tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18141455.post1989941446396149760..comments2023-06-04T02:16:57.007-07:00Comments on Don't Talk, Just Do: Why Blacks’ Denial of Civil Rights to Others is an Affront to ThemselvesRavihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05365520851868215381noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18141455.post-20809752847768287912009-06-11T09:56:42.749-07:002009-06-11T09:56:42.749-07:00I wholeheartedly agree. Some of the major bottom l...I wholeheartedly agree. Some of the major bottom lines in the fight for marriage equality are that 1) in America, there is supposed to be a separation between church and the state. While those with religious objections to marriage equality are certainly entitled to their opinion (as I am entitled to mine), this founding principle of American democracy prevents those religious arguments to serve as a legitimate basis for law-making. 2) Ravi and President Obama are right-we should, as civilized members of society, be able to agree to disagree on things. 3) Even from a religious perspective, a marriage is a relationship between two people and their God. Why people are allowing the marriage of anyone else, hetero- or homo-sexual, to "diminish" or make "unsacred" their own marriage, confuses me. Any other couplke who is married has nothing to do with the bond and relationship between my spouse and I. 4) The courts of those states that have made the correct legal choice on marriage economy recognize that the denial of, as Ravi metnioned, thousands of federal and state benefits, tax breaks, and conferrence of legal status', based on sexual orientation and/or marriage, is indeed unconstitutional. Thank you Ravi, for so aptly bringing this issue to the forefront and addressing it in such a well contemplated fashion. <br />Yay marriage equality! :)Erin Esqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10703728390606762846noreply@blogger.com