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1) Marriage, as we know it, is a privilege, not a right...just like your CHL is a privilege, not a right...just like your Driver's License is a privilege, not a right. Biblical marriage is a three party covenant agreement. Biblically, at least one of those three parties would not be in agreement, therefore, there would be no biblical covenant because it requires all three parties to be in agreement.

2) Statements to the effect that the GLBT crowd wants the same rights as everyone else is a moot point, they already do. The decisions made are ones regarding affording privileges that have yet to exist, not rights to be removed.

Folks need to get their ducks lined up correctly before you wanna argue for or against something. Arguing about marriage rights, technically, can't be done as they are not rights. I don't have the right to marry my wife, I have the privilege to.

I want to be able to carry any weapon I so choose, any way I so choose, anywhere I so choose but that is not allowed under the privileges afforded to me by the state of Texas. Can I work to get it changed? Yes. Will I be successful? Time will tell.

Same can be said of the gay marriage thing, but don't try to use the stance that it is rights being taken away from you because it isn't. Those are just inaccurate, engineered statements made to attempt to discredit opposition because you have not other basis for argument.

But with the GLBT crowd, if you don't agree with them, you are automatically an intolerant, hateful jerkwad. Where is the tolerance shown to me there? (though I believe tolerance to be a poison to society, but I digress). Work to change things you do not like and I will do the same. If we both work within the civic process as it has been established, then we both need to be content with whatever progress is made. If indeed the 'majority of Americans' are for gay marriage (which I, personally, doubt the statistics on that), then those privileges will be afforded to those who want them. And feel free to continue working toward what you want until you get it, but work withing the established rules and don't resort to underhanded methods or references to the family tree of those who disagree with you.

Just my two cents adjusted for inflation...

*edited for spelling and grammar*