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Politics is very passionate, and those among us who feel their rights would be trampled on by one party can be appalled and hurt when watching people we love support said party.
I think I get BB's first point, though - why did the son resort to writing an open letter, when he could have written a private one or had a face-to-face talk? Not only could the father have found it offensive (and likely ignored the message even more), but the wording can be found inflammatory by some.
We're all entitled to be upset if the opinions of our loved ones differ from ours, especially when it seems they support those who would limit our own rights. It's how we try to handle that hurt that can affect how our loved ones see (or fail to see) our point of view.
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From: Wouldn't you like to know? | Registered: Oct 2003
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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quote:Originally posted by Blockade Boy: [Quote]..."Marriage" I don't really feel the government should be performing marriages so most of the rest of that debate is moot to me. Government cannot stop people from performing a religious rite. The remainder of the debate is more about the business aspect of marriage, not the love aspect. I don't feel government should have a role in that either, beyond contract law. I don't believe government should be forcing businesses to provide services to someone just because they are "married." I don't believe "married" people should be treated as anything other than two individuals, from a government POV...
Honestly, since most people who oppose same-sex marriage aren't out there opposing benefits for opposite-sex couples in the name of "fairness," I don't think this point is relevant to the original comments.
I'm not writing this to defend Obama, who I frankly can't stand and never could stand. (And I won't be voting for Romney, either.)
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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quote:Originally posted by Blockade Boy: [Quote]..."Marriage" I don't really feel the government should be performing marriages so most of the rest of that debate is moot to me. Government cannot stop people from performing a religious rite. The remainder of the debate is more about the business aspect of marriage, not the love aspect. I don't feel government should have a role in that either, beyond contract law. I don't believe government should be forcing businesses to provide services to someone just because they are "married." I don't believe "married" people should be treated as anything other than two individuals, from a government POV...
Honestly, since most people who oppose same-sex marriage aren't out there opposing benefits for opposite-sex couples in the name of "fairness," I don't think this point is relevant to the original comments.
I'm not writing this to defend Obama, who I frankly can't stand and never could stand. (And I won't be voting for Romney, either.)
The part you didn't snip was the part where I intimated it's intent wasn't relevance but what I thought the person I was responding to might have been wanting to know.
Opinions generally come from somewhere. The opinion was relevant. It's source maybe not but I provided it since the poster was requesting to "be clear."
From: East Toledo | Registered: Jul 2003
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cleome46
or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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Have it your way. I don't want to pursue this any further in this thread because I don't want to start defending a bunch of politicians that I really don't like. Yeah, it does stink that he feels estranged from his family. Maybe he just wanted some catharsis on the matter because it's been bothering him for a long time. I don't think he's a bad person for wanting that. I vent in my own online spaces all the time.
Quis, I hope you're doing all right. :/
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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quote:Originally posted by lowercase mllash: Your best bet is to NOT be friends with family members on Facebook. It has served me very well.
Too late. And you really can't unfriend family.
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From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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you can start a second FB page and invite your non-family friends to migrate there.
From: Vancouver, BC, Canada | Registered: Dec 2003
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(is waiting patiently for the new invites from people who'll do that)
An easy way to do that is to create an event using your current account, then paste the link of your new Facebook page there. It saves you the trouble of inviting people one by one. Just make sure to make the event invite-only AND private/secret
Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
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