Dream" is closer than we knew.John Hostyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152742238759546206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-26558013382309238962009-04-04T15:06:00.000-04:002009-04-04T15:06:00.000-04:00Just so, John, and I love the jackalope allusion.M...Just so, John, and I love the jackalope allusion.<BR/><BR/>Moreover, despite the drama-queen screeching of the anti-equality folk, we have repeatedly heard from timid and passive judges, not activist ones. Certainly, the Goodridge decision avoided much.<BR/><BR/>Yet it seems each subsequent case deciding on equal protection shows a bit more courage. The Iowa court's inclusion of the unvoiced, but everpresent, religious theme should be a clear signal to other states' high courts. Have your damned religion, but, as the expression goes, for God's sake don't try to legislate it for everyone.massmarrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02358207247771711952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7703913.post-44416473229531375542009-04-04T14:06:00.000-04:002009-04-04T14:06:00.000-04:00I'm chomping at the bit to talk about this on Blog...I'm chomping at the bit to talk about this on Blogtalk radio with you, but it will have to wait until April 14. <BR/><BR/>What you have to say here is not opinion, it's fact. There seems to be religious marriage, civil marriage, and now this bastardization "traditional" marriage where people are trying to pass off as a hybrid of the two.<BR/><BR/>It is no more real than the jackalope, yet lawmakers that are as uninformed as the public are as easily fooled.<BR/><BR/>What is at stake is the fundemental idea of equality afforded all from the Constitution of the United States, nothing less.John Hostyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05152742238759546206noreply@blogger.com