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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Congrats homophobic rednecks of North Carolina
May 8, 2012, 9:24 PM
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The amendment passed, one step closer to government controlling everything of our lives.
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Rock Defender [54]
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Sorry bro, got to disagree here.....
May 8, 2012, 9:28 PM
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It passed 60/40. Not even close. Democracy worked today and I am glad.
I am neither judging or condemning anyone. Just happy to see this pass.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Not even close because there are too many closed
May 8, 2012, 9:32 PM
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minded homophobes here. I don't give a #### if two homosexual people want to get married, I believe they should be able to. Who are you to say they cannot? They love each other just as much as you love your wife, except you're just fine saying that if their loved one is dying in a hospital, they're not allowed to see them because it's family only.
You argue for separation of church and state and yet, this law is a clear projection of Christian beliefs.
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Legend [18049]
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Yep. It hurts straight non-married couples too.
May 8, 2012, 9:34 PM
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The scare tactic and religious aspects seems to have convinced a ton of people.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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I just don't understand human nature to hate
May 8, 2012, 9:37 PM
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and despise everything they may not morally agree with. And 90% of it is fueled by religion, which I find rather ironic.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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They are doing Jesus's work, Soccer, and when you believe a
May 8, 2012, 9:39 PM
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invisible man up in the sky is watching everything you do and if you don't do as he says a bad place awaits you after death, then you #### well are going to do what he says. It is pretty simple.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Jesus, Allah, Muhammad, Buddha, etc., etc., it's not
May 8, 2012, 9:42 PM
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just Christianity that have this problem.
The big irony is that Christianity is all about forgiveness and acceptance. When Jesus came to this Earth, he was accepting and loved everyone; however, it feels like "Bible Belt" Christians are on a jihad of judgement.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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In NC, however, it is Jesus running the show. I know what
May 8, 2012, 9:47 PM
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you are saying though.....probably Allah, Muhammad and Buddha believers would be voted out of NC, too, if it was put to a vote.
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Re: In NC, however, it is Jesus running the show. I know what
May 10, 2012, 12:48 AM
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I do not see the jews getting on their soap boxes to demonize this, but then again I have never had to shoot at them for littering my lawn with their pamphlets.
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Orange Blooded [2240]
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Re: Jesus, Allah, Muhammad, Buddha, etc., etc., it's not
May 9, 2012, 4:37 PM
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Jesus did love everyone, but you are wrong if you believe he accepted as approved by God things the Bible calls sin. (i.e. prostitution, extortion (tax collection), adultery, any sex outside of marriage, etc.)
He loved the sinners, of which we all are, but he loved the sinners enough to tell them to continue in sin means God's judgement and hell. Period!
God is a God of love and judgment. Modern people tend to forget that last part.
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Re: Jesus, Allah, Muhammad, Buddha, etc., etc., it's not
May 10, 2012, 11:01 AM
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whch past, the one for 2000 years ago, or the one when women were not allowed to vote and blacks had to drink from a different water fountain?
How did jesus feel about the 1950's when marriage between two men was unheard of, but it was OK to lynch a black man for having relations with a white women?
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Orange Blooded [2240]
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Re: Jesus, Allah, Muhammad, Buddha, etc., etc., it's not
May 10, 2012, 10:51 AM
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Just because it happened doesn't mean Jesus condoned it. God did not make people to be robots that have no choice. People discriminate based on color, Jesus does not. Unbelievers want to harp on things like all of the killing and wars in the Old Testament and how the people of Israel wiped out entire groups of people. Some of this is the wickedness of man and some of this is the Wrath of God for people who refuse to accept and submit to His authority. God punishes sin. Now, if you don't believe, and that is a choice God has allowed you to have, then you won't understand this. Spiritual truth cannot be understood by an unbelieving mind.
Tbalm1, you won't beat God or His son Jesus. One day every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that Jesus is Lord. I pray you come to know the truth.
John 3:3
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Legend [18049]
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That's being human though.
May 8, 2012, 9:41 PM
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It's why we still fight, kill, murder, go to war, steal, etc...
Religion doesn't end those things, because it is a human invention and has all the faults of its creators.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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Yeah, I'm exaggerating a bit. I know it just isn't Jesus
May 8, 2012, 9:51 PM
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freaks voting this stuff down. There are people that have no religious background at all that find the lifestyle disgusting and therefore don't ever want to see the marriage legalized.
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Re: I just don't understand human nature to hate
May 8, 2012, 9:54 PM
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Telling someone that what they are doing is OK, when it will lead to their demise is not hate. The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus, The Lord. All sin, not just homosexuality, leads to death. Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life and no man comes to The Father but by me. The Bible could not be more clear that homosexuality is a sin. Whether or not you choose to believe it does not change it. You may choose not to believe in gravity, but step off a bridge and you will find that your lack of believe did not change the law of gravity.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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I'm guessing you voted for this bill, Sanwt. You wouldn't
May 8, 2012, 9:58 PM
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want the Big Man to put you on the naughty list.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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It isn't the definition of marriage...
May 8, 2012, 9:49 PM
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I agree that homosexual couple should get the same legal benefits as a straight couple, but to try and call it marriage simply isn't correct. I think that's the main problem with the "gay marriage" movement...Gay people can never get married based on the definition of the word, but they should have the same benefits.
