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Microsoft Abandons Gay Rights Bill
andrewagill writes "Microsoft has withdrawn support from a bill that would "protect gays and lesbians from discrimination in employment, housing, banking, insurance, and other matters by adding sexual orientation to a state law which already bars discrimination" of the other usual suspects. Odd, given their previous accolades from the GLBT community, and their prior public support for the bill."
I dunno, all those iMac colors were a little gay. Ditto for the pastels with the iPod Mini.
If you dont like the thread or the discussion, feel free to leave and dont let the door hit yo ass on the way out..
Since you have a habit of trolling for M$ (yes, that is funny!!) in every thread/topic I got to wonder.. Did M$ make you its bitch??
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DISCLAIMER: I'm all for gay rights. I'm assuming, however, that the quote is in reference to the fact that black people in America were considered 3/5th of a person until the 19th century.
If you don't like what I'm saying, feel free to shut the fuck up.
And here I thought all this editorial trolling by the /. powers that be would end after the election. Silly me.
To bad we can't mod the stories themselves.
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Fuck you, preview. Fuck you.
Well stated Chris. This is posted on my web site as additional commentary: Gay Marriage Going Down to Defeat Across the Nation by Jeff Lundholm Constitutional amendments to ban gay marriages and civil unions are passing in state after state, with Kansas being the latest. I've abstained from comment on the topic only because it seems so clear it's hard to know where to start without feeling that I am stating the obvious. But here goes... I am certainly in agreement with the majority belief that gay unions are not deserving of the recognition and legitimization that legally sanctioned marriages and civil unions would bestow. It has been very difficult for many people to quantify why this is the correct moral position for our country to take, even though they feel it in their hearts. And understandably so... what is the moral compass, or tenents being used to justify this position? That is the problem. In this age of bleeding heart liberal, deathly afraid of offending someone age, (also read as "no backbone"), people are afraid of quoting the only consistant moral compass this country, or the whole world for that matter, has ever had, the Bible. We look to our courts, our laws, our ever changing state and national constitutions, for moral guidance. I call it "morality by legislation", in other words if it is legal then it's moral. If it is not moral... make it legal. A close look at the Catholic Curch over the last couple of centuries, and more recently, provides a classic look at what happens when our moral underpinnings drift away from the Bible to manmade laws and rules of moral conduct. We, as well as our laws, are subject to which ever way the wind blows. The Bible does not change. Many gay rights activists say the Bible does not condemn their actions. It most certainly does, along with a host of other things that we are all guilty of to some degree or another. Some of what the Bible has to say on this... and many other sins... Rom 1:24 So God let these people go their own way. They did what they wanted to do, and their filthy thoughts made them do shameful things with their bodies. Rom 1:25 They gave up the truth about God for a lie, and they worshiped God's creation instead of God, who will be praised forever. Amen. Rom 1:26 God let them follow their own evil desires. Women no longer wanted to have sex in a natural way, and they did things with each other that were not natural. Rom 1:27 Men behaved in the same way. They stopped wanting to have sex with women and had strong desires for sex with other men. They did shameful things with each other, and what has happened to them is punishment for their foolish deeds. Rom 1:28 Since these people refused even to think about God, he let their useless minds rule over them. That's why they do all sorts of indecent things. Rom 1:29 They are evil, wicked, and greedy, as well as mean in every possible way. They want what others have, and they murder, argue, cheat, and are hard to get along with. They gossip, Rom 1:30 say cruel things about others, and hate God. They are proud, conceited, and boastful, always thinking up new ways to do evil. These people don't respect their parents. Rom 1:31 They are stupid, unreliable, and don't have any love or pity for others. Rom 1:32 They know God has said that anyone who acts this way deserves to die. But they keep on doing evil things, and they even encourage others to do them. (CEV) 1Co 6:9 Don't you know that evil people won't have a share in the blessings of God's kingdom? Don't fool yourselves! No one who is immoral or worships idols or is unfaithful in marriage or is a pervert or behaves like a homosexual. (CEV) As for marriage itself, if the homosexual union is obviously wrong, how can legal marriages or unions even be considered? This is not about hatred or gay bashing in any way, shape, or form. These types of accusations are the product of a morally indefensible position. It then becomes easier to put moral conservatives on the defence by attempting to make them feel guilty or to appear just plain wrong. Well, it doesn't wo