tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post4213915808914414531..comments2024-03-28T09:09:28.423-04:00Comments on Progressive Eruptions: North Carolina Poised to Pass Anti-Civil Rights LegislationShaw Kenawehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-78224180258687442562012-05-09T11:18:47.560-04:002012-05-09T11:18:47.560-04:00Skud,
We agree, for once!Skud,<br />We agree, for once!Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-708002515761037902012-05-09T10:11:32.570-04:002012-05-09T10:11:32.570-04:00It's not just the southern states passing thes...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">It's not just the southern states passing these anti-gay marriage laws.</a><br /><br />These are temporary setbacks. The younger generations don't hold the religious prejudices that the older generations do.<br /><br />Look at how far civil rights for our gay and lesbian citizens has advanced.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-40405498469139287582012-05-09T09:54:38.552-04:002012-05-09T09:54:38.552-04:00No one said the Southern states were very open to ...No one said the Southern states were very open to change, after all they do cling to the guns and bibles.<br /><br />Seems a little hypocritical for the party who wants less government to support the government determining who someone can marry and if a women can determine to have an abortion or not. <br /><br />This is nothing but government controlling our lives.skudrunnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07610092853412481236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-40558172150798774262012-05-09T07:57:32.011-04:002012-05-09T07:57:32.011-04:00North Carolina, along with the other states that v...North Carolina, along with the other states that voted to deny Americans their natural rights, will regret this anti-human, anti-civil rights legislation. <br /><br />This is nothing more than legislated religion. And it legislates Biblical prohibitions selectively. I've never heard of any state in the Union pass legislation that prohibits working on the Sabbath--that is proscribed in the Christian Bible. <br /><br />But since many Christians work on Sunday, it's easier to go after a minority and make their lives more miserable than to apply their religious zealotry to everyone.<br /><br />This is upsetting and depressing, but there is good news.<br /><br />This religiously imposed legislation will be overturned.<br /><br />I guarantee it.<br /><br />The last time North Carolina passed an amendment to its constitution, it was to prohibit interracial marriage.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-51184316991671297382012-05-09T07:40:23.341-04:002012-05-09T07:40:23.341-04:00A person's natural legal right should not be u...A person's natural legal right should not be up for vote.Amir Amza Aslamkhannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-82567339324260275892012-05-08T12:27:11.088-04:002012-05-08T12:27:11.088-04:00It turns out that the factor that best correlates ...It turns out that the factor that best correlates with attitudes toward gays is actually age -- even more so than religion. Even evangelical Christians under 25 are far less hostile to gays than the older ones. That does suggest the situation will improve over time.<br /><br />Prejudice is harder to transmit when young people grow up in a world where gay people are part of everyday life and most young people know a few personally.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-50397232574922970862012-05-08T11:17:42.750-04:002012-05-08T11:17:42.750-04:00These are people using religion as a means of just...These are people using religion as a means of justifying their bigotry, not using religion to better society and honor god.Jerry Critterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870618647449723147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-1365798295479539722012-05-08T11:06:22.270-04:002012-05-08T11:06:22.270-04:00I hope you're right Infidel, but having lived ...I hope you're right Infidel, but having lived around these people for much of my life I'm not very optimistic. Religion, ignorance, hate and prejudice are just too deeply ingrained in their "thinking."Leslie Parsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13743778482517634823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1883838569462983439.post-17552862622462431282012-05-08T09:59:35.114-04:002012-05-08T09:59:35.114-04:00Back in the 19th century, a provision was added to...Back in the 19th century, a provision was added to the law of my home state of Oregon (perhaps even to the state constitution, I'm not sure) prohibiting black people from settling here.<br /><br />Long ago, of course, it became a dead letter, since it clashed with the federal Constitution. But well into the 20th century it remained on the books, having no legal force but serving as an embarrassing reminder of the bigotry that was once thought to be within the range of acceptable debate.<br /><br />If North Carolina incorporates this shameful, Biblical hate into its constitution, within a decade it will take on the same character, and the children of those who vote for it today will eventually repeal it in embarrassment at the dead law from the dead past.Infidel753https://www.blogger.com/profile/10965786814334886696noreply@blogger.com