Comments on: Why Conservatives Should Have Supported Maine Gay Marriage

By: Travis Gearhart

Travis Gearhart — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:27:55 +0000

Hey Kevin, some spam managed to leak through (see up one comment). Just lettin’ ya know.

By: CB

CB — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:16:12 +0000

I’m actually in favor of just that, as well, however there hasn’t been much momentum for such an idea and so the next best thing for me is keeping gay marriage a state issue.

By: Travis Gearhart

Travis Gearhart — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:30:33 +0000

I’m actually in favor of just that, as well, however there hasn’t been much momentum for such an idea and so the next best thing for me is keeping gay marriage a state issue.

By: briand

briand — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:10:57 +0000

A well written piece Travis. I would prefer to see states revoke all laws concerning marriage. Then churches will have the right to bless the definition of marriage that they see fit, and not feel the danger of loosing their tax exempt status. Which is a reality seeing that ministers are agents of the state as well as God when they pronounce marriages. If couples would like to make their marriage a legaly binding obligation then they can draw up contracts. It would seem that many people take more time picking out a house or car than considering what marriage is. In much of western Europe the institution of marriage is disapearing, people just live together. To expand the fanchise to homosexual couples may be more likely to save it. It insures that the institution has a greater place in our culture rather than a lesser.

By: Travis Gearhart

Travis Gearhart — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 22:05:53 +0000

I’m not sure you understood the point of the post, clay. I’m not saying that if you are personally against it, that you should vote in favor of it. Thats fine and dandy, your opinion, your vote…great. However, in order to soften their stance, many say that they are in favor of gay marriage but then don’t follow up at the polls or speak up when it doesn’t pass. That, to me, is hypocrisy. I hate to paraphrase Beck here, but I’m ganna: Say what you mean and mean what you say.

By: Clay Barham

Clay Barham — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:40:56 +0000

My ancestry dates back to 19th century Maine where libertarian Democrats were the ones inheriting the Pilgrim’s view of individual freedom and responsibility, soon to start to fall under the Whigs, my family, to Republican interventionists up to the “moderates” like Dole and McCain, and now the Rousseau and Marx led Democrats and liberal republicans (see THE CHANGING FACE OF DEMOCRATS on Amazon and claysamerica.com) who say community interests are more important than are individual interests, the latter having given America its free market and great prosperity. So, yes, why not interfere with personal responsibility and vote for how we label, not our Creator, individual anatomy for the feel-good generation who have rejected responsibility.

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