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For several days now, I’ve been in a running argument with an individual who goes by the name of “On Lawn” over in the comments sections of the blog ran by anti-gay equality group National Organization for Marriage. In several comments here, here, and here, this person seems to imply that procreation, or at least the potential for procreation, is a requirement of marriage. I’ve tried several times to get this person to explain this concept but they keep brushing off the question calling it absurd. When I tried to point out that there is no link between marriage and procreation they came back with this.

Well, there shows the damage they want to do to the institution. If marriage can’t look equally at the interests of all involved in the practice of human mating, then you tell me what can.

Prehistoric humans didn’t marry before they mated, they just found a bush did it. When you look at the whole of human history, marriage is a relatively new creation, only being a few thousand years old. Our very existence proves that marriage is not a requirement or an essential element of the human mating process.

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For some time now myself and others have been railing on the idea that the GOP has been simply fighting against the President’s plan for moving the country forward and fixing our economy without providing some sort of alternative to the President’s budget.

Today the GOP put out a Budget Alternative, or at least a blue-print for one. Maybe it’s a rough draft?

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Through out the history of our nation, since it’s founding in the fire of revolution in 1776, we have spent more time at war through either actual fighting or in proxy wars, than we have at peace.

We have fought wars against almost every major European power, including ones who are now our allies, such as Britain, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, as well as nations that are still not so friendly such as Russia.

America’s conflicts 1798 to 2004

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Contrary to what some may believe, being gay doesn’t sever a person from morality. I am not out to convert anyone, recruit anyone, and I am not preying on children, but I am supposedly…

…the greatest threat to America…

Everyone that tries to tell me that being a homosexual is wrong is relying on one thing, their religious beliefs. It seems to be nearly impossible to divorce any discussion about the rightness or wrongness of homosexuality from religion, because when you do, the people against it have nothing to base their argument on, and any good debater will tell you that you don’t win a debate by bringing God into it because it’s a cop out. God is all mighty, he can do anything, so any argument against that is moot. It comes down to biblical passages written by men who were “under the influence of God” and “can’t be wrong”. Can someone name me one living human being that isn’t ever wrong about something? How about naming one human being that isn’t living that was never been wrong about something, and yes I know that the first answer to that question is going to be Jesus Christ, but then in John 10:30 Jesus says…

I and my Father are one.

Does that mean that Jesus wasn’t human after all?

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I find myself not too happy with Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today. It appears that on Wednesday he went on to the liberal talk radio show of Bill Press and said…

BILL PRESS:  Alright, well good for you. You know, we gotta work on that, because they are just shutting down progressive talk from one city after another. All we want is, you know, some balance on the airwaves, that’s all. You know, we’re not going to take any of the conservative voices off the airwaves, but just make sure that there are a few progressives and liberals out there, right?

SENATOR TOM HARKIN (D-IA): Exactly, and that’s why we need the fair — that’s why we need the Fairness Doctrine back.

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