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Old 06-14-2004, 08:24 PM
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Steve,

I think you're pretty incorrect, here. But, civil disagreement is fine.

My parallel to slavery has nothing to do with hate, violence, etc. If you read my post in context you'd notice this. It has to do with juristiction and state rights.

Unless I'm wrong, there is no federal motion picture censorship committee. I could be incorrect, but as far as I know the movie rating system is more of community censorship than federal. Radio is different: FCC.

Gay marriage cannot become the law of the land. That's like saying heterosexual marriage is the law of the land. It just isn't determined like that. The Constitution defines rights and priviledges. It tells the government what they're not allowed to interfere with. It does not tell citizens what they're forbidden to do. That's a common misinterpretation.

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