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In this instance they have also banned civil unions
May 8, 2012, 10:11 PM
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and domestic partnerships (amongst gay and straight couples). Thus, leaving no room for any 'compromise'.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Well, I don't agree with that then.***
May 8, 2012, 10:17 PM
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Too many voters didn't realize it either.
May 8, 2012, 10:32 PM
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Which is why it's sad. Those for the amendment clearly just thought it was against gays.
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Did you go vote "no"?***
May 8, 2012, 9:32 PM
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Wife & I did, she's a liberal, I'm indifferent.***
May 8, 2012, 9:32 PM
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110%er [9771]
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indifferent?
May 8, 2012, 9:50 PM
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That seems pretty impossible unless you misunderstood the definition of that word.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Haha, I really don't care about politics; hence my
May 8, 2012, 9:53 PM
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indifference on party affiliation. I was just a little shocked that this amendment passed.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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Soccer, what state in the South do you possibly believe
May 8, 2012, 10:04 PM
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would pass this? This vote went 60/40. I would venture to say that would be one of the closer votes we would see in this entire region.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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California voted no on gay marriage, Soccer. California.
May 8, 2012, 9:37 PM
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There was absolutely no way North Carolina was going to be anywhere close to voting for this.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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You do have a point, still can't believe they didn't
May 8, 2012, 9:39 PM
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legalize pot over there.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Too much money is made on both sides of the drug war
May 8, 2012, 9:47 PM
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to legalize pot anytime soon. Law enforcement makes too much money off of it, as do drug dealers...it makes no sense for the higher ups on either side of the drug war to promote legalization.
However, on the other hand, it appears the American public is pretty much against gay marriage. It's been voted on, and that's that. The process worked. Now, if it were geared more towards legal benefits for gay couples, it might get somewhere...but "gay marriage" will never pass.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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Really don't think they'd make more money on
May 8, 2012, 9:52 PM
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taxing the crap out of it? Hel1, my wife even said she'd try pot if it were legalized, which was a rather jaw dropping moment.
So you think that's why they oppose gay marriage, is the semantics of it? Just can't call it "marriage"? Because that would be nuts.
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saying she would try it if its legalized isn't helping the
May 8, 2012, 9:59 PM
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cause.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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True. That is one of the classic arguements against
May 8, 2012, 10:02 PM
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legalizing it. EVERYONE will try it! I'm sure there would be a brief spike in usage, and then like alcohol, cigs, and everything else, people would figure out they don't like it or can't afford it.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Because everyone walks around drunk, all day every day...
May 8, 2012, 10:04 PM
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I know you aren't promoting that argument, but I've heard it too much and it pisses me off. "Well if pot was legal, everyone would walk around stoned!" I hate people who think/say that.
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Orange Blooded [2394]
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Oh, yeah, it is extremely annoying, right there with the
May 8, 2012, 10:06 PM
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other classic...GATEWAY. Lake, you'll smoke a joint today, and be mainlining the finest china white by the end of the FSU series this weekend. You know its true.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Maybe if we were closer to the boarder, it's stepped on here
May 8, 2012, 10:09 PM
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Granted, I've seen people go that route, but they would have done it with or without pot.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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They might make more money in the end...
May 8, 2012, 10:00 PM
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But it would cost a whole hell of a lot of people their jobs. Think of the countless government agencies and law enforcement officials involved in the drug war...If you think they don't get kickbacks from the dealers and cartels, you're crazy. It's one big game, and it happens to be a multi-billion dollar game that many, many "important" people profit from and have a huge investment in it's success.
Yes, I believe that the vast majority of the United States population believe that the definition of marriage is between a man and a women. I think most of those people would also agree to the same legal benefits for a gay couple as a married straight couple, they just don't agree it's marriage.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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I still think coke or heroin would provide the
May 8, 2012, 10:04 PM
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cash train they're still enjoying.
Then we're arguing the same thing. I don't really care if you call it "marriage" or not.
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Oculus Spirit [79708]
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Marijuana provides a lot of their working capital...
May 8, 2012, 10:06 PM
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It helps fund the trafficking of the "big drugs", so legalization of pot would put a hurting on the major cartels operations.
And yes, I think we pretty much agree on the gay marriage thing.
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rednecks in NC are scared of gay people?
May 8, 2012, 9:41 PM
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wow, the ones in SC aren't. They might hate them, but they sure ain't skeered of the dainty little fellers.
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Oculus Spirit [82113]
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They play golf, I'm fine with 'em. =)***
May 8, 2012, 9:44 PM
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Re: Congrats homophobic rednecks of North Carolina
May 8, 2012, 9:46 PM
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Thank you.
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I guess my plan wasn't on the ballot? Wonder if it would of
May 8, 2012, 9:55 PM
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won in a state like NC.
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Orange Blooded [2013]
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It's legal in NC to marry your cousin
May 9, 2012, 8:51 PM
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as long as it's not your gay cousin. 48th in education and it shows.
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Re: It's legal in NC to marry your cousin
May 9, 2012, 10:32 PM
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dang that is stupid..no wait I mean you are stupid
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So they were progressive when they voted for Obama but
May 10, 2012, 8:23 AM
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theyre stupid now?
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