Comments on: Voting on People’s RIGHTS just ain’t RIGHT.

By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:18:17 +0000

Tim, you are actually taking it out of content. It does not state “just” in the first paragraph at all. What it states is that some people want the legal right to wear the ring or have the certificate. All the other points are valid ones and I would agree that this would be a benefit obtained by this. However, that was not the point of what the post was about and that you missed. The point is no one should have their rights taken to a vote.

By: Tim Bennett

Tim Bennett — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:42:34 +0000

In the first paragraph of this, it was mentioned that some people just want to wear the ring or post the certificate, and while this may be true, it misses the VERY important facts that these people want the same LEGAL rights as any other married couple. Such as the right to visit critically injured loved one in the emergency room as a family member. The right to express final wishes of a loved one or to act in their stead if a durable power of attorney or living will does not exist. The right of survivorship. The right to be recognized as a ‘married couple’ when applying to adopt, applying for a loan or any of the many other rights of a married couple.

By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:46 +0000

I can understand that, but it still should not be something that the human race should never vote on.

By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:08 +0000

It is good to limit the interaction that government has with our personal lives. The problem is, it has been this way for a long time. I think you are onto something about the 100 years.

By: VeritasTruthseeker

VeritasTruthseeker — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:55:07 +0000

It is important that Californians fight out against this measure with the next election; the only two things that can overturn the state constitution of California are the Supreme Court of the United States and the voters of California themselves.

By: Old Rubberlegs

Old Rubberlegs — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:31:11 +0000

This is why we put limits on what our government can do. That was the plan, anyway (Remember? Way back? Before the president could fire the CEO of GM?)

Every great controversy in the United States seems has at its core some form coercion by government: prayer PUBLIC in schools, availability of STATE sanctioned marriages by some group or other, how much of your money the STATE will allow you to keep, whether the STATE will allow you to take your own life when you’re terminally ill, what substances the STATE will allow you to ingest, who the STATE will permit you to hire or fire… of course, the list goes on and on.

The list of things that could potentially be a “big controversy” but aren’t, simply because people are allowed to make their own enlightened decisions is endless. But the more the state becomes involved in our lives, the longer the list of things that we argue on and on about will become.

There’s a very simple solution to many of these problems… get the state out of our bodies, out of our marriages, out of our classrooms, and in general, out of our lives except for wherever absolutely necessary. What is “absolutely necessary?” Well, here’s the test: If government stays out of some aspect of our lives for 100 years or so and society doesn’t collapse in on itself, then government can stay out. “100 years you say!?” Yes, that’s what I say. Please stop substituting your judgment for mine. You’re not as smart as you think you are.
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By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:07:49 +0000

Thank you for the kind words and for the comment.

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My Amazing Weight Loss Story — Fri, 29 May 2009 04:17:34 +0000

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By: Danny Thornton

Danny Thornton — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:25:02 +0000

@dacournean, I do not think that you are far off with that statement. Thanks for the comment.

By: dacournean

dacournean — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:20:09 +0000

Very well written...I think a lot of the problems we have today originated in 1776... dacournean’s last blog post..Rudyard Kipling