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Gay Marriage Debate and defend your political beliefs as to whether or not marriage should be only defined as a union between a man and a woman.

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Old 08-22-2007, 12:31 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Oh my goodness, your son is adorable!

I second that!

Just think... not too long ago that cute little guy would not have been able to marry whomever he wished simply because of who he is.

Interesting world we live in.
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Just think... not too long ago that cute little guy would not have been able to marry whomever he wished simply because of who he is.
Almost everywhere else in the world, outside of a few states in the "Land of the Free", he could have married any woman he wanted!
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I second that!

Just think... not too long ago that cute little guy would not have been able to marry whomever he wished simply because of who he is.

Interesting world we live in.
Funny you should mention that. He REALLY seems to like little blonde chicks. I don't know where he could have gotten that from since I'm a brunette/redhead/ or Asian man myself. But as far as his not being to "marry", I don't think that's gonna be a problem for him. He's showing strong hetero tendencies.
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I second that!

Just think... not too long ago that cute little guy would not have been able to marry whomever he wished simply because of who he is.

Interesting world we live in.
so true - and such a short, short time ago

he would have to hope that the woman he wanted to marry was black - otherwise, he'd be s.o.l.
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Funny you should mention that. He REALLY seems to like little blonde chicks. I don't know where he could have gotten that from since I'm a brunette/redhead/ or Asian man myself. But as far as his not being to "marry", I don't think that's gonna be a problem for him. He's showing strong hetero tendencies.

I wasn't referring to sexual preference. I was referring to the fact that he is not white. Just because of who he is he would not have been allowed to marry as he wished in America. Nor would you. Sound familiar?

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In North America, laws against interracial marriage and interracial sex existed and were enforced in the Thirteen Colonies from the late seventeenth century onwards, and subsequently in several US states and US territories until 1967. Anti-miscegenation laws - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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so true - and such a short, short time ago

he would have to hope that the woman he wanted to marry was black - otherwise, he'd be s.o.l.
Only if he lived in a few states in the USA.

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so true - and such a short, short time ago

he would have to hope that the woman he wanted to marry was black - otherwise, he'd be s.o.l.
Not really...He probably wouldn't even exist. But then again I guess gay people today should be glad they weren't born in the middle east where they'd be shot.

I would clearly and firmly advise you not to use my son for this bullshit. Or I will get myself banned. Especially you Tristan. I saw your friggin picture and chose "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" stance.
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I wasn't referring to sexual preference. I was referring to the fact that he is not white. Just because of who he is he would not have been allowed to marry as he wished in America. Nor would you. Sound familiar?
From the 19th century into the 1950s, most US states enforced anti-miscegenation laws. From 1913 to 1948, 30 out of the then 48 states did so...and did not recognize such marriages that were performed in consenting states.
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Not really...He probably wouldn't even exist. But then again I guess gay people today should be glad they weren't born in the middle east where they'd be shot.

I would clearly and firmly advise you not to use my son for this bullshit. Or I will get myself banned. Especially you Tristan. I saw your friggin picture and chose "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything" stance.
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I wasn't referring to sexual preference. I was referring to the fact that he is not white. Just because of who he is he would not have been allowed to marry as he wished in America. Nor would you. Sound familiar?
"By 1967, when the U.S. Supreme Court once and for all declared prohibitions against intermarriage unconstitutional in Loving v. Virginia, only seventeen states, all in the heavily Protestant South, upheld anti-miscegenation statutes."

It makes us Brits sad to think that you suffered under apartheid laws until quite recently.

Still, it's all in the past now.

BTW this is off-topic.
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