Yes, we can.

[scaeagles]

I'm not saying it is. I'm just wondering why it isn't seen as a divisive tool on both sides.

Understanding I am not speaking of this in terms of right and wrong (I am libertarian on theis issue and think government should stay out of the marriage issue all together), if the majority of Americans are not for gay marriage (which I believe the numbers say), then why is it divisive to be on that side of the issue? It would seem like those being divisive are the minority who begins to demand something that hasn't been there before and most people oppose.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

I'm not saying it is. I'm just wondering why it isn't seen as a divisive tool on both sides.

Understanding I am not speaking of this in terms of right and wrong (I am libertarian on theis issue and think government should stay out of the marriage issue all together), if the majority of Americans are not for gay marriage (which I believe the numbers say), then why is it divisive to be on that side of the issue? It would seem like those being divisive are the minority who begins to demand something that hasn't been there before and most people oppose.

By that logic, blacks shouldn't have gotten "uppity" in the 60's, and demanded equal rights.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by JWBear

By that logic, blacks shouldn't have gotten "uppity" in the 60's, and demanded equal rights.

That was my first thought- things were just hunky dory in America until those darned blacks started stirring the **** with 'Brown VS the Board of Education'. I'm very grateful for that decision on a personal level, as it opened the door for kids like mine (hearing disability) to attend the same schools as their peers. An unintended consequence, but certainly a positive one. Who knows what peripheral positives might occur when we stop denying a very large segment of our citizenry the same rights afforded to the majority?