My conservative perspective on gay rights

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Central_Voter_File


James Lee's testimony

On 17 April 2001, James Lee testified, before the McKinney panel, that the state had given DBT the directive to add to the purge list people who matched at least 90% of a last name. DBT objected, knowing that this would produce a huge number of false positives (non-felons).[7]

Lee went on saying that the state then ordered DBT to shift to an even lower threshold of 80% match, allowing also names to be reversed (thus a person named Thomas Clarence could be taken to be the same as Clarence Thomas). Besides this, middle initials were skipped, Jr. and Sr. suffixes dropped, and some nicknames and aliases were added to puff up the list.

"DBT told state officials", testified Lee, "that the rules for creating the [purge] list would mean a significant number of people who were not deceased, not registered in more than one county, or not a felon, would be included on the list. DBT made suggestions to reduce the numbers of eligible voters included on the list". According to Lee, to this suggestion the state told the company, "Forget about it".

"The people who worked on this (for DBT) are very adamant... they told them what would happen", said Lee. "The state expected the county supervisors to be the failsafe." Lee said his company will never again get involved in cleansing voting rolls. "We are not confident any of the methods used today can guarantee legal voters will not be wrongfully denied the right to vote", Lee told a group of Atlanta-area black lawmakers in March 2001.[8]
 
http://articles.latimes.com/1986-10-25/news/mn-7435_1_republican-national-committee



GOP Memo Admits Plan Could 'Keep Black Vote Down'


October 25, 1986|From the Washington Post


NEWARK, N.J. — A Republican National Committee official calculated that a so-called ballot security program in Louisiana "could keep the black vote down considerably," according to documents released in federal court Friday.

The documents and court hearing were the latest developments in a controversy over the GOP's ballot program that Democrats maintain is aimed at reducing minority turnout. The Republicans say the program's sole purpose is to purge ineligible voters from voting roles.

unbelievable. why in the world are you SPAMMING this thread with your stupid black vote issue? you do this on USMB and now here. seriously, what is wrong with you?
 
The republican party has worked for decades to keep legal Americans from voting.


Its the only way they can keep winning elections
 
i am not a homosexual, though i have family who are. the issue of gay "rights" in america is a losing battle with the current conservative/gop thought process on the issue. if you want a theocracy, think real hard about what you're wishing for. do you want the catholic church to rule your life? to be in control of, the majority, of the government?

according to GOD'S word, homosexuality is a sin. love the sinner, not the sin. look who jesus forgave and had as followers. i'm tired of christians bashing homosexuals simply because they like the person of the same sex. further, i'm tired of people trying to make this country a theocracy by clamoring that people of the same sex should not be married.

marriage is SOLELY a contract in this country. the contract you sign with the state has NOTHING to do with religion.

there is no getting around the facts, unless you change the constitution.

From BC Roman law. Has NOTHING to do with religion and EVERYTHING to do with the biology of procreation

"matrimonium is an institution involving a mother, mater. The idea implicit in the word is that a man takes a woman in marriage, in matrimonium ducere, so that he may have children by her."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage

Mater semper certa est ("The mother is always certain")
"pater semper incertus est" ("The father is always uncertain")
"pater est, quem nuptiae demonstrant" ("father is to whom marriage points")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mater_semper_certa_est

Marriage limited to heterosexuals has as much to do with religion as all the birds pairing off into heterosexual couples to build nests has to do with religion. Nothing whatsoever.
 
I like the truth to be told.

You dont obviously

1. it is not truth, you have been debunked hundreds of times on both boards. you're a laughing stock at USMB for constantly posting this garbage in nonrelated threads. the mods have to constantly move your crap.

2. if you want to tell the truth, start your own thread and stop spamming this one with completely non related issues.
 
How so, they both are "not illegal", which was the ONLY justification you offered for special treatment for gays.

99% or more of people do not get married because they want a platonic relationship. and it is NOT "special" treatment at all. it is the EXACT same treatment that two people of different sex get. how in the world you call allowing two people to get married, engaging in a legal relationship...."special"....is mind boggling. they get no extra rights that heterosexual get. right now, heterosexual have the "special" right to get married. it is unequal and clearly violates the constitution.

you probably support interracial marriage bans.
 
I agree with yurt. But dems are stupid to push for. Far to few repubs support and most jesus freak dems don't support. It can't pass in liberal Cali. Meanwhile a majority support medicinal use of cannabis.
 
i am not a homosexual, though i have family who are. the issue of gay "rights" in america is a losing battle with the current conservative/gop thought process on the issue. if you want a theocracy, think real hard about what you're wishing for. do you want the catholic church to rule your life? to be in control of, the majority, of the government?

according to GOD'S word, homosexuality is a sin. love the sinner, not the sin. look who jesus forgave and had as followers. i'm tired of christians bashing homosexuals simply because they like the person of the same sex. further, i'm tired of people trying to make this country a theocracy by clamoring that people of the same sex should not be married.

marriage is SOLELY a contract in this country. the contract you sign with the state has NOTHING to do with religion.

there is no getting around the facts, unless you change the constitution.
Its not a religious argument, Yurt. And I know no Christian personally who bashes gays.
 
99% or more of people do not get married because they want a platonic relationship. and it is NOT "special" treatment at all. it is the EXACT same treatment that two people of different sex get. how in the world you call allowing two people to get married, engaging in a legal relationship...."special"....is mind boggling.

Where you getting lost. If its not made available to any two consenting adults its special treatment, yet you have no justification for such special treatment.

Equal protection requires at a minimum, that any distinction that discriminates between people, must be rationally related to serving a legitimate governmental interest. Marriage limited to heterosexual couples is rationally related to serving the legitimate governmental interest in more kids with their mom and dad together to provide and care for the kids they create and fewer kids dependent on one or neither of those parents.
You want to limit marriage to sexual couples. Whats your legitimate governmental interest that is only served in the case of sexual couples? Youve offered nothing other than your personal desire that it be so.
 
How is it special treatment?

Special, as in not available to any two consenting adults. Marriage is made available to heterosexual couples, the only couples who procreate. If you only want to extend the current marriage limited to heterosexual couples, to gay couples, NOT to any two consenting adults, Youll need some justification for doing so. Any suggestions.
 
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