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I'd like to pose a question to everyone in this guild:

If half the people in the country vehemently opposed allowing the rest of the country to have long hair because of their religious beliefs (or for any reason), do they have the right to vote and place a ban on hair length if they win by a majority, even if it's slim?

Let's pose another few questions.

If the majority of the people in the country, by a slim amount, think blacks should be able to get an education, but not call it education or get the same diploma, because they feel it would cheapen their education, do they have the right to vote that?

Did anyone have the right to vote to ban interracial marriage when it wasn't any of their business and affected no one but the two getting married?

And so on and so forth...

My points here are that
1. Separate is not equal, we learned this years ago
and
2. One group does not have the right to vote to oppress the rights of the minority

These questions are of course examples of gay marriage and how ridiculous it is to oppose it. There are far worse things going on that we should be spending our money on, but there are millions of dollars being spent fighting against gay marriage when it neither affects anyone but the couple and in a world where love is strong enough for a couple to fight years and years for their right to be married is incredibly rare, we should be encouraging that instead of banning it.

Whew, that was long and a tiny bit rambling.

But anyways, discussion?

I'm going to say what my US Government Teacher had to say on the subject... "If any man and woman were to get married in Iowa, and sign a marriage contract, then it would be recognized by the entirety of the U.S.. Now what does this mean for Homosexual couples getting married in Florida... We're not sure. It's still being contended."
Meaning, like interracial marriages pre-Civil Rights (and in some cases, still frowned on), it has to be accepted and contented in the Supream Court.
I think it needs to be widely accepted, but some hardcore Anti- Homosexuals (it doesn't mean they're homophobic, just don't like them), may think this is the beginning of a Pandora's box. They hated interracial marriage, they hat homosexual marriage... what's left for them to contend.... Incestuous Marriage?
(I know an extreme, but it is probably what they're thinking